Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Third Annual China Undisciplined Conference
The UCLA China Studies Graduate Students, in conjunction with the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies present, China Undisciplined, an Interdisciplinary Conference.
Where
Friday, May 14th 2010
9:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-11:15 Panel I: Religion and Ritual
Discussant: Natasha Heller
Kaiqi Hua (University of California, Merced): The Auspicious Land of the Southeast: The Fengshui Application in Imperial Hangzhou (890-1276
Hanmo Zhang (University of California, Los Angeles): The dog-killing ritual and early concept of “gu "
Joseph Howard (University at Buffalo, State University of New York): Religious Terminology in the Words of Deng Xiaoping: A Close Reading
11:15-12:15 Panel II: Speaking Chinese
Discussant: Ni Eng Lim
Lin Lin (University of California, Los Angeles): Rethinking of the Chinese Demonstratives in the Columbia School Framework
Stephanie Kim (University of California, Los Angeles): The New French? An Examination of Chinese Language Programs in the United States
12:15-1:30 Lunch Break
1:30-2:45 Panel III: Border Crossings
Discussant: Min Li
Tom Narins (University of California, Los Angeles): Assembling Modern China with World Trade Centers not Empire State Buildings
Lizhi Liu (Stanford University: Impact of Chinese Exports on East Asian Countries’ Exports - Crowding out?
Josh Herr (University of California, Los Angeles): Defining premodernity?: The Sino-Vietnam border before the age of high colonialism
2:45-4:00 Panel IV: Regulating the Nation
Discussant: Ted Huters
Clara Iwasaki (University of California, Los Angeles): The Anatomy of a Nation: (De)colonial hygiene in Xin shitou ji
Tian Luo (Ohio University): The Road to a Harmonious Society: towards Prosperity of the Third Sector
Leksa Chmielewski (University of California, Irvine): The Construction of the Chinese Museum-Going Subject
4:00-4:15 Coffee Brea
4:15-5:30 Panel V: The Urban Generation
Discussant: Cameron Campbell
Pang Qin (City University of Hong Kong): The Chinese National Pride among the Urban Young Generations in PRC: Derogating Neighboring East Asia Countries but Promoting East Asian Consciousness?
Xiaolei Wu (University of California, Los Angeles): The Ideology, Experience, and Agency of Chinese Mothers: A Comparative Analysis
Sylvia Lindtner (University of California, Irvine): Google.cn and beyond: The Culture and Politics of Digital Media in China
Dinner at Shaherzad (optional)
Saturday, May 15th 2010
9:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-11:15 Panel VI: Changing China
Discussant: Andrea Goldman
Roanna Cheung (University of California, Los Angeles): Sinicizing Modernity: Translation and the Evolving Epistemological Paradigm in Early Twentieth Century China
Guangyi Li (University of California, Los Angeles): “Xinnian meng” and the (Re)Conceptualization of World in Cai Yuanpei's Utopian Vision
Emily Baum (University of California, San Diego): A Behaviorist’s Fate: Guo Renyuan and the Life of the Mind in Republican China
11:15-12:15 Panel VI: Using Language
Discussant: Brian Bernards
CedarBough Saeji (University of California, Los Angeles): Discourses of Place in Tibetan Song: Comparison and Contrast of Recordings Produced in and out of China
Thomas Chen (University of California, Los Angeles): Cuicui's Blush: Verbal Dramatic Irony in Shen Congwen's Border Town
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:45 Panel VIII: Envisioning the Past
Discussant: Lothar von Falkenhausen
Yali Yun (University of Science and Technology, Beijing): Characteristic features on bronze artifacts excavated in ancient west Dian region of Yunnan province in the Bronze age (12th BC ~ 5th BC
Yanlong Guo (University of British Columbia): The Heroic Fantasies of Immortality in Contemporary/Classical China: Freud, the Terra-cotta Army, and The Myth
Zhe Li (University of Sydney): Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture?
Wei Wang (Washington University in Saint Louis): Reading Illustrations of the Novel Xiyoubu
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:30 Panel IX: China and the World
Discussant: Yin Wang
Zachary Scarlett (Northeastern University): The world in the Cultural Revolution
Hsin-Pei Liu (University of California, Los Angeles): Building a Modern Nation-State: The Influence of Meiji Japan on Chinese Intellectuals Huang Zunxian and Jiang Baili
Nicolas Testerman (University of California, Los Angeles): Badiou, Mao, and Political Subjectivity
Closing Discussion (4:30-5:30 PM)
Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?