The Aesthetics of Nirvana

November 5 - 8, 2003

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Date
Event
Location
Oct 19, 2003 - Jan. 4, 2004 "Plum, Pine and Bamboo:
Seasonal and Spiritual Paths in Japanese Art"
Ackland Art Museum

 

Nov 4, 2003   6:00 - 8:00pm "The Art of Kimono"
organized by the UNC-CH Japan Club
and members of the local Japanese community
Auditorium in the
Old UNC Student Union
Wednesday
November 5, 2003
Event 
Location 
12:00pm - 2:30pm Why Has Bodhidharma Left for the East?
1989 Korean film by Bae-young-kyun, in Korean with English subtitles, sponsored by Korean Association of Students and Scholars
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
4:00pm - 5:00pm "Spring Essence: The Poetry of an 18th Century Vietnamese Concubine"
John Balaban
Poet-in-Residence and Professor of English at North Carolina State University 
Toy Lounge
Dey Hall
6:30pm - 7:30pm "Word into Art"  Calligraphy Exhibit
Grand Opening
Work by  Hyae-bue Kim, Mary Jo Maraldo, Chikako Thomsen, Cong Yuan
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
7:30pm - 8:30pm Between Two Worlds: A Japanese Pilgrimage 1992 documentary, introduced by the filmmaker, Joanne Hershfield
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
Thursday
November 6, 2003
Event
Location
4:00pm - 5:30pm Student Poetry Readings
In honor of Professor Sandy Seaton.
Organized by Jeff Russell
Lounge
James M. Johnston Center
7:00pm - 10:00pm The Lower Depths 
1957 Japanese film, introduced by
David Phillips, Wake Forest University
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
Friday
November 7, 2003
Event
Location
10am - noon Japanese Calligraphy
Hands-on Workshop for UNC Students
(first session) led by Chikako Thomsen,
Calligraphy artist
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
12:00 -1:00pm "Word into Art: Two Perspectives on Calligraphy for the Modern Age"
Slide presentations by artists Mary Jo Maraldo and Cong Yuan
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
1:00 - 3:00pm Chinese Calligraphy
Hands-on Workshop for UNC Students
(second session) led by  Wendan Li, UNC-Chapel Hill
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
1:30pm - 3:30pm Workshop in Japanese Electronic Resources  for SJS faculty, led by 
Kristina Troost, Duke University
Room 124
House Undergraduate Library
4:00pm - 5:00pm "Birds of a Feather: Sesshu and the Bird-and-Flower Screens"
--a lecture by  Hans Thomsen, 
University of Chicago art historian
Ackland Art Museum
5:00pm - 6:00pm Reception for SJS faculty and other Aesthetics of Nirvana participants
Ackland Art Museum
Saturday
November 8, 2003
Aesthetics of Nirvana Conference/ 
Southern Japan Seminar
location
9:00am - 9:30am Continental breakfast for conference participants
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
9:30am - 11:30am Panel 1A 
The Karma of Aesthetics in Medieval Japan
Rooms 039
James M. Johnston Center
11:45am - 1:30pm Panel 2A 
Enlightenment, Asceticism and Aesthetics in Japanese Buddhism
Panel 2B
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Buddhist Aesthetics
Rooms 038,  039
James M. Johnston Center
1:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
Room 039
James M. Johnston Center
2pm - 3:45pm Panel 3A 
Zen in Traditional and Modern Aesthetic Theory
Panel 3B
Viewing Kurosawa, Teaching Kurosawa
Rooms 038,  039
James M. Johnston Center
4:00pm -  5:00pm Faculty Poetry Readings by John Balaban, Bill Porter, Jim Sanford and Sandy Seaton.
Lounge
James M. Johnston Center
5:00pm -  Dinner event for SJS members

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