Book Signing with Dr. Ronald Y. Nakasone, editor of the book, the Okinawan Diaspora
The Cultural Committee will be presenting a lecture and book signing by Dr. Ronald Y. Nakasone of Fremont, California. He is the editor of Okinawan Diaspora, published by the University of Hawaii in 2002. Dr. Nakasone will speak about the content of the book, and if time permits, Okinawan spirituality. Purchase your books and have it signed at the same time.
Saturday, May 17, 2003
1:00 ~ 3:00 PM
O.A.A. Center/Yamauchi Building
16500 S. Western Avenue, Gardena, CADr. Nakasone’s brief but very impressive profile is as follows:
Rev. Dr. Ronald Y. Nakasone, Buddhist cleric (Honganjiha), academic, ethicist, and sho-artist, has taught at the Graduate Theological Union since 1987. He studied at the University of Hawai’i, Ryukoku University, Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin, from which he received his doctorate in Buddhist Studies. He is the editor of The Okinawan Experience (Dharma Cloud Publishers 1996) and Okinawan Diaspora (University of Hawai’i Press 2002). Dr. Nakasone has discussed such issues as cloning, organ transplants, euthanasia, and other modern dilemmas in a variety of international forums and publications. A recent article, “Religious Views on Biotechnology, Buddhism,” appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology (Wiley 2000, 2002 online edition). His Ethics of Enlightenment (1990 Dharma Cloud) continues to be used at a number of colleges. He delivered the keynote address on “Buddhism and Bioethics” at the 27th Annual International Buddhist Brotherhood Association Conference at Bodhgaya, India on 8 December 2002. A skilled calligrapher, he had a solo exhibition in Berkeley, California in 2002 and will be exhibiting at the Shinxi Art Museum at Xian, China in September and October 2003.
Joining Dr. Nakasone is Dr. Edith Kaneshiro (daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Takeo Kaneshiro), one of several contributors to Okinawan Diaspora. Edith received her Ph.D. in history at the University of California at Berkeley and her dissertation focused on the village of Kin, Okinawa, and the international labor migrations of Okinawans to Hawaii, California and the Philippines. Dr. Kaneshiro is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at Pitzer College, Claremont, California, and her current research is about the repatriation of Okinawans during the American Occupation of Japan.
This is a very special opportunity for us to hear these scholars speak on the diasporic experiences of Okinawans and their identity.
For information please call OAA center at (310) 532-1929 or Aiko Tokunaga at (562) 695-9533.
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