Tentative Itinerary:
Lecture and Faculty/Student Interaction, January 16-17, 2008
East Carolina University
Professor Hsiu-fen Chen
National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research Associate, Harvard University’s Yenching Institute
January 15, 2008 Tuesday
Arrival from Cambridge, MA at Raleigh-Durham Airport
Transportation to Greenville, NC, East Carolina University, John Tucker, driver
January 16, 2008 Wednesday
10:00-10:50
Classroom Visit: “Chinese Level II” undergraduate language course
Bate 02015 Host: Professor Peng Yu
11:00-11:50
Classroom visit: “Japanese Level II” undergraduate language course
Bate 01011 Host: Professor Nobu Takahashi
12:00-1:30
Lunch with Language faculty
Hosts: Professors Peng Yu and Nobu Takahashi
2:00-4:00
Classroom Dialogue “Great Books of Asia” undergraduate seminar, Brewster B-202
Host: Professor John Tucker
4:00- 5:30
Lecture: "Replenishing the body and pacifying the mind:
nurturing life (yangsheng) in 16th-17th Century China"
Science and Technology Bldg, OC-207
6:00-7:30
Dinner with Asian Studies Faculty
Host: Professors Derek Maher and Sylvie Henning
January 17, 2008 Thursday
9:30-10:30
Faculty Meeting: ECU Asian Studies language faculty, Brewster B-202
Host: Professor Sylvie Henning
11:00-11:30
Classroom Dialogue “Introduction to Asia” undergraduate seminar, Brewster D-103
Host: Professor John Tucker
11:30-12:30
Lunch with Asian Studies area studies faculty
Hosts: Professors Christine Avenarius and Bob Bunger
12:30-1:30
Classroom Dialogue: “Cultures of East Asia” undergraduate course, Flanagan 241
Host: Professor Christine Avenarius
1:30
Return to Raleigh-Durham Airport
4:20
Departure from RDU on Delta 6154