Schedule

Breakfast

7 - 8:45 am

• Included for participants accommodated at Shangri-La Qiantan.

Opening Plenary Session

9 - 10:30 am

New Bund Campus; Room E402

• Liberal Studies' Welcome | Julie Mostov (Dean, Liberal Studies)

• NYU Shanghai's Welcome | Jeffery Lehman (Vice Chancellor, NYU Shanghai)

• Introduction of the Symposium | Adedamola Osinulu (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Liberal Studies)

• Introduction of the Keynote Speaker | Jeannine Chandler

• Keynote Speaker | Lala Zhuo, NYU Shanghai - "Architectural Legacy of Shanghai as a Global City"

Intermission

10:30 - 10:45 am

Session I

10:45 - 12:15 pm

New Bund Campus

• Panel 1 | East Asian Art and Architectural History: Intersections and Interruptions - Room N202

• Panel 2 | Global Interactions and Challenges - Room N207

Lunch

12:15 - 1:15 pm

New Bund Campus; 9th Floor Colloquium Room

• Catered on-site

Session II

1:30 - 3 pm

New Bund Campus

• Podcasting Workshop - Room N202

• Global Roundtable | The Cultures of NYU: Liberal Studies at the Global Sites - Room N207

Break

3 - 4:30 pm

Community Engagement/Excursions

5 - 7 pm

Option 1 | Backstreets of the Bund Walking Tour

• • Join Hansong Chen, the cofounder of Urban Archeo (an independent local research group dedicated to Shanghai's urban and historical studies) on a tour looking at the backstreets of the Bund; listing selected historical buildings (some preserved and some renovated) including banks, water companies, theaters, churches, etc.

Option 2 | The Bund & Beyond Walking Tour

• • Shanghai’s most famous boulevard is jam-packed with stunning buildings and fascinating stories – and even more so on the surrounding streets. This tour explores the neighborhood in and around what was once “Shanghai’s Wall Street”, the tales of tycoons who financed it, the architects who designed it, and the stories of the people who lived worked here. We’ll visit stately buildings and quiet residential lanes, for a slice of Shanghai life.

Welcome Dinner

7 - 9 pm

Lost Heaven (Yunnan Cuisine)

• Post Dinner Suggestion: Drinks at Long Bar at Waldorf Astoria Shanghai

Breakfast

7  - 8:45 am

• Included for participants accommodated at Shangri-La Qiantan.

Session III

9 - 10:30 am

New Bund Campus

• Panel 3 | Literature and Change - Room N202

• Panel 4 | Educational Innovations Across the Liberal Arts - Room N207

Intermission

10:30 - 10:45 am

Session IV

10:45 - 12:15 pm

New Bund Campus

• Panel 5 | Education and Cultural Practice - Room N202

• Panel 6 | China through Global Identities - Room N207

Lunch & Break

12:15 - 3 pm

• Lunch On Own

Community Engagement/Excursions

3 - 5 pm

Option 1 | Social Innovation Tour

• • This tour will start walking along Yuyuan Lu, a historic street of heritage homes, and then the group will visit two social enterprises: Bottledream, a B-corp organization that is a social innovation co-working space and digital platform, and Brook&Breeze, a grassroots bicycle shop. Two NYU Shanghai faculty, Candy & David Yang, community organizers who are part of these organizations, will lead the tour. A discussion of the evolution of social innovation in China will follow. 

Option 2 | Aging Society Tour

• • This will be held at a social enterprise called Memory Cafe, which helps senior residents in the area by organizing immersive interactive activities to help them fight dymentia. This tour will be led by Yanyue Yuan, NYUSH faculty, who has been conducting research on multigenerational learning. 

Option 3 | Tour of the Jewish Ghetto

• • On this tour, we tell the story of the ‘Shanghai Jews’ who fled Hitler’s Europe for the only port open to them: Shanghai. We’ll visit the the excellent Jewish Refugee Museum, and the landmarks of the old refugee neighborhood. 

Dinner with the NYU Shanghai Community

6 - 8 pm

Den-Q (Taiwanese Cuisine)

• Post Dinner Suggestion: Drinks at Columbia Circle

Breakfast

7 - 8:45 am

• Included for participants accommodated at Shangri-La Qiantan.

Session V

9 - 10:30 am

New Bund Campus

• Panel 7 | Philosophical Interruptions/Philosophical Exchanges - Room N202

• Panel 8 | Environmental and Societal Challenges - Room N207

Community Engagement/Excursions

11:30 - 2:30 pm

Option 1 | Rockbund Art Museum Visit

• • The Rockbund Art Museum is a contemporary art museum in central Shanghai.  The museum is dedicated to being an influential, innovative, sustainable organization devoted to the promotion of projects within the field of international contemporary art.

Option 2 | Shanghai Museum Visit

• • The Shanghai Museum is a municipal public museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China.  Rebuilt at its current location in 1996, it is famous for its large collection of rare cultural pieces.  The museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient coins, paintings, seals, sculptures, minority art and foreign art. The Shanghai Museum houses several items of national importance, including one of three extant specimens of a "transparent" bronze mirror from the Han dynasty.

Option 3 | Dumplings of Shanghai at Yu Garden

• • The history and culture of soup dumplings, shengjian, and potstickers.

Closing Plenary

3:30 to 5:30 pm

New Bund Campus; Room E402

• Announcements

• Introduction of the Keynote Speaker | Nalei Chen

• Keynote Address | Tongdong Bai, Fudan University - "Make Chinese Philosophy Great Again."

• Closing Remarks | Dean Julie Mostov

Farewell Hotpot Dinner

6 - 8 pm

Haidilao: Dapuqiao

Karaoke After Party

8 - 10 pm

Chun K KTV: Dapuqiao