Experience what East Asia has to offer, with a number of different events taking place across the week starting Tuesday 23 April 2019. East Asia Days will allow you to get to know different cultures through lectures, workshops, food trucks, movies, a photo exhibition, a conference and a closing of the week performance with dancing, singing and traditional folk performances from Sichuan (China).

The East Asia Days are organised by the VUB International Relations office with support from the Korean Cultural Centre, Kobe University, the Mongolian Embassy, the Confucius Institute at VUB, and the Confucius Institute at ULB. 

Some events are 'drop-by' so you do not need to register, but others will require registration so we can manage number in rooms, while others will have limited seating capacity and are handled on a 'first come, first served'-basis.

Now is your chance to discover what East Asia has to offer on a cultural level, but there will also be a VUB International Relations office information session on the exchange opportunities for this part of the world. In addition, all info related to exchange opportunties will also be available at the VUB International Relations office welcome desk (pleinlaan 5, ground floor) during the East Asia Days, so feel free to drop by and find out more.

During the East Asia Days week, there will be an India-inspired menu at the VUB restaurant on offer every day, supported by Edukado.

Below is the programme for the week - some rooms and information is still to be added, so check back to see where everything will take place. The events that require registration are hyperlinked so please click the link and register.

Do you have any other questions? Contact Eugenia Marchetti or Maarten Gernay to find out more.

TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2019:

11:30-15:00 Food truck Amano Ikuko (Japanese curry and yakisoba); bubble tea stand by 8tea5 - Esplanade

12:00-14:00 Corner Henna tattoos - drop by - Building D

14:00-16:00 Workshop Korean Hanji Craft - D.2.10  

14:00-16:00 Workshop Working with Henna - D.2.15

17:00-18:00 Lecture "Japanese Pop Culture: Lost & Found in Translation" by Prof Kiyomitsu Yui, Kobe University - D.2.01 

18:00-20:00 JAPAN - Movie "Ghost in the Shell" - D.2.01

WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2019:

11:00-12:00 Info Session Exchange Opportunities - D.2.01

12:00-12:30 MONGOLIA - Photo Exhibition "Mongolia Between City and Grasslands" Inauguration + drink & snack - Building D

11:30-15:00 Food truck Mongolian & Chinese Food Corners; Bubble Tea stand by 8tea5 - Esplanade

14:00-16:00  Workshop Korean Calligraphy - Room D.2.13

12:00-14:00 Workshop Batik Shibori technique, session 1 - D.2.18

14:00-16:00 Workshop Batik Shibori technique, session 2 - D.2.18

14:00-18:00 Conference "Regional Integration & Cooperation in Asia". organised by VUB in partnership with UNU-CRIS and EIAS - at the European Institute of Asian Studies (EIAS), rue de la Loi 26, 1000 Brussels

17:30-20:00 MONGOLIA - Movie  "The Story of the weeping camel" - D.2.01

THURSDAY 25 APRIL 2019:

10:00-12:00 Lecture "Emotion of Chinese Characters" - D.2.15

11:30-15:00 Food truck Table D'Ho - Esplanade

12:00-13:00 Corner Discover Origami - drop by - Building D

13:00-15:00 Workshop Origami techniques - D.2.15

17:30-20:00 KOREA - Movie "Midnight Runners"  - D.007

FRIDAY 26 APRIL 2019:

10:00-12:30 CHINA - Movie "Bangzi Melody" in presence of Film Director Zheng Dasheng - D.2.01

11:30-15:00 Food truck BUI BUI - Esplanade

17:30-19:00 Demonstration/Workshop Calligraphy + art exhibition - drop by - Room Mandela

19:00-21:00 Performances by the School of Arts at Sichuan University (dancing, singing) + Wushu (kung-fu) performance - Auditorium QA