caps-news: Events and Announcements for this week

Tue Jan 8 11:47:03 PST 2013

Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 10, 2013
"Chinese Capitalism:  Beyond Variety?"
Jamie Peck, Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
Condon Hall, Room 106
4:00 pm

This talk will consider the extent to which the Chinese economy can be meaningfully characterized as capitalist; the character of its state form and recent development path; and its position within—or beyond—conventional understandings of capitalist variety.  The analysis seeks to articulate an alternative to the orthodox varieties of capitalism framework, the “variegated capitalism” approach characteristic of geographical political economy. Specifically, this lecture will situate China's mode of political economy in the global system through a comparative analysis with other modes in the United States, Japan, Germany. Through this analysis, this lecture attempts to illustrate the innovation embedded in China's economic development and unravel the inevitable cycle of crisis that China has to endure, as done by other countries.

This lecture is presented by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and the UO Confucius Institute for Global China Studies and is cosponsored by the Department of Geography.  For more info, please call 541-346-1521.
Announcements
FLAS Fellowship Award Deadline
For Graduate and Undergraduate Students
CAPS is pleased to announce the applications for 2013 Summer FLAS awards and 2013-14 Academic Year FLAS awards are now available.

The FLAS program provides tuition and a generous stipend for UO students (both undergraduate and graduate) who are US citizens or permanent residents doing advanced language training in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean in combination with area studies, international studies, or international aspects of professional studies.

Applications for both Fellowships are due on February 15, 2013.

For more information, or to download an application, please visit the FLAS funding page of the CAPS web site or contact Lori O’Hollaren at (541) 346-1521 or loholl at uoregon.edu.

FLAS Information Meeting:
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Mills Int’l Center - EMU
3:00 pm

East-West Center Now Accepting Applications
For the Japan and Asia Studies Fellowships in Washington, D.C.

The Japan Studies Fellowship in Washington, D.C. can be a 3 or 6 month program funded by the Center for Global Partnership at the Japan Foundation. Fellows will reside in Washington, D.C. and will be granted a one-week research trip to Japan during the fellowship period. Fellows may begin their residency as early as May 2013 and may conclude their residency as late as January 2014. Deadline; February 1, 2013.

The Asia Studies Fellowship in Washington, D.C. is a 3 month program for policy-relevant research and writing in one of the following areas: 1) international relations in Asia; 2) political and economic change in Asia; 3) U.S.-Asia relations; and/or 4) economic integration and architecture in the Asia-Pacific. Deadline; February 1, 2013.
East Asia Librarian Consultation Hours
Beginning January 9

Starting January 9th, Xiaotong Wang, Subject Specialist for Chinese Studies, and Kevin McDowell, Japanese Studies Librarian, will hold consultation hours for students doing research related to Chinese and Japanese studies. Consultation hours will be held from 11:30 to 1:00 on Wednesdays in room 220 of the Knight Library (near the Asian Collection). They are also available to meet with students by appointment, either individually or in small groups.

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