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Margins and Peripheries in East Asian Cultures
Arizona State University East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
January 13–14, 2023
Margins and peripheries in East Asian cultures have long been an underlying motif downplayed by conventional social and cultural discourses. While the concepts of margins and peripheries are often perceived in terms of geography, their extended denotations are ubiquitous in social, economic, cultural, and political contexts.
In the 2022–23 ASU East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, we encourage innovative ways of conceptualizing East Asian margins and peripheries through history, whether they are defined by political borders, religious and cultural identities, gender and sexuality, ethnicity, social class, disability, technology, life cycle, generative energy, porousness, among others. The keynote speakers are Prof. Kang Xiaofei (Associate Professor of Chinese at the Department of Religion at the George Washington University) and Prof. Oh Young Kyun (Associate Professor of Chinese at the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University). We invite papers from humanistic fields that address these issues from different perspectives, including but not limited to ethical studies, feminism, critical race theories, social studies, religious studies, art history, linguistics, selfhood, textual editorial intent and transmission, diasporic identities, comparative studies, and media studies. In the spirit of inclusivity, we also welcome any interpretations of margins and peripheries.
Graduate Students Conference Program
Location:
Durham Hall
ASU Tempe Campus
851 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287
Room 210 (Jan 13), 218 (Jan 14)
Virtual (Registration Required): via Zoom
Jan 13, 2023
ASU Tempe Campus Durham Hall 210
9:00–9:30: Greeting and Opening Speech
Lucas Klein, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Head of East and Southeast Asian Faculty (Arizona State University)
Art History : 9:30–11:00 am
Respondent: Claudia Brown, Professor at the School of Art (Arizona State University)
Chairperson: Wong Pui See
Chiu Chao Chi, Ph.D. candidate in Art History and Archaeology (University of Maryland): “Beyond Body and Soul: 20th Century Artistic Exchanges between India and Japan within the Context of Modern Religious Art”
Yipaer Aierken, Ph.D. candidate in Art History (Arizona State University): “Mongol Scholar Fashishan (1753-1813) and His Polyethnic Friendships in Late Qing Beijing”
Lucien Sun, Ph.D. student in Art History (University of Chicago): “For Our Own Sake: Writings about Northern Song Painting by the Jin Literati”
Gender Studies : 11:30 am–1:00 pm
Respondent: Sookja Cho, Associate Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature (Arizona State University)
Chairperson: Sue Hyon Bae
Chen Yuqing, Ph.D. student in EALC (Arizona State University): “The Prologue to A Swordsman Story”
Hao Mingkang, M.A. student in Asia/Pacific Studies (Duke University): “Challenging the Norms and Boundaries in the Republic of China: A Case Study on the Tao-Liu Homosexual Homicide Case, 1932”
Ailin Zhou, M.A. student in Film and Media Studies (Columbia University): “Rebirth of the Prostitutes (1950) and Sister Stand Up (1951): The Anti-Prostitution Films and Re Education of Vagrant Women in Early PRC era”
Lunch Break：1:00 – 2:00 pm
Literature : 2:15–3:45 pm
Respondent: William C. Hedberg, Associate Professor of Japanese (Arizona State University)
Chairperson: Liang Shuo
Tang Kexin, Ph.D student in EALC (Arizona State University): “Recontextualizing the Power of Local Deities in Shen Yazhi’s Prayers”
Ezra Tandela, M.A. in East Asian Studies (University of California Los Angeles): “Dangers of Metropolitan Aspirations in Colonial Taiwan and Korea: Kim Saryang’s 'Pegasus' and Long Yingzong’s 'Evening Moon'”
Francesco Papani, Ph.D. student in EALC (Arizona State University): “The Unreserved Loyalty of the Great General Yue Fei: Representation of Foreignness in a Ming Court Drama”
Keynote Lecture : 4:15–5:30 pm
Oh Young Kyun, Associate Professor of Chinese and Sino-Korean Studies (Arizona State University): “Singing the Book—The Art of Reading in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910)”
Jan 14, 2023
ASU Tempe Campus Durham Hall 218
Film Studies : 9:30–11:00 am
Respondent: Robert Tuck, Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature (Arizona State University)
Chairperson: Jiangnan Li
Sue Hyon Bae, Ph.D. student in Comparative Culture and Literature (Arizona State University): “Neoliberalism and Women’s Lives in the Films of Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk, and Lee Chang-don”
Antonella Morgillo, Ph.D. Student in Comparative Culture and Literature (Arizona State University): “Framing the Other: From early ethnographic cinema about Ainu to the Case of The Kamui Iyomante or Divine Dispatch commonly called the Ainu Bear Festival (1930)”
Socio-Historical Transitions : 11:30 am–1:00 pm
Respondent: Ling Xiaoqiao, Associate Professor of Chinese (Arizona State University)
Chairperson: Antonella Morgillo
Li Hanping, Ph.D. candidate in History (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): “Significant Triviality: The Reconstruction of Laughter as an Emotional Expression in the Late-Ming”
Li Ya-Chiao, Ph.D. student in EALC (University of Oregon): “Ambergris: A Foreign Example of Redefining Ming Social Status and Hierarchy”
Luo Chenxi, Ph.D. candidate in History (Washington University in St. Louis): “Slaves or Adoptive Sons? Imperial Artisans and Status Disputes of Bondservant Households in Early Qing Manchuria, 1662-1722”
Lunch Break: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Religious Studies : 2:15-3:45 pm
Respondent: Stephen Bokenkamp, Regents Professor of Chinese (Arizona State University)
Chairperson: Zhao Luying
Jason Hagler, Ph.D. student in EALC (University of Pennsylvania): “How Did Yongzhong Become So Important? Beyond Cores and Peripheries in Early China”
Liu Mianheng, Ph.D. student in EALC (Arizona State University): “The Bottomline of self-confidence: Buddha as a sage in Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties China”
Wong Pui See, Ph.D. student in EALC (Arizona State University): “The Role of Female Deities in Shanqing Daoism”
Keynote Lecture : 4:15–5:30 pm
Kang Xiaofei, Associate Professor, Department of Religion of George Washington University: “Power on the Margins: Gender and Ethnicity in the Study of Chinese Religions”
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