Category: Events

Faculty in the News!

By Grace Beahm Alford Gbeahm at the Post and Courier

LCWA’s own Professors Garrett Davison and Piotr Gibas were in the Post and Courier discussing their course “Food, Travel and Faith in Asia.” Check out the full article here!

https://www.postandcourier.com/food/college-of-charleston-students-hot-on-trail-of-medieval-muslim/article_6776ec06-d334-11e9-81f1-afc75fb1a449.html 

 

 

2019 Asian Studies Student Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to all of our students that received awards at the Asian Studies Awards Ceremony!

John Van Dyke
Madison McCormick
Maelouise Sparrow
Julius Walton
Aika Ishimori
Kenni Ojediran
Blair Horton
Mary Catherine Manning
Jake Peller
Merrianna Robinson
Tuesday Fig
Phoebe Gould
Edward Ip
Leanne Lusk
Anna Louise Margeson
Maddison Rogers

Lecturer Dr. Daniel Hsieh

On Monday, March 12th the Asian Studies program hosted Dr. Daniel Hsieh. He is Chair of the East Asian Language Department and Associate Professor of Chinese at the School of Languages and Cultures at Purdue University. He presented the lecture “Love and Women in Chinese Records of the Strange.”

More than fifty students and faculty attended the event, which was more than was expected. It was a successful and wonderful event!

Asian-Pacific Islander Unity Celebration 2017

On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 the Office of Multicultural Student Programs and Services and student organizations Asian Student Association and the Chinese Club honored the accomplishments of our Asian-Pacific Islander Graduates. Our very own Dr. Karambelkar was the key note speaker of the event.

http://msps.cofc.edu/multiculturalgraduationcelebrations/asian-pacific-islander-unity-celebration.php

Chinese Performing Arts Show & Speech Contest at the The Citadel

On February 25, 2017 at The Citadel students participated in the Chinese Performing Arts Show & Speech Contest.

The event included
Ming Ke / Traditional Instruments Pipa & Guzheng
Chen Lan / Ancient Poetry Operatic Singing
Li Huang / Classical & Poetry Dances
Jia Jia / Chinese Flutes
Tu Shuai / Guqin
Haijing Zhuang / Guzheng
Classical Chinese Dances by City Art Center
& Mama Dance Group

The event was sponsored by:
Project GO

The event was coordinated by:
The Citadel
The College of Charleston, School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs
Charleston Chinese Culture Center
Poetry & Beyond

May 26th-June 6th – Tibetan Sand Mandala construction in Addlestone Library rotunda

This is just a reminder that the Addlestone Library and the Charleston Tibetan Society cordially invite you to watch the construction of a Tibetan sand mandala.

 

Here is an updated schedule of events associated with the sand mandala.

 

What: Chenrezing Sand Mandala

When: May 26th – June 6th

Where: Addlestone Library Rotunda

 

Details: Addlestone Library will be hosting the Charleston Tibetan Society as they construct a sand mandala, an ancient, sacred form of Tibetan Buddhist art, in the Addlestone Library rotunda.

 

Venerable Lobsang Tsering from the Drepung Loseling Monastery Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Practice, and Culture in Atlanta, Georgia, will be constructing a mandala devoted to Chenrezig, the Tibetan name for Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. This particular mandala illustrates, in two dimensions, the divine palace, residence, or celestial abode of Chenrezig. The finished mandala will be approximately four feet in diameter and will take a week or so to complete.

 

There are several events associated with the sand mandala. Listed below are the dates for the opening and closing ceremonies and the daily hours Venerable Tsering will be working on the mandala.

  • Opening Ceremony
    • Tuesday, May 26th at 10:00 am
      • Venerable Lobsang Tsering and Geshe Dakpa Topgyal will consecrate the site of the mandala with approximately 30 minutes of chanting and mantra recitation. Immediately following Venerable Lobsang Tsering will begin to draw the lines for the design of the mandala on the table.
  • Mandala Daily Viewing Hours
    • Tuesday, May 26th – Saturday, June 6th
    • Monday through Friday –  9 am-12 pm and 2 pm-5 pm
    • Saturday and Sundays – 10am-12 pm and 2 pm-5pm
  • Chenrezig Sadhana Practice
    • Wednesday, June 3rd and Thursday, June 4th – 10 am-11 am and 5 pm-6 pm
    • Friday, June 5th – 10 am-11 am and 3 pm-4 pm
      • Venerable Lobsang Tsering and Geshe Dakpa Topgyal, Spiritual Director of the Charleston Tibetan Society, will perform the Chenrezig Sadhana meditative practice including the recitation of the Chenrezig mantra.
  • Closing Ceremony
    • Saturday, June 6th at 10:30 am
      • During the closing ceremony there will be a 20 minute power point presentation about the mandala. Afterwards there will be chanting and the mandala will be dismantled by being swept up (symbolizing he impermanence of all phenomena) and distributed to anyone who would like to take some, and the rest being dispersed in the nearest body of water.

Additionally the Division of Marketing and Communications will be doing a time lapse recording of the mandala for The College Today news site.

 

We hope you can join us!

Tonight is the 1st annual Asian-Pacific Islander Unity Celebration.

The API Unity Celebration is a culturally-focused event that celebrates and recognizes the achievements of our graduating Asian, Pacific Islander, Indian, Arabic, and South Asian American communities on campus.

 

Graduating students, including undergraduates and graduates, are invited to take part in the celebration, which occurs each academic spring term; the days prior to college-wide commencement events. This year we have three (3) special 2015 Asian-Pacific Unity graduates: Aimi Nguyen, Andrea Nillas & Monica Patel. Please join us tonight!

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