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Chinese Earthquakes: Representations and Ramifications
Duke University's Pacific Studies Institute presents multiple experts on the Representations and Ramifications of Chinese Earthquakes.
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Speakers:
Eugene Wang
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University
"After-Shock and After-Image: Liu Xiaodong's Canvas in the Wake of
the Sichuan Earthquake"
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Visiting Associate Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies, Duke University
“Earthquake Narratives: Foreshocks, Aftershocks, and Affective Biopolitics"
Ralph Litzinger
Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
"Fault/Lines: A Trip through Life Under Reconstruction"
Discussant:
Gennifer Weisenfeld
Associate Professor of Art History, Duke University
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