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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.
When:
April 16, 2010 5:15pm to April 17, 2010 5:00pm
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
Event Website URL:
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