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April 2, 2009
CFA Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue
Keynote Address: “A Different Modernity, A Different Asia: Islam and Modern Asian Studies,” Robert Hefner, Boston University (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
Reception: Concert Hall Lobby (6:00 - 6:45 p.m.)
Lecture: “Modernization of Balinese Shadow Play: Staying Relevant in the 21st Century,” Brita Heimarck, Boston University (6:45 - 7:00 p.m.)
Performance of “Wayang Kali,” an innovative Balinese Shadow Play Theatre featuring Balinese puppeteer I Made Sidia with Balinese and Western musical accompaniment (7:00 - 8:30 p.m.)
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April 3, 2009
Law Auditorium, 765 Commonwealth Avenue
Round Table Discussion (9:30-11:30 a.m.): Thomas Barfield (Anthropology), Houchang Chehabi (International Relations), Catherine Yeh (Modern Languages and Comparative Literature), and Robert Hefner (Anthropology).
Lunch Lecture: “Global Sushi,” Theodore C. Bestor, Harvard University (11:30 - 12:30)
Panel I (2:00-3:30 p.m.) "Cultural Transmission and the Boundaries of 'Asia:'" Robert Murrowchick (ICEAACH), M. David Eckel (Religion & Core Curriculum), Suzanne O'Brien (History), Eugenio Menegon (History).
Panel II (4:00-5:30 p.m.) "Diasporas and Transnationalism in and out of Contemporary Asia:" Frank Kormom (Religion & Anthropology), Nazli Kibria (Sociology), Adil Najam (Pardee Center and International Relations), Min Ye (International Relations), Smitha Radhakrishnan (Wellesley University - Sociology).
Readings from “A Free Life:” Ha Jin, Boston University (5:45 p.m.) |
