Acclaimed Chinese photojournalist Li Zhensheng will come to Indiana University Bloomington Oct. 6-7 for a viewing of his photographs documenting the Cultural Revolution and to present two lectures.

Graduate students from across the Big Ten and the University of Chicago who are involved in Asian American studies are gathering for an inaugural conference on the Indiana University Bloomington campus Sept. 25-26.

News organizations are reporting that about 35 government and commercial Web sites in South Korea and the United States have came under major attack in recent days. Suspected in the coordinated cyber attack is North Korea or its sympathizers. Heon Joo Jung, an Indiana University expert on Korean politics, is available to speak with the news media.

An Indiana University faculty expert is available to comment on issues related to recent news that North Korea conducted its second nuclear bomb test, that it plans to test a long-range missile and that a successor to leader Kim Jong-il has been selected, as well as other developments on the Korean peninsula. Michael Robinson is incoming chair of IU Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and is a professor in the department.

Two centers in Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences have received nearly $290,000 in additional federal funding to educate middle- and high school teachers and students in three strategic languages spoken in some of the most populated countries -- Chinese, Hindi and Urdu.

Indiana University announced that Huang Ping, consul general for the People's Republic of China in Chicago, will visit Indianapolis to participate in an IU-organized conference on U.S.-China business cooperation.

A lecture by Jenny 8. Lee, a reporter for the New York Times and author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, and the annual Taste of Asia and AsianFest events will highlight IU's early observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which honors the rich history and presence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

During spring break, an increasing number of Indiana University students are opting for international locales, where they often travel as part of classes. This year, Korea is a "hot spot" for business, journalism and liberal arts students.

South Korea's former minister of unification Chung Dong-Young will deliver a presentation, "Korean Reunification and South Korea's Policy toward North Korea," as part of the Indiana University East Asian Studies Center's Colloquium Series.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's failing health could present an even greater challenge to the next president than his diplomatic exploitation of his country's nuclear weapon's program, according to an Indiana University historian who has written extensively on the Asian nation.

The Indiana University Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy (CCLP) has received a $1 million grant over three years from The Language Flagship, an initiative of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) within the U.S. Department of Defense.

In response to China's growing economic importance and other factors, Mandarin Chinese is becoming one of the fastest growing languages for students in secondary schools and colleges nationwide. At Indiana University, middle and high school teachers are immersed in an intensive, two-and-a-half-week course on teaching Mandarin Chinese.

Indiana University professors Phil Henson, Phil Stevens and Scott Kennedy discuss the political and environmental climate surrounding the Olympic Games.

An "American Idol" semi-finalist and the author of The Chopsticks-Fork Principle, A Memoir and Manual will highlight Indiana University's annual early observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which honors the rich history and presence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Indiana University and its East Asian Studies Center, opened the Chinese Pedagogy Institute on Sunday to 15 prospective and practicing high school teachers of Chinese. Jennifer Liu, East Asian languages and cultures professor, and Chinese language coordinator at IU, is leading the course.

Indiana University has been selected to receive a two-year federal grant for $481,630 to provide strategic language and culture training to undergraduate students in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs.

Yoshito Kawahara, a third-generation Japanese American who overcame life in an internment camp to become a successful scholar and a leader of the Asian American Psychological Association, will receive the second Distinguished Asian/Pacific American Alumni Award from Indiana University on April 27.

On Friday (March 30), Indiana University will begin its annual early observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which honors the rich history and presence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

This issue of Lecture Notes features talks at IU Bloomington from Sept. 25 through Oct. 10. Lectures include a special evening with journalist Christopher Hitchens, and a lecture about Herman B. Wells.

Lecture Notes includes lectures that will be held at Indiana University's Bloomington campus Sept. 13-24, 2006. The events are all open to the public.

It used to be easy to describe the People's Republic of China as being communist or socialist. As it develops into a leading industrial power with a vibrant market economy, many experts now are pondering how to best label what could become the world's largest economic force. A major conference at IU Bloomington, "Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics," will take up the issue.

Belle Liang, an education professor at Boston College and a national expert on youth mentoring, will receive the inaugural Distinguished Asian/Pacific American Alumni Award from Indiana University.

Indiana University Bloomington on March 24 will begin its annual early observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which honors the rich history and presence of Asians and Pacific islanders in the United States.

It's being called a "CelebrAsian" at IU Bloomington in April, when the campus will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and honor the rich history and presence of Asians and Pacific islanders in the United States.