CAS Events this Week
Join us for a conversation about Dr. Maeda's New Book "Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee"
CAS Event
Tuesday, November 1 at 9am
Join Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education Dr. Daryl Joji Maeda as he discusses his most recent book, 'Like Water'. An Asian and Asian American icon of unimaginable stature and influence, Bruce Lee revolutionized the martial arts by combining influences drawn from around the world. By blending cultural history with biography, 'Like Water' unearths the cultural strands that Lee intertwined in his rise to global stardom. This speaking engagement will be moderated by Dr. Stanley Thangaraj of Stonehill College's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice.
Co-Sponsored by A&S Office of JEDI, The Center for Humanities & the Arts, Latin American Studies Center, The Center for African and African American Studies.
Remarkable Japanese Women Artists and Craftsmakers in a Male Dominated World - from the 17th century to the Present
CAS Event
Thursday, November 3 at 4pm
In conjunction with the exhibition, “Her Brush: Japanese Women Artists from the Fong-Johnston Collection” at the Denver Art Museum (opening on Nov. 13, 2022,) which features recently donated collection of Japanese art by women artists, this event will provide scholarly and comparative perspectives on women artists and various genres of artworks that women created from the early modern to modern periods in Asia. The event will feature a brief introduction of the exhibit by the DAM associate curator of Asian Art, Einor Keinan Cervone and will have two main presenters, Patricia Graham and Stephanie Su. Patricia Graham will give an overview of the various types of arts that women created from pre-modern to the modern times focusing on women Buddhist craft artists. She has also worked as an appraiser for the donated collection on which the exhibit is pulled from and will share her insight about the collection. Stephanie Su will provide a comparative overview of women artists in Japan and China from the period to provide a deeper context for the exhibit.
Co-Sponsored by the Department of History