The 5th International Conference
on East Asian Calligraphy Education

July 8-10, 2006
 Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, Japan

                 The 5th International Conference on East Asian Calligraphy Education was held in Hiroshima Japan, July 8-10, 2006. The conference was co-organized by Yasuda Women’s University in Japan and the Calligraphy Education Group (CEG) in the US.  About 400 calligraphers and calligraphy educators attended the conference from mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and the US, in addition to local participants.
               At the opening ceremony, a moment of silence was held in memory of Dr. Tsung Chin, founder of CEG and the initiator of the international conference series, who passed away earlier this year. Wendan Li, President of CEG and Co-Chair of the conference, spoke of Dr. Tsung Chin and his contributions to calligraphy education. A new feature of this year’s conference was an international student panel on the tradition and the future of calligraphy. The panel was put together by Dr. Tsung Chin himself when his health was declining. Eight students presented their view at the panel, four from Japan and four from the US (Univ. of Maryland, Univ. of Wisconsin and Univ. of North Carolina).
        The three days of the conference were packed with panels, exhibits, brush and ink making demonstrations, students performances (including calligraphy), and a tour of Hiroshima. It was also announced that the 6th International Conference on East Asian Calligraphy Education will be held in Taiwan in 2008.


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From left:
Prof. Zhenlian Chen (keynote speaker, Zhejiang University, PRC)
Prof. Wendan Li (conference co-chair, CEG president, University of North Carolina, USA)
Prof. Kazuaki Uozumi (host, conference co-chair, Kobe University, Japan)
Prof. Byeong gi Kim (leader of Korean delegation, Chounbuk National University, Korea) 
Mr. Chien-Fu Chang (leader of Taiwan delegation, Society of Calligraphy, Painting and Seal Carving, Taiwan)

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CEG board members at the conference.  
From Left: Da-an Pan  潘大安, George Chih-chao Chao  趙智超, Bertrand Mao  毛先戎,
Jasmine Tang  李公燕, Winston Z. Y. Li  李再揚, Wendan Li  李文丹, John S.C. Wang  王纯杰,
 Li-hua Ying  嬴莉華, Yea-Fen Chen  陳雅芬

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                                                        Japanese theatrical art at the opening ceremony


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  Prof. Tomoe Nobuhiro, Executive                    at opening ceremony                      outside of the conference hall     
 Chair (right) and trilingual translaters                             

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                  student demonstration                 calligrapher-student exchange          student calligraphers and the media

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                                                                            student performances


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    student performances

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      brush-making demonstrations               brush-making demonstrations               paper-making demonstrations


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       ink-making demonstrations                      international student panel              student panelists and their instructors

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                                                                  Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park


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                                                               Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

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                                                                 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
                                                             

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         Torii of Itsukushima Shrine                      inside Itsukushima Shrine

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          inside Itsukushima Shrine                                                                                             hosts and guests


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        another kind of hospitality                                    bullet train                                 See you in 2008 in Taiwan!!

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