Asian Heritage – Edmonton

Guest Speaker: Prof. Kristina Kleutghen (Washington University, St Louis, MO, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) When the Kangxi emperor’s Southern Tours disembarked in Suzhou in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries, the ruler arrived in a city famous across the empire for its optical devices. Popular use of these devices in and around Suzhou … Continue reading Seeing Suzhou in Chinese Painting →

Guest Speaker: Prof. Michael G. Chang (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.) This presentation will focus on the well-known southern tours of the Qianlong emperor (1711-1799, r. 1736-1795), the fourth Manchu emperor to rule over China-proper. Each of Qianlong’s six southern tours, which took place between 1751 and 1784, were extended affairs during which the … Continue reading The Emperor Qianlong’s Tours of Southern China in Painting, Poetry, and Logistical Practice →

Panel Discussion Prof. Nancy S. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) Prof. Michael G. Chang (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.) Prof. Martin Powers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.   1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Mactaggart Art Collection tours

Guest Speaker: Prof. Martin Powers (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.) Location: TELUS International Centre (Room 134) (light lunch provided after) In 1741 Richard Hatchett adapted the Chinese play The Orphan of Zhao as a vehicle for exposing Robert Walpole’s corruption and abuse of power. What Hatchett viewed as corruption, most Englishmen saw as … Continue reading Picturing Social Justice in Early Modern China and England →

A specially-edited, hour-long version of the CBC The Nature of Things documentary The Great Human Odyssey – produced in Edmonton by Dr. Niobe Thompson with a magical score by former Edmontonian Darren Fung – will be presented in a kid-friendly format, narrated by Niobe himself. Don't miss this performance full of stunning visuals and the magic … Continue reading Darren Fung – ESO Symphonies for Kids: The Great Human Odyssey →

Time Depth: March 5 - 26, 2016 “Time Depth” is a two-person exhibition featuring new paintings by Edmonton artist, Dick Der and Vancouver artist, Edward Epp. Their works, differently, both demonstrate aspects of time and locale: Venetian colour and architecture in the abstract paintings of Dick Der and bands of atmosphere and horizon in the … Continue reading Time Depth with Dick Der, Visual Artist →

Hosted by the Timms Centre for the Arts (112 St 87 Ave) on Saturday March 5 at 7:00 pm and Sunday March 6 at 2:00 pm, this show is a celebration of three decades of drumming and how our music has defined our journey. Taiko is traditional Japanese drumming that has undergone a modernization since … Continue reading The Beat Goes On – Kita no Taiko’s 30th Anniversary Performance →

Hosted by the Timms Centre for the Arts (112 St 87 Ave) on Saturday March 5 at 7:00 pm and Sunday March 6 at 2:00 pm, this show is a celebration of three decades of drumming and how our music has defined our journey. Taiko is traditional Japanese drumming that has undergone a modernization since … Continue reading The Beat Goes On – Kita no Taiko’s 30th Anniversary Performance →

The Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) and Edmonton Chinese Young Leaders Council (ECYLC) invites you to join us for good food, friendship, fellowship and inspirational stories.   SPEAKERS We welcome our special guest speakers, Mr. Nathan Ip and Mr. William Lau. Mr. Nathan Ip is an Edmonton Public School Board Trustee and the President of the Edmonton Chinese Young Leaders … Continue reading FACL x ECYLC = Dimsum Leadership Lunch →

When: 4 p.m. Monday, March 14 Where: 1-140 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), University of Alberta In a January 27 publication in the Journal Nature, a team of researchers at Google Deepmind, led by two University of Alberta alumni, announced their program AlphaGo, which plays the ancient Asian game of Go at a professional level. Now, AlphaGo is challenging a top … Continue reading Mastering the game of Go – can a computer program beat a human champion? →