2009 Triangle East Asia Colloquium: Animals in East Asian History and Culture

The annual Triangle East Asia Colloquium will explore the topic of animals in East Asian history and culture.

Tentative Program:

Friday, April 16, 2010:

5:15-6:30 pm
Keynote Address: "The Establishment of Monkey Parks in Postwar Japan," John Knight, Queen's University Belfast

Saturday, April 17, 2010:

9:00-10:30 pm 
Presentation: "Mohammed Ali and Other Creatures of the Japanese Colonial Imagination," Ian Miller, Harvard University

Discussant: David Ambaras, North Carolina State University

10:30-10:45 am  Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 pm 
Presentation: "Water, Toxins, and the Creaturely in Cinema," Christine Marran, University of Minnesota

Discussant: Guo-Juin Hong, Duke University

12:15-1:30 pm  Lunch

1:30-3:00 pm
Presentation: "'When Chickens Fly Up to the Trees and When Ducks Refuse to Go into the Water': Animals and Earthquake Prediction in Communist China," Fa-ti Fan, State University of New York, Binghamton

Discussant: Michael Tsin, UNC Chapel Hill

3:00-3:15 pm
Coffee Break

3:15-4:45 pm
Presentation: "Wheels on the Silk Road: Camels and Horses in Han and Tang China, "Wei-Cheng Lin, UNC Chapel Hill

Discussant: Neil Schmid, North Carolina State University

5:00 pm
Reception and Tour of the Ackland Art Museum's Silk Road Exhibit