New Directions in Asian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference for the UNC System

This conference is FREE and open to the public! If you plan to attend lunch, please RSVP by February 19.

9:30-10:00 a.m. – Registration & Coffee

10:05-10:30 a.m. – Welcome Remarks by Morgan Pitelka, Director of the Carolina Asia Center & Leslie Boney, Vice President for International, Community, and Economic Engagement, UNC General Administration

10:30-11:15 a.m. – Panel 1: Urbanizations in India, Japan and China

1. Exploring Urban Development Policy in India through an examination of ‘Planned’ Cities and ‘Smart’ Cities Programs by Russell Smith, Winston-Salem State University
2. Toward an Asian Sustainable Urbanism: A Comparative Study of Model Eco-city Projects in Japan and China by Zhongjie Lin, UNC-Charlotte

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Panel 2: Identity and Culture

1. Africans in Asia: Language, Identity and Culture by Rose Sackeyfio & Wen Xiong, Winston-Salem State University
2. Non Profit Organizations Serving Domestic Violence Survivor s: Addressing Intersectional Needs of Asian Indians by Sonia Kapur, UNC-Asheville
3. Rewriting Missionaries in Anchee Min’s Pearl of China by Jeanne Moskal, UNC-Chapel Hill
4. A Comparison of Bunong Dialects through the Creation of an Audio-Visual Corpus by Becky Butler, UNC-Chapel Hill

12:30-1:00 p.m. – Panel 3: UNC Library Resources on Asia

• Library Resources and Services for Asian Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, by Hsi-chu Bolick & Mohamed Hamed & Edward Proctor, UNC-Chapel Hill

1:00-1:45 p.m. – Lunch

1:45-2:45 p.m. – Panel 4: New Directions in Chinese Studies

1. The Fan Sheng vs. Chen Yuan Debates: Microcosms of the Unsettled Academic Field at the Founding of the Eastern Han by Pauli Wai Tashima, UNC-Greensboro
2. Kang You Wei’s Philosophy of Da Tong: Liberation of Women’s Right by Han Lheem, Fayetteville State University
3. Environmental Exploration and Conservation in Southwest China by Julia Haslett, UNC-Chapel Hill

2:45-4:15 p.m. – Panel 5: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Study of Muslims and Pakistan

1. Mobilities & Minorities: Seeking New Orders in Partition Fiction from Pakistan by Cara Cilano, UNC-Wilmington
2. Colonialism and Script Politics: An Interdisciplinary Case Study from Sindh, Pakistan by Matt Cook, N.C. Central University
3. Sufi Shrines and Built Environments in Visual Culture: Understanding the past through ‘visual-history’ interdisciplinary by Sandria Freitag, N.C. State University
4. Heroes, Rebels and the Valor of Punjab: Qissahs, Ballads and Collective Representation in Pakistan by Iqbal Sevea, UNC-Chapel Hill

4:15-4:30 p.m. – Closing remarks