Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies

Friday, October 7, 2022

- 1:00 - 2:30 pm
- 1080 (Lucy Ellis Lounge) Foreign Languages Building (707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)
CEAPS Speaker - Tomomi Kumai "Studying and Working Across Cultures"
- Professional Development

- 10:00 - 10:30 am
- Champaign Public Library, Nate & Lillie Story Room (200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820)
Community Family Event - East Asian Story Time @ Champaign Public Library
- Community Service

- 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801)
AsiaLENS - “Jimmy In Saigon” (Screening + Discussion w/ Filmmaker)
- Film Screening

- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
CEAPS/EALC Speaker | LeRon Harrison “Gagaku: A Brief Introduction and Thematic Cultural History”

This lecture will provide a brief introduction to gagaku (Japanese court music) and its cultural history. The second part will focus on the cultural history of gagaku. Themes such as the relationship between gagaku and Buddhism, communities of practices within and outside of the Imperial court, and the history of gagaku in the US will be introduced.
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801)
“Sound and Song: A Performance of and Q&A session on Japanese Court Music” by Dr. LeRon Harrison
- Performance

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801)
AsiaLENS - “Jimmy In Saigon” (Encore Screening)
- Film Screening

- 4:00 - 4:30 pm
- Orchard Downs Community Center (510 W George Huff Dr, Urbana, IL 61801)
Kid’s Club - East Asian Story Time @ Orchard Downs Community Center
- Community Service

- 10:00 - 10:30 am
- Champaign Public Library, Nate & Lillie Story Room (200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820)
Community Family Event - East Asian Story Time @ Champaign Public Library
- Community Service
- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- Urbana Free Library (210 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801)
Community Family Event - East Asian Story Time @ Urbana Free Library
- Community Service