Should the Chinese Language be Taught in Putonghua? Contested Identities in Post-1997 Hong Kong

This talk by Po King Choi was the inaugural Bernard H. K. Luk Memorial Lecture organized by the York Centre for Asian Research on 27 April 2017. Bernard H. K. Luk (1946-2016) was a Professor of History at York University, Toronto and an internationally recognized authority on the history of Hong Kong. Dr Choi’s lecture explores the nationalist politics and debates around the medium of instruction of the Chinese language in Hong Kong. She analyzes the surprising levels of uptake of state policies that were implemented to promote the standardized national language, Putonghua (PTH) and maps out pedagogical perspectives about the efficacy of teaching and learning PTH. The talk also examines emergent forms of resistance to PTH standardization and the concomitant mobilization of a “Hong Kong identity” against fears of encroaching mainland ideological dominance. Drawing on interviews with teachers and student activists, her talk provides a sense of the experiences, sentiments and strategies of resistance on the ground. Choi’s lecture makes pertinent connections between the politics of language education, post-Umbrella Movement forms of resistance and broader democratization movements in Hong Kong

OT 501 Concise and Comprehensive I Hebrew

Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming (July 2003). Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1971. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, Calif.: BIBAL, 1987. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3222/thumbnail.jp

OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. [IBSN 3438052229 is least expensive] Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1971. [Loaded on BW 7.0] Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, Calif.: BIBAL, 1987. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1364/thumbnail.jp

OT 502 Grammar and Readings in Biblical Hebrew

Arnold, Bill and John Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming. (available from bookstore as course packet) Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1979. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, Calif.: BIBAL, 1987. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2790/thumbnail.jp

Making of Nationalistic Dance: Agrippina Vaganova and Choi Seung-Hee

This thesis applies nationalism theories from Eric Hobsbawm\u27s Inventing Tradition and Benedict Anderson\u27s Imagined Communities to show how Agrippina Vaganova and Choi Seung-hee\u27s dances became their nation\u27s representative dance forms. Agrippina Vaganova\u27s Modern Russian Ballet and Choi Seung-hee\u27s Sinmuyong (New Dance) made significant impacts in their respective countries in the twentieth century by each becoming a systematic dance form that became synonymous with the nation. This thesis argues that Agrippina Vaganova\u27s Modern Russian Ballet and Choi Seung-hee\u27s Sinmuyong (New Dance) became their nation\u27s representative dance forms due to interactions between performance, social changes, and discourses of media. These, along with the need to increase national patriotism, helped transform these dances into national and nationalistic art forms

OT 619 Exegesis of 1-2 Samuel

Arnold, Bill T., and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. NB: Students who purchased previous versions of this (A Guide for the Perplexed) may continue to use the older version. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1971. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, Calif.: BIBAL, 1987. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2800/thumbnail.jp

Les « X » à Québec : La construction discursive d’un groupe exclusif

De 1996 à 2005, l’émission radiophonique « Le monde parallèle de Jeff Fillion » prend une place prépondérante dans l’univers médiatique de Québec. L’engouement créé par cette radio repose sur un ensemble de constructions discursives qui suscitent un fort sentiment d’appartenance. Dans cet article, nous voulons explorer de façon spécifique la mécanique discursive qui contribue à la définition du groupe des X, les supporters de la station CHOI. Deux mouvements discursifs complémentaires à l’oeuvre dans la construction identitaire des X telle qu’opérée par Fillion seront décrits. Le premier mouvement, positif, consiste à proposer aux auditeurs de CHOI (des X potentiels) un rapport au monde auquel ils vont s’identifier ; le second, négatif, est une construction identitaire « contre » où l’identité des X est suggérée à travers la présentation dépréciative d’individus, de groupes et d’idéologies. De ce double mouvement émerge une représentation des X incarnant la « vraie » ville de Québec, un Québec opposé tant à celui que représente son élite, qu’au Montréal « de la ‘clique’ du Plateau Mont-Royal ». Notre étude repose sur l’analyse de cinq émissions de Fillion diffusées à l’été et à l’automne 2004, moment propice au déploiement de stratégies de polarisation alors que la survie de la station de radio CHOI est menacée et que Fillion lutte pour conserver son poste d’animateur.From 1996 to 2005, the radio program Le monde parallele de Jeff Fillion held a predominant position in Québec City’s media world. The strong following built by this radio program was generated through a series of discursive constructions that created a strong sense of belonging. This paper aims specifically to explore the discursive mechanism that contributes to the definition of Generation X, the group from which the CHOI radio station drew its audience. Two additional discursive movements that contribute to the X group’s sense of identity, as developed by Fillion, will be described. The first of these, being positive, consists in offering CHOI listeners (who are potential X’s) a relationship to the world with which they will identify; the second, which is negative, is an adverse identity construction in which the identity of the X’s is suggested through the derogatory presentation of individuals, groups, and ideologies. From this twofold movement emerges a representation of the X’s that embodies the “real” Québec City, a Québec City opposed both to that represented by its élite and to the Montréal of the “Plateau Mont-Royal clique”. Our study is based on the analysis of five broadcasts that Fillion made in the summer and autumn of 2004, an ideal moment for the deployment of polarization strategies while the survival of the CHOI radio station was threatened and Fillion was struggling to keep his position as a radio host

Global Journalist: Mugabe's press crackdown during re-election: President Bush's Asia trip

On this February 21, 2002 Global Journalist program, host Stuart Loory speaks with four journalists about the controversial campaign of Zimbabwe's incumbent candidate for president, Robert Mugabe. They also talk about the status of relations between North Korea, South Korea, Japan and the United States following a trip from U.S. President George W. Bush to the Demilitarized Zone on the North-South Korea Border. Host: Stuart Loory. Guests: Michael Zielenziger, Woosuk (Ken) Choi, Basildon Peta, Kurt Shillinger. Director: Mary Furness. Producer: Sarah Andrea Fajardo