Hinterlands and Divergences in Asian History and World History

UCI is going to hold a gathering this Saturday afternoon (with a
reception in the evening) to take advantage of Ken Pomeranz's last days as a regular in the area by holding a workshop in which he will give a keynote presentation and there will also be papers by two of his former students (Kate Merkel-Hess and Wang Wensheng) and from two faculty members here in fields other than
Chinese studies whose work has intersected with his and who have been inspired by him in various ways.

2:00-2:15
Welcoming Remarks by Anne Walthall, Director - Center for Asian Studies

2:15-3:15 Session 1: Hinterlands and Heartlands
"Conflict, Culture, and Community: Reforming the Village in Republican China," Kate Merkel-Hess, Penn State (UCI PhD)
"Hindutva Beyond the Borders: V.D. Savarkar on Geography, Mapping and Pan-Asianism," Vinayak Chaturvedi, UC Irvine

3:15- 4:15 Session 2: Convergences and Divergences
“Before the Opium War: Two British Invasions of Macao (1802 and 1808) and Their Impact on Sino-British Relations,” Wang Wensheng, University of Hawaii (UCI PhD)
"Indian Ocean *recueil*: Placing Stories in the Early-Modern World," Laura Mitchell, UC Irvine

Coffee Break, 4:15-4:30

Keynote Address and Q & A: 4:30 to 5:30
“What was the matter with Yun-Gui?  Mis-managing Migration and Making Ethnicities on Qing China’s Southwest Frontiers,” Kenneth Pomeranz, University of Chicago

Reception in honor of Kenneth Pomeranz, 5:45 on the University Hills Community Center, at the intersection of Gabrielino and California