Cullum Lecture Series Kicks Off January 10

The Cullum Lecture Series, an interdisciplinary program begun more than 20 years ago to provide students, faculty, and staff access to nationally and internationally known speakers on a variety of diverse topics, kicks off Jan. 10.

This year's series on mainland China has attracted speakers from around the nation, including the keynote speaker, Dr. Orville Schell. Schell is dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at University of California, Berkeley and the author of nine books on China.

Speakers on architecture, art, literature, medicine, education, political science, philosophy, and history will make presentations during the semester-long series. The first presentation is Jan. 10 with Schell’s keynote address titled China: Friend Or Foe at 11:30 a.m., followed by Tibet and China: A Difficult Marriage, at 7 p.m.

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held in Butler Lecture Hall, and last approximately 75 minutes.

Jan. 17
Topic: Geography
Title: China's Land and People: A Geographer's View - 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Clif Pannell, UGA

Topic: History
Title: China, Xinjiang and Central Asia - 7 p.m.
Dr. Michael Bishku, ASU

Jan. 24
Topic: Art
Title: Jingdezhen: City of Porcelain - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Visions of Cathay: Asian Influence on European Decorative Arts - 7 p.m.
Dr. Donald A. Wood, Curator, Birmingham Museum of Art

Feb. 5
Topic: Medicine
Title: You May Do Better If You Do Tai Chi - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Is Your Life Balanced? Mysteries of Yin/Yang and Chinese Medicine 7 p.m.
Dr. Michelle Gao, MCG

Feb. 19 and 21
Topic: Theater/Film
Title: The Art of Chinese Cinema - 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Dr. Steve Clements, ASU

Feb. 26
Topic: Education
Title: Chinese Children and Their World of Learning - 11:30 a.m.
Title: China's Education and the Pros and Cons of their Examination System - 7 p.m.
Dr. Jin Li, Brown University

Feb. 28
Topic: Political Science
Title: The Role of the U.S. and Taiwan-Mainland China Relations - 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Dr. George Chen, ASU

March 5
Topic: Architecture
Title: The Chinese City as Cosmic Correlative - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Imaging the Great Transformation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy - 7 p.m.
Dr. Steve Goldberg, Hamilton College

March 7
Performances by members of the local Chinese community - 7 p.m.
Location: Washington Hall

March 12
Topic: Space
Title: Is China Stealing Western Space Secrets? - 11:30 a.m.
Title: China's Manned Space Program - 7 p.m.
James Oberg, NASA, retired

March 14
Topic: Literature
Title: Daoist Values and the Poetry of Li Po And Confucian Values - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Yuan Chen's "The Story of Ying-Ying" - 7 p.m.
Dr. Walter Evans, ASU

March 19
Title: ISPs and the Chinese Internet: Co-opted Entrepreneurs - 11:30 a.m.
Jeff Heck, ASU

March 26
Topic: Literature
Title: My Four Authors: A Chinese Potpourri - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Chinese Writers and the Nobel Prize - 7 p.m.
Dr. Howard Goldblatt, University of Colorado

March 28
Topic: History/Status of Women
Title: Urban Women in the Transformation of Contemporary China - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Marriage, Family and Work of Rural Chinese Women - 7 p.m.
Dr. Yi Sun, University of San Diego

April 16
Topic: Philosophy
Title: Zhuangzi: Mystic or Skeptic? - 11:30 a.m.
Title: Confucian Ethics and the Idea of Democracy - 7 p.m.
Dr. Ewing Chinn, Trinity College

April 18
Topic: Music
Title: Chinese Opera: Vocal Athletics or Acrobatics - 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Linda Banister, ASU