events Exhibition Notice: Mirror & Mirage: Japanese Noh and Kyogen Theatre By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:34 +0000 Exhibition Notice: Mirror & Mirage: Japanese Noh and Kyogen Theatre Jan. 18-March 22, 2009 East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu Opening reception: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m . Featured artist: Hideta Kitazawa, noh mask carver Full Article
events EWC Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:34 +0000 East-West Center Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program Applications Currently Being Accepted HONOLULU (Dec.15) -- The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to provide renewed support for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange program. Full Article
events East-West Center Honors Distinguished Alumni By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:35 +0000 East-West Center Honors Distinguished Alumni HONOLULU (Nov. 14) – As part of its biennial alumni conference, being held this year in Bali, Indonesia, the East-West Center honored several alumni at a luncheon today for their outstanding personal accomplishments and service toward the Center’s mission of helping to promote better relations and understanding among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and the United States. Three individuals received the Center’s biennial Distinguished Alumni Award: Full Article
events East-West Center Awarded $992,000 for Timor-Leste and South Pacific Scholarship Programs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:35 +0000 East-West Center Awarded $992,000 for Timor-Leste and South Pacific Scholarship Programs HONOLULU (Nov. 18) -- The East-West Center (EWC) received two grants of $496,000 from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the U.S.- Timor-Leste (USTL) and U.S.- South Pacific (USSP) Scholarship Programs. These programs aim to develop a corps of leaders who will contribute to political, economic, and social development in their home countries and strengthen relations with the United States. Full Article
events East-West Center Awarded $150,000 for Teachers’ Workshop on Pearl Harbor By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:35 +0000 East-West Center Awarded $150,000 for Teachers’ Workshop on Pearl Harbor HONOLULU (Dec. 5) -- The East-West Center’s AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools has been awarded a $150,000 “Landmarks of American History and Culture” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct teachers workshops on “ Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, and Memorial .” These workshops are co-sponsored by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, the National Park Service, and the Japan American Society and will be held at the East-West Center during the summer of 2009. This is the fifth Landmarks grant that NEH has awarded to the East-West Center for the Pearl Harbor workshops. Full Article
events New Website Offers Easy Graphical Access to Regional Data on U.S.-Asia Connections By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:36 +0000 New Website Offers Graphical Data on U.S.-Asia Connections WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 10) – It’s well known that Asia has key relationships with the United States in a variety of important measures, including overall trade, U.S. exports, immigrant populations, international students and more. For example: Full Article
events EWC Conference Gets Underway in Bali By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:36 +0000 International Conference of Asia Pacific Scholars, Officials and Business Leaders Gets Underway in Bali HONOLULU (Nov. 13) – An international conference of scholars, officials, educators and business leaders got underway Thursday in Bali, Indonesia, with welcoming remarks by the Governor of Bali, the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia and the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare, followed by the conference’s keynote address by East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison. The Honorable Aburizal Bakrie, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare, told the more that 500 assembled scholars, officials and business professionals – most of whom are Center alumni – that the current global economic crisis serves as a powerful reminder “of the need to improve our cooperative efforts, of our bonds together, of the common mechanisms that we can use to solve our problems.” Full Article
events U.S. Trade Policy Update With Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000 U.S. Trade Policy Update With Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau HONOLULU (Oct. 8) – Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador John K. Veroneau will offer an update on U.S. trade policy at a breakfast briefing on Wed., Oct. 15, at the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Cost for the event is $14. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with the breakfast program commencing at 8:30. Reservations are requested by Tues., Oct. 14. To make a reservation, contact (808) 944-7111, or ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org . For media coverage of the event, please contact Derek Ferrar at (808) 944-7204 or via email ferrard@EastWestCenter.org . Full Article
events Veteran Political Columnist Lou Cannon to Speak on Journalism’s Current Turmoil By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000 Veteran Political Columnist Lou Cannon to Speak on Journalism’s Current Turmoil Lou Cannon HONOLULU (Oct. 9) – Longtime Washington Post White House correspondent, nationally syndicated columnist and acclaimed Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon will present a free public lecture in Honolulu on Oct. 20 on the current state of turmoil in America’s news media. Cannon will be delivering his East-West Center address, titled “ Journalism on the Brink? – The Decline of Newspapers, the Rise of the Internet and the Trivialization of Political Coverage,” as the Center’s 2008 George Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism. Full Article
events Islamic Boarding School Leaders from Indonesia to Visit U.S. Schools in East-West Center Exchange Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000 Islamic Boarding School Leaders from Indonesia to Visit U.S. Schools in East-West Center Exchange Program HONOLULU (Oct. 20) – Groups of educators from Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia will be spending the next two weeks visiting schools in 11 U.S. states as part of an East-West Center program designed to foster mutual understanding between the United States and Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world. Full Article
events Application Deadline Nears For Asia Pacific Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000 Application Deadline Nears For Asia Pacific Leadership Program HONOLULU (Oct. 30) – The application deadline for the East-West Center's Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) – widely regarded as the premier leadership education program in the Asia region – is December 1, 2008. Application forms and detailed information about the program are available on the APLP website. The APLP is a nine-month graduate certificate program with a minimum five-month residency in Honolulu, Hawaii. The program combines the development of regional expertise with the cultivation of individual leadership capacity. Full Article
events U.S.-Australia Relations Amid Political Change is Topic of East-West Center Luncheon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:38 +0000 U.S.-Australia Relations Amid Political Change is Topic of East-West Center Luncheon HONOLULU (Sept. 19) – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Kim Beazley will speak on “Political Change and Alliance Continuity in U.S.-Australia Relations” at an Australian American Leadership Dialogue luncheon address on Wed., Sept. 24., at the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Ten months ago, the Australian Labor Party under Kevin Rudd defeated the decade-long conservative coalition government of John Howard. This November, the U.S. election will bring in a new American president. These political transitions bring a new era to U.S.-Australian relations. Full Article
events East-West Center President to Speak on “U.S. – Asia Policy in Transition” By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:38 +0000 East-West Center President to Speak on “U.S. – Asia Policy in Transition” HONOLULU (Sept. 29) – East-West Center President Dr. Charles E. Morrison will speak on “U.S.-Asia Policy in Transition” at a luncheon meeting of the Friends of the East-West Center on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Halekulani Hotel’s Hau Terrace, 2199 Kalia Road. Dr. Morrison will review critical issues, challenges and opportunities in U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific region as we face an election and new U.S. leadership. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Cost for the luncheon is $36, inclusive of service charge, tax and parking. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with the luncheon program commencing at noon. To make a reservation, contact (808) 944-7111/ 944-7691, or Friends@eastwestcenter.org . Full Article
events Asia Pacific Scholars, Official and Business Leaders to Gather at International Conference in Bali By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:38 +0000 Asia Pacific Scholars, Officials and Business Leaders to Gather at International Conference in Bali HONOLULU (Sept. 30) -- Nearly 500 scholars, officials, educators and business leaders will gather in Bali November 13-15 for an international conference on the theme of "Building an Asia Pacific Community: Unity in Diversity." Conference sessions will cover current regional issues, including international relations, security, democracy and Islam, global warming, volunteerism, gender issues, innovation, health, business, and social and cultural issues. Among the featured speakers will be the new governor of Bali; Indonesia’s ministers of trade, people’s welfare and women’s empowerment; the U.S. ambassador to Indonesia; the governor of Hawaii; the president of the East-West Center; and business leaders. Full Article
events EWC Awarded $350,000 for New Environmental Stewardship Institute By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:39 +0000 EWC Awarded $350,000 for New Environmental Stewardship Institute HONOLULU (September 17) The East-West Center (EWC) received a grant of $350,000 from the U.S. Department of State to support a new six-week institute on environmental stewardship for undergraduate students from Southeast Asia. The EWC, working in partnership with more than 20 organizations including the University of Hawaii’s Environmental Studies Program, Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Nature Conservancy, will host and facilitate this program in May-June 2009 for approximately 20 students from non-traditional and underserved groups in the region. Full Article
events East-West Center Welcomes New Diplomat-In-Residence By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:40 +0000 East-West Center Welcomes New Diplomat-In-Residence Jonathan Henick HONOLULU (Sept. 4) – Jonathan Henick , a 15-year veteran of the State Department’s Foreign Service, has joined the East-West Center for a one-year post as a visiting research fellow and diplomat-in-residence. Henick will be at the Center through the end of July, 2009, at which time he will assume the post of Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S.Embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor). Mr. Henick most recently served as the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he was the embassy spokesperson and was responsible for all cultural, educational, civil-society and English-language programs. Full Article
events Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:40 +0000 Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures The East-West Center Arts Program and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art present: Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures Sept. 21-Dec. 31, 2008 East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu Opening reception: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2 p.m. In residence September 21-26: Master carpet weaver Ayyoob Khan and third-generation carpet atelier owner Sanjay Kalra, both from Agra, India, home of the Taj Mahal. Full Article
events Eminent Journalists to Speak on Post-Olympics China at East-West Center Luncheon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:40 +0000 Eminent Journalists to Speak on Post-Olympics China at East-West Center Luncheon HONOLULU (Aug. 29) – Four leading China-based journalists will speak on the impact and aftermath of the Olympics on China at an East-West Center luncheon on Friday, Sept. 5., at the Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Speaking at the event will be: Full Article
events EWC Hosts Honolulu Launch of UN Report on Legal Empowerment of the Poor By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:41 +0000 EWC Hosts Honolulu Launch of UN Report on Legal Empowerment of the Poor HONOLULU (July 17) – The East-West Center provided the venue this week for the Honolulu launch of “ Making the Law Work for Everyone ,” a new report on legal empowerment of the world’s poor by an independent commission supported by the United Nations. Full Article
events New EWC Alumni Chapters in Aceh and Timor-Leste Extend Center’s Outreach By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:41 +0000 New EWC Alumni Chapters in Aceh and Timor-Leste Extend Center’s Outreach HONOLULU (Aug. 7) — The East-West Center Association (EWCA) recently established two new alumni chapters in Southeast Asia. The new chapters located in Aceh, Indonesia and Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor) raises the number of chapters in the EWCA global network to 46. Full Article
events East-West Center President Re-Elected Chairman of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:41 +0000 East-West Center President Re-Elected Chairman of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Charles E. Morrison HONOLULU (Aug. 18) – East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison was unanimously elected to a second term as chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) at a PECC Standing Committee meeting in Bangkok on July 26. He is the first chair to have served a three-year term and the first American to chair PECC since 1993. PECC also named Mr. Jusuf Wanandi of Indonesia as the Asia co-chair, beginning in 2009. Mr. Wanandi has served on the EWC’s Board of Governors and has chaired its International Advisory Panel. Full Article
events East-West Center Receives 450 Million Won to Assist Korea in Developing a National Energy Security Strategy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:42 +0000 East-West Center Receives 450 Million Korean Won to Assist Korea in Developing a National Energy Security Strategy HONOLULU (July 7) – The East-West Center (EWC) received a grant of 450 million Korean won (approximately $435,840 U.S. dollars) as part of an agreement to conduct collaborative research activities with the Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), South Korea’s national think-tank on energy policy. The joint project, “Energy Security in the North Pacific,” stems from the Korean government’s newly launched program to strengthen Korea-U.S. relations and establish a partnership on energy diplomacy. The collaboration between the EWC and KEEI supports that goal by improving the networking and research cooperation between the two countries, assisting in the development of an Asia Pacific energy security framework, and contributing to the design of Korea’s energy security strategy. Full Article
events EWC Board Elects Puongpun Sananikone as New Chairman By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:42 +0000 EWC Board Elects Puongpun Sananikone as New Chairman International development economist and business executive is an alumnus and longtime supporter of the Center HONOLULU (July 11, 2008) – Members of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors have elected international development economist Puongpun Sananikone to serve as the board’s new chairman. At a meeting today, the board named Sananikone to succeed Roland Lagareta, who became the board’s vice-chairman. In addition, the board reappointed member Il SaKong, a former South Korea minister of finance and currently a leading economic advisor to President Lee Myung-bak, to a third term on the board. SaKong’s new term will extend until October 2011. Full Article
events Altogether: Contemporary Papua New Guinea Art By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:43 +0000 Altogether: Contemporary Papua New Guinea Art June 29-Sept. 5, 2008 East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu Opening reception: Sunday, June 29, 2 p.m. Full Article
events NASA Awards East-West Center $826,000 To Assess Environmental Change In Se Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:43 +0000 NASA Awards East-West Center $826,000 To Assess Environmental Change In Southeast Asia HONOLULU (June 16) – The East-West Center (EWC) was awarded a three-year contract from NASA for a projected total of $826,639 to determine the effects of the explosive expansion of rubber cultivation in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA) on regional water and carbon dynamics. "Hydrologic change within this region, which comprises approximately half of Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and China’s Yunnan Province, could have serious consequences for the approximately 200 million inhabitants of mainland Southeast Asia’s lowlands and for the climate of monsoon Asia,” according to Jefferson Fox , East-West Center Senior Fellow, and member of the team heading up the project. Full Article
events Asia Pacific Economic Forecast Revised Downward; Inflation Expected to Rise Sharply By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:44 +0000 Asia Pacific Economic Forecast Revised Downward; Inflation Expected to Rise Sharply SINGAPORE (May 30) -- Inflation in the Asia Pacific is set to rise sharply this year in the face of increased oil and commodity prices, contributing to a substantial downward revision in the overall economic growth forecast for the region, according to a report released today by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). Full Article
events Chief Justice of Indonesia Signs Human-Rights Training Agreement By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:44 +0000 Chief Justice of Indonesia Signs Human-Rights Training Agreement HONOLULU (June 12) – The Chief Justice of Indonesia’s Supreme Court has signed a formal agreement with the East-West Center in Honolulu and the War Crimes Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley to expand the human-rights training that the two institutions have been providing to Indonesian law officials for several years through their joint Asian International Justice Initiative. The Memorandum of Understanding signed at the East-West Center on June 6 details a five-year commitment to conduct training programs for Indonesian judges, prosecutors, police and the National Human Rights Commission in order to “improve knowledge of human rights standards and how they can be implemented and applied by key judicial actors to promote the rule of law and the effectiveness of human rights courts and investigations.” Full Article
events Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:45 +0000 Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2008 Media contact: Derek Ferrar Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org A faculty of experts in the fields of human-rights advocacy and humanitarian law is slated to provide instruction starting May 11 at an advanced two-week training course in Bangkok, Thailand, on the key processes being used to address human-rights abuses in the Asia Pacific region. Full Article
events Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:45 +0000 Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts HONOLULU (May 29) -- A group of 30 nature reserve managers and conservation officials from across China are currently in Hawai‘i wrapping up an innovative month-long training program during which they have been meeting with their counterparts at nature reserves across the United States to learn about conservation management strategies. Click here to watch a TV news report on the group's visit to Hanauma Bay marine preserve. Full Article
events Leadership Symposium to Honor Native Hawaiian Sustainability Expert By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:46 +0000 Leadership Symposium to Honor Native Hawaiian Sustainability Expert FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2008 Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center 808-944-7204 ferrard@eastwestcenter.org Symposium Registration: Stella Kolinski, 944-7583 kolinsks@eastwestcenter.org Native Hawaiian cultural specialist Ramsay Taum will be the recipient of this year’s Transformational Leadership Award at a free symposium on “Transforming Leaders and Sustainability,” to be presented on Saturday by the East-West Center Leadership Certificate Program. Full Article
events Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs to Participate in East-West Center Discussion Panel By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:46 +0000 Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs to Participate in East-West Center Discussion Panel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center 808-944-7204 ferrard@eastwestcenter.org HONOLULU (April 30) -- Zacarias Albano da Costa, Foreign Affairs Minister of Timor-Leste (East Timor), will participate in a free public panel discussion at the East-West Center on the morning of Monday, May 5, along with U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste Hans G. Klemm, and Constâncio C. Pinto, acting Chargé d'Affaires of Timor-Leste’s embassy in the U.S. Full Article
events East-West Center Announces Journalism Travel-Study Fellowships on U.S. Election, Beijing Olympics Aftermath By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:46 +0000 East-West Center Announces Journalism Travel-Study Fellowships on U.S. Election, Beijing Olympics Aftermath Contacts: Jefferson Fellowships: Ann Hartman, Jefferson Fellowships Coordinator Tel: (808) 944-7600 Email: jefferson@eastwestcenter.org Hong Kong Fellowships: Marilyn Li, Seminars Specialist Tel: (808) 944-7258 Email: seminars@eastwestcenter.org Full Article
events Qawwali Music from Pakistan: Sufi Devotional Music by Mehr and Sher Ali By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:47 +0000 Qawwali Music from Pakistan: Sufi Devotional Music by Mehr and Sher Ali Pakistani Qawwali singers Mehr and Sher Ali. Photo: Courtesy of World Music Institute. April 28 - 29, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Imin Center-Jefferson Hall East-West Center “Soaring…vibrant…music fueled by its own jubilation” - NY Times Strong male voices, lively percussion and explosive hand-clapping – along with lyrics based on mystical poetry by Sufi masters – characterize the devotional music known as Qawwali, which was made famous in the Western world by the late master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Full Article
events Unseen Visions: Contemporary Painting in Pakistan By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:47 +0000 Gallery Exhibition Notice: Unseen Visions: Contemporary Painting in Pakistan April 13 - June 11, 2008 East-West Center Gallery , Honolulu Opening reception: Sunday, April 13, 2 p.m. Full Article
events Royal Sala Thai Dedication By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:48 +0000 Royal Sala Thai Dedication Photos from the Royal Sala Thai dedication on March 1, 2008. Click to enlarge. Full Article
events Former Malaysia Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin Re-elected to East-West Center Board of Governors By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:48 +0000 Former Malaysia Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin Re-elected to East-West Center Board of Governors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org HONOLULU (March 19) – The East-West Center’s Board of Governors has re-elected one of its members, the Hon. Tun Daim Zainuddin, to another three-year term. At a meeting on Feb. 29, the board members unanimously elected Daim to his third term on the board, which will extend until March 2011. Full Article
events Negroponte to Address USAPC By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:48 +0000 Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to Address U.S.-Asia Pacific Issues at April 11 Conference For Immediate Release Media Contact: Barbara Wanner Phone: (808) 202-327-9761 Email: wannerb@eastwestcenter.org Full Article
events Royal Thai Dancers and Musicians To Perform at East-West Center By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:49 +0000 Royal Thai Dancers and Musicians To Perform at East-West Center Royal Thai dancers perform the impressive Khon mask dance depicting the Ramayana epic story. Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
events Thai Princess to Dedicate Royal Pavilion at East-West Center By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:49 +0000 Thai Princess to Dedicate Royal Pavilion at East-West Center His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej dedicates the original sala at the East-West Center on June 6, 1967. Photo courtesy of The Honolulu Advertiser. Full Article
events New Book Examines Asia's Energy Issues and Their Global Impact By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:50 +0000 New Book Examines Asia's Energy Issues and Their Global Impact FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
events Thai Princess to be Guest of Honor at East-West Center Annual Dinner By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:50 +0000 Thai Princess to be Guest of Honor at East-West Center Annual Dinner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org HONOLULU (Feb. 7) -- Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand will be the guest of honor at the East-West Center’s annual dinner, “An International Affair,” set for Feb. 29 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Coral Ballroom. The princess will be accepting the Center’s Asia Pacific Community Building Award on behalf of her father, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in recognition of His Majesty’s dedicated work toward the welfare of the people of Thailand. Full Article
events Khmer Rouge Tribunal Receiving Training in International Law By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:51 +0000 Khmer Rouge Tribunal Receiving Training in International Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Derek Ferrar Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org HONOLULU (Feb. 4) -- The Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), a collaboration between the East-West Center in Hawaii and the War Crimes Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley, has begun a week and a half of training workshops in international law for all the judges of the Khmer Rouge war-crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshops are focusing on legal issues likely to play a central role in the tribunal’s upcoming trials. Full Article
events EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:52 +0000 EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
events Gallery exhibition notice: Material Choices:Bast and Leaf Fiber Textiles in Asia and the Pacific By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:52 +0000 Gallery exhibition notice: Material Choices: Bast and Leaf Fiber Textiles in Asia and the Pacific FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 25, 2008 Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org February 10-March 30, 2008 East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu Presented by the East-West Center Arts Program and the Fowler Museum at the University of California-Los Angeles Full Article
events Jan. 31 is Application Deadline for Journalism Fellowships to India, Malaysia and the U.S. By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:53 +0000 Jan. 31 is Application Deadline for Journalism Fellowships to India, Malaysia and the U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org American and Asian Journalists to Focus on Issues in the U.S. and among Asia’s Muslims HONOLULU (Dec. 19, 2007) -- The East-West Center is accepting fellowship applications from Asian and American journalists who want to learn more about the United States and Muslims in Asia. The Senior Journalists Seminar, a travel-and-dialogue program, will take American journalists to Kolkata (Calcutta), India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Full Article
events New Members Join East-West Center Board of Governors By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:53 +0000 New Members Join East-West Center Board of Governors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org HONOLULU (Jan. 9, 2008) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently appointed four new members to three-year terms on the East-West Center’s Board of Governors. The new members are: Lori Forman, Microsoft director of community affairs for Asia; Theodore B. Lee, president of the Urban Land Company in San Francisco and Las Vegas; S. Linn Williams, executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer of the Mirant Corporation; and Michael K. Young, president of the University of Utah. In addition, Rice re-appointed former U.S. Rep. for Hawaii Patricia F. Saiki to a second term on the board. Full Article
events Derek Ferrar Joins East-West Center As Media Relations Specialist By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:54 +0000 Derek Ferrar Joins East-West Center As Media Relations Specialist Derek Ferrar HONOLULU (Nov. 16) — Derek Ferrar has been named Media Relations Specialist for the East-West Center. As a member of the Office of External Affairs staff, he will be authoring articles for the Center’s news wire and website, handling news releases and media inquiries, connecting journalists with expert sources on Asia Pacific issues and otherwise facilitating the dissemination of East-West Center programs, activities and resources through the media. Full Article
events Experts in Asia Security Issues, Risk Perception Join East-West Center Research Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:54 +0000 Experts in Asia Security Issues, Risk Perception Join East-West Center Research Program Dr. Denny Roy Dr. Melissa Finucane FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
events Emerging Importance of Social Entrepreneurship to be Focus of Service Learning Fair By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:55 +0000 Emerging Importance of Social Entrepreneurship to be Focus of Service Learning Fair FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist 808-944-7204; email: ferrard@eastwestcenter.org Source Contact: Stuart H. Coleman Leadership Certificate Program Coordinator (808) 944-7229, colemans@eastwestcenter.org HONOLULU (Nov. 14) -- A panel of Honolulu community leaders will discuss the emerging importance of social entrepreneurship in the non-profit and business sectors at the first annual Fall Service Learning Fair, presented on Nov. 17 by the East-West Center (EWC) Leadership Certificate Program. Full Article
events Deadline Approaches For EWC’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:55 +0000 Deadline Approaches For EWC’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program HONOLULU (Nov. 1) — The application deadline for the East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is December 1, 2007. Application forms and information on fellowship opportunities are available on the program’s website at www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp . Eligible candidates for the APLP include exceptional early to mid-career professionals and mature graduate students with high leadership potential from all sectors (government, business, NGOs, media, etc.) across the globe. Applicants must have a four-year bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. Full Article