2007 Graduate Student Conference

"East Asia Modern ... and Beyond"
2007 Graduate Student Conference on East Asia at Boston University

Friday, November 30th

17:00 - 17:15 -- Opening for Audience

17:15 - 17:30 -- Welcome Speech:
William W. Grimes, Department of International Relations, Boston University and Joseph Fewsmith, Department of Political Science, Boston University

17:30 - 18:30 -- Keynote Speech:
Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University, "East Asia towards the year 2010: What the region should, can and will do"

18:30 -- Dinner Reception
Catering by "Nori Sushi" Japanese Restaurant, 398 Harvard St. Brookline [617-277-3100]

Saturday, December 1st

9:00 - 10:30 -- 1st Panel: Regional Economy
Chair & Discussant: Min Ye, Boston University

Panelists:

• Dynamic Effect of Change in Exchange Rate System - From the Fixed Exchange Regime to the Basket-peg Regime: Naoyuki Yoshino, Keio University; Sahoko Kaji, Keio University; Tamon Asonuma, Boston University
• China's Leading Role in the Regional Cooperation: The Case of 10+1: De-Yuan Kao, Boston University

10:45 - 12:15 -- 2nd Panel: Security and Politics
Chair & Discussant: Thomas U. Berger, Boston University

Panelists:

• How to Negotiate with North Korea: The Implication of the 2.13 Agreement: Yurim Yi, Boston University
• Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia and Japan: Ippei Kamae, Boston University; Abby McQuade, Independent Researcher
• Japanese New Nationalism and Shinto: Do They Regard Yasukuni Shrine as a Religious Institute?  Results and Implications of a Survey
  Zsuzsanna: Blanka Magyar, Harvard University

12:15 - 13:30 --  Lunch
Catering by "Color" Korean Restaurant, 166 Harvard Ave. Allston [617-787-5656]

13:30 - 15:30 -- 3rd Panel: Ideas and Civil Society
Chair & Discussant: Catherine Yeh, Boston University

Panelists:

• Japanese Hip Hop in Kyoto, 2000-2002: Gangstas Identities and the Localization of Global Cultural Flows: Andrew Armstrong, Boston University
• Bare Sticks and Rebellion: The Drivers and Implications of China's Reemerging Gender Imbalance: Brittany L. Crow, Harvard University
• Roots of Asian Leadership Thinking and Principles: BeckHing Lee, Boston University
• Silencing Identity through Communication: Situated Enactments of Sexual Identity and Emotion in Japan: Max Saito, Westfield State College

15:45 - 17:45 -- 4th Panel: Modern History
Chair & Discussant: Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University

Panelists:

• Socialist Roads Not Taken: Gu Zhun and Shanghai's Finances, 1949-1952: Christopher Leighton, Harvard University
• Controlling Cultural Trade: Art, Authenticity, and Authority in Shanghai, 1964-1965: Denise Ho, Harvard University
• Cultural Revolution in Tibet: Jinba Tenzin, Boston University
• Negotiating Histories: Intellectuals and the Factional Politics in China:
  Ceren Ergenc, Boston University

17:45 -- Closing Remarks:
Eugenio Menegon, Department of History, Boston University
Joseph Fewsmith, Department of Political Science, Department of International Relations, Boston University