Through this interactive presentation, I will describe my experiences with English language education in two of the largest countries on earth: China and Indonesia. My research as a graduate student has taken me to Indonesia to co-author a book on English for young learners and to China to work with volunteer teachers in migrant schools. Both nations are currently dealing with similar issues in English education, such as how to improve teacher quality and the evolving status of English in elementary schools.

Celebrate the coming of spring at this year's Cherry Blossom Festival, hosted by Pitt's JSS (Japanese Speaking Society)! There will be performances by a chorus group, kendo, and taiko drummers, as well as various activities such video games, origami, calligraphy, and anime drawing. There will also be FREE food!

Based on a close reading of a group of diary-like documents penned by a peasant and his family in late Qing Huizhou, central China, Professor Liu Yonghua will interpret three episodes drawn from the life of the peasant and illustrate how the family's life evolved during the sixty odd years from 1838, two years before the Opium war, to 1901, the year the Boxer Uprising was suppressed.

By J. Marshall Unger, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University.

Presentation by Deann Borshay Liem with a response by Lucy Fischer

This lecture is being presented by Dr. Martin Holland from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, who holds the Jean Monnet Chair ad personam designation from the European Commission.

China Today is a one credit (Pitt)/three unit (CMU) mini course, consisting of 14 hours of classes over a weekend, with a final paper assignment to be handed in for credit. The course will explore:

* How does China's multi-ethnic composition affect educational opportunity and career advancement?

* Education in China past and present: How does the history of education in China affect educational opportunity today?

* What is in store as China moves from technological supplier to technological innovator?

Part of the Korean Film Festival. Pizza and refreshments provided!

Reception to follow.

Q&A session after each paper.

3:-3:40 p.m.

'Images of Scandal: The New Woman and Photography in 1910s Japan' Jan Bardsley, Department of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:45-4:20 p.m.

'Bad Girls: The New Woman in Weimer Film Stills' Vanessa Rocco, Department of History of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, and co-editor of The New Woman International

4:25-5:00 p.m.

Part of the EALL Colloquium. Presentation by Haixia Wang, Masters candidate, IDMA Program