Conference Agenda
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016
9:30 A.M. REGISTRATION
9:45 A.M. OPENING REMARKS/WELCOME
10 A.M.–12 P.M. SESSION 1: CORPORATE MASCULINITY IN EAST ASIA
Discussant: Robert Eberhart, Assistant Professor of Management, Santa Clara University; STVP Fellow, Stanford University
Junzi Masculinity and the Making of Contemporary Chinese Middle-Class Men
Derek Hird, Senior Lecturer in Chinese, University of Westminster
The Remasculinization of the Underdog: Corporate Masculinities in Contemporary South Korean Television Dramas
Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Associate Professor of Korean Studies; Discipline Chair, Asian Studies; Deputy Head of School (Social Sciences), Faculty of Arts, The University of Western Australia
Father School Japan and Korea: Social Construction of the New Intimate Salaryman
Allen Kim, Associate Professor, International Christian University, Japan
12–1 P.M. LUNCH BREAK
1–3:20 P.M. SESSION 2: MASCULINITY AND THE NATION
Discussant: Barbara Molony, Professor, Santa Clara University
Becoming Useful Youngsters: Scout Masculinity and the Outdoors in Republican China
Andrew Geniesse Elmore, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Stanford University
Snapshots of Showa and Post-Showa Japan Through the Salaryman
Romit Dasgupta, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
Globalization, Nationalism and Indian Masculinity
Murali Balaji, Director, Education and Curriculum Reform, Hindu American Foundation
3:20 - 4:15 PM COFFEE/TEA; NETWORKING; TOUR OF CAMPUS
4:30–5:45 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chinese Masculinity Ideals in a Globalised World
Kam Louie, Honorary Professor of Hong Kong University and University of New South Wales
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
9 A.M. REGISTRATION
9:15 A.M. WELCOME
9:25–11:45 A.M. SESSION 3: PERCEPTIONS OF MASCULINITIES IN CONTEMPORARY EAST ASIA
Discussant: Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Professor, Department of Cinema, San Francisco State University
From Dashu to Gaymi: The Masculine Ideals and Women’s Desires in Contemporary China
Chenying Pi, Ph.D Candidate, Cluster of Excellence: Asia and Europe in a Global Context, University of Heidelberg
Allegorizing Korea and Trans Masculinity in Yoon Ha Lee’s “Wine”
Stephen Hong Sohn, Associate Professor, English Department, University of California, Riverside
Does Sex Make a Man?: Male Virgins in Contemporary Japan
Elizabeth Miles, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, Yale University
11:45 A.M.–1 P.M. LUNCH BREAK
1–3 P.M. SESSION 4: MASCULINITIES AND THE MEDIA
Discussant: Matthew H. Sommer, Professor of Chinese History, Stanford University
Bare Sticks and Knights-Errant: Masculinities and Popular Media in the Early People’s Republic of China
Y. Yvon Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto
Re-Masculinizing the Nation: Tales of Men and Manliness in Children’s Literature in Post-Disaster Japan
Mire Koikari, University of Hawaii, Women’s Studies
The Female Gaze: The Changing Construct of Masculinity in Hindi Cinema
Rajesh Kumar, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences, P.P.N. College, Kanpur, U.P., India
3–3:30 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS