Chinese Law Review Seeking Board Members & Editors

The Chinese Law Review is seeking Board Members and Editors to select
and edit articles related to the law of greater China in both English
and Chinese for our second volume. Applications for board positions
are due anytime on Sunday, January 29, 2005. All positions are open.
For more information about the positions available and how to apply,
please visit http://www.law.upenn.edu/groups/clsa/clr/participate/.

Fellowships for Graduates Studying East Asian Languages

The Center for East Asian Studies will award between seven and ten
FLAS Fellowships for AY 2006-07 to graduate students planning to
pursue modern East Asian language study at the intermediate or higher
level. The FLAS Fellowship pays tuition and general fees and provides
an annual stipend of $15,000 (which may be augmented by individual
Schools at Penn). The FLAS Fellowships are contingent on renewed
funding by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be admitted
to or enrolled in a graduate program at Penn, and have research or
career plans that require the use of an East Asian language. The
languages most commonly studied are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean,
but other languages of the region may be approved. Awards are made by
the Executive Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies.

Successful applicants must then enroll both semesters of the
Fellowship year in an intermediate or higher modern East Asian
language and in full-time study in either East Asian Studies or
professional studies related to East Asia.

Applications are due February 3, 2006, to the Applicant's Department.
Application should be made directly to the Graduate Chair of the
Department in which the applicant is enrolled. (Incoming graduate
students should indicate to the departments to which they have
applied that they would like to be considered for the FLAS.) The
application form, which lists the materials required for submission,
is attached to the electronic version of this message, and it appears
on the reverse side of the printed version. The form can be obtained
at the Center for East Asian Studies, by writing to
ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu, or on our webpage at www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu.

The competition will be conducted strictly in accordance with
University policies and the selection guidelines of the U.S.
Department of Education. The Center for East Asian Studies seeks to
support students in as wide a variety of disciplines and professions,
and from as wide a variety of backgrounds, as possible.

For an application form and further information, contact:
Center for East Asian Studies
642 Williams Hall / 6305
Telephone: (215) 573-4203; e-mail: ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

Cash and Glory: Non-Native East Asian Language Speakers

Are you a non-native speaker of an East Asian language who has acquired that language through study?

Have you used that language in-country at a professional level?

Would you like to inspire others, for a fee, to do the same?

Last year the University’s Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) partnered with Wharton’s Lauder Program to host a panel called "Speaking Business in East Asia."  There were three speakers, each of whom was a grad student (all from Wharton); had studied Chinese, Japanese, or Korean; and used that language in-country to conduct business.

Many undergraduates who have studied an EA language wonder whether they could really use the language abroad, so the event drew a rather large audience (about 200), with a lot of participation during Q and A.

CEAS will hold the panel again this year, and would to include one or more law students.  They need a student, ideally a native English speaker, who has acquired an EA language and used it in the target country in a professional setting. They will offer a $200 honorarium.

Time: Friday, March 31, 2005, 1-3 pm

Place: Lauder Auditorium, L-FH 105

If you are interested, please do not contact me, but instead write directly to Paula Roberts at CEAS (proberts@sas.upenn.edu).