RETHINKING DIVIDES IN THE STUDY OF CHINA
A Workshop at UC Irvine
Published: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Rethinking Divides in the Study of China
A workshop at UC Irvine
Saturday, April 28, 2007
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UC Irvine
Murray Krieger Hall, Room 126
Irvine, CA 92697
The goal of this workshop is to explore together various "divides"-- ranging from temporal ones, such as the "1949 divide," to disciplinary ones, to geographic ones. How do these divides function within Chinese studies? What are the perils and possibilities of crossing over or ignoring them? Paper presenters and discussants will be encouraged to speak for no more than 15 minutes, to maximize the amount of time we have for Q & A and general discussion, and a final roundtable session will provide further opportunities for the exchange of ideas.
Papers are available on line. To access the papers, you will need a username and password. To request a user name and password, send an e-mail to Jeffrey Wasserstrom jwassers@uci.edu, giving your (1) name, (2) status (student / teacher / other), and (3) institutional affiliation or snailmail address.
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Morning session, 10:00 am -12:00 noon (Moderated by Kenneth Pomeranz,
History, UCI)
Ethnic Divides and National Divides
Thomas Mullaney (History, Stanford), "Han, Solo: Understanding the Ethnonational Divide in Communist China"
Discussant: Charlotte Furth (History, USC)
Andrew Morris (History, Cal Poly Saint Luis Obispo), "Baseball and "Colonial / Ethnic Identity in Japanese Taiwan, 1895-1920s"
Discussant: Samuel Yamashita (History, Pomona)
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Afternoon session 1:30 - 3:30pm (Moderated by Wang Feng, Sociology,
UCI)
"Geographical and Temporal Divides"
Matt Johnson (History, UCSD), "Art, Myth, and Ritual: Politics and Film in China, 1896-1950"
Discussant: Lei Guang (Political Science, San Diego State)
Jeremy Brown (History, UCSD), "Unfit for the City: The Deportation of Political Outcasts during the Cultural Revolution"
Discussant: Su Yang (Sociology, UCI)
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Wrap-up Session: 4:00 - 5:00pm (Moderated by Jeff Wasserstrom, History,
UCI)
"A Roundtable on Disciplinary and Other Divides"
Susan Greenhalgh (Anthropology, UCI)
Guo Qitao (History, UCI)
David Schaberg (Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
Dorothy Solinger (Political Science, UCI)
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For those arriving by car, parking lot 7 is the nearest place to park;
the parking structure at West Peltason and Pereira is also close.
For more information please contact
Jeff Wasserstrom
Tel: (949) 824-0391
jwassers@uci.edu
