New Directions in Transpacific Cultural Research
A Public Symposium
Feb 9-10, 2017
Harbour Centre 1400, Segal Centre Room
SFU Vancouver, 515 West Hastings
EVENT PHOTOS
EVENT PROGRAM
Thursday, Feb 9, 2017 5-7:30 pm
Opening Keynote Lecture
Welcome Reception
Blessing Ceremony with Elder Jim
Opening Keynote Lecture
Chua Beng Huat, Provost's Chair Professor, National University of Singapore
“Reflections on Institutionalizing a Transnational Cultural Studies”
Discussants: Catherine Murray (SFU), Chris Lee (UBC)
Friday, Feb 10, 2017 9:30 am-3:30pm Plenary Sessions
9:30 am Breakfast
10 am-12 pm Plenary Session 1 The Postcolonial Pacific & Minor Transnationalisms
Chair: Maureen Maloney (SFU)
Presenters:
John Nguyet Erni, Chair Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
“Law and Transgender Rights in the Postcolony: Reflections from Hong Kong”
Audrey Yue, Professor, University of Melbourne
“The Junior Partnerships of Australia Singapore Screen Co-productions: Towards a New Model for Transpacific Cultural Research”
Discussants: Adel Iskandar (SFU), Davina Bhandar (SFU)
12-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-3:30 pm Plenary Session 2 Transpacific Affect and Intimate Geographies
Chair: Lara Campbell (SFU)
Presenters:
Andy Chih-Ming Wang, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
“Transpacific Asymmetries: The Parallel Universes in Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being"
Nadine Attewell, Associate Professor, McMaster University
“Intimate Geographies, Transpacific Worldings, and the Pulse of the Archive”
Discussants: David Chariandy (SFU), Phanuel Antwi (UBC)
Friday, Feb 10, 2017 5-7 pm Closing Keynote Lecture
Lisa Yoneyama, Professor, University of Toronto
“Genealogy of the Transpacific”
Discussants: John Price (University of Victoria)
7-8:30 pm Buffet Dinner Reception
This event marks the official launch of the Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research. It is funded by a SSHRC Connection Grant and generously supported by:
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Science
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology
The David Lam Centre for International Communication
School of Communication
Department of Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
Organizing committee: Christine Kim, Helen Leung, Kirsten McAllister
Graduate RA: Rob Bittner, Novia Chen, Ayaka Yoshimizu
Event photography by Novia Chen
Event videography by Pictures Up Media Inc, with additional post-production by Novia Chen
