This day-long conference will be held on Saturday, March 11th, 2017, from 9:45am to 4:30pm, at the Asian Centre Auditorium on the University of British Columbia – Vancouver’s main campus.
Over the course of the day, participants in the conference will present original research; receive feedback on their papers or presentations; and hear other scholars present their own work.
For all inquiries, contact gradcon2017@gmail.com
Schedule:
To download a printable version of the program, click here.
| Time | Name | Title |
| 9:00-9:45am | Check-in and light breakfast | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Opening Remarks | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Dr. Christina Yi | Keynote Address: “What Does it Mean to ‘Abolish’ a Language?” |
| 10:30-11:30
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Panel #1: On the Social and the Artistic in Medieval Japan and Korea Discussant: Dr. Bruce Rusk |
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| 10:35-10:55 | Alexey Lushchenko | Edo-period ‘Evaluative Commentary’ (hyōban) as a Genre: Creating a Guide to Wise Rule based on The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari) |
| 10:55-11:15 | Jeremy Kramer | Clay Bodies of Becoming: Buncheong sagi and the Aesthetics of Wabicha |
| 11:15-11:30 | Q&A | |
| 11:25-12:15
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Joint Presentation: Tandem Language Learning
Discussant: Dr. Ross King |
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| 11:35-12:00 | Eugene Vakhnenko & Marie Shuman | Does the Tandem Language Learning Model Work? |
| 12:00-12:10 | Q&A | |
| 12:10-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00
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Panel #2: Issues of Identity Across Asia
Discussant: Dr. Christina Yi |
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| 1:05-1:25 | Joshua Tan | Collective Memories Among Returned Overseas Chinese in the People’s Republic of China |
| 1:25-1:45 | Lijie Dong | Wandering between a Colonizer and the Colonized: Duanmu Hongliang as a Northeasterner and a Manchu Writer |
| 1:45-2:00 | Q&A | |
| 2:00-3:00 | Panel #3: Transformations in (and of) Early Modern and Modern Narratives
Discussant: Dr. Jessica Main |
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| 2:05-2:25 | Kiran Sunar | Religion, Boundary-Crossing, and Disguise in Bhai Vir Singh’s Sundarī |
| 2:25-2:45 | Eugene Vakhnenko
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Journey to the West in Early Modern Japan: Tamenaga Shunsui’s Fūzoku onna saiyūki |
| 2:45-3:00 | Q&A | |
| 3:00-4:25 | Panel #4: Contemporary Issues of Gender and Posthumanism in East Asia
Discussant: Dr. Hyung-Gu Lynn |
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| 3:05-3:25 | Atsumi Nakao | Hero Replaced: Empty, Incoherent Woman Outside the Narrative and Its Role of Salvation |
| 3:25-3:45 | Azalea Lee | “Unfit for Broadcast”: The Censorship of K-Pop Girl Groups |
| 3:45-4:05 | Akiko Hirao | The Project Goes On: Project Itoh and His Legacy |
| 4:05-4:25 | Q&A | |
| 4:25-4:30 | Closing Remarks | |
| 4:30 | Conference End | |