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March 25, 2006
Chase Hall, on the Campus of Haverford College
The Asian Studies Consortium presents the best of undergraduate work in the field of Asian Studies to an audience of students and faculty. To view papers, click on titles. |
9:30-10:00 |
Registration and coffee
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10:00-11:30 |
Welcoming Remarks
Session One: ”Language and Power”
Sara Biondi, Ursinus College
“The Re-Invention of Japanese Women’s Language”
(Professor Hugh Clark)
Winnie Tang, Bryn Mawr College
“Linguistic Imperialism In Medium of Instruction Policies
In Pre and Post 1997 Hong Kong”
(Professor Youngmin Kim)
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11:30-1:00 |
Lunch, free to all conference attendees
Bryn Mawr Room, Dining Center
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1:00-2:15 |
Session Two: “Identity and Representation
on Page and on Screen”
Vanessa L. Pettiford, Villanova University
“Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Leader of the Shoujo Revolution”
(Professor Masako Hamada)
Janine Pare, Haverford College
“Labyrinths of the Mind: Examining Post-War Memory and the
Politics of Repression in Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”
(Professor Hailin Zhou)
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2:15-2:45 |
Break
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2:45-3:45 |
Session Three: “Outsiders in East Asia in the
19th and 20th Centuries”
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, Saint Joseph’s University
“A Light ‘of Feeble Candle Power’: Medical Missionaries
in Late Imperial China”
(Professor James Carter)
Norman Simms, La Salle University
“Why Were We There? A Bibliographical Analysis of the Debates
Over How the United States became involved in the Vietnam War”
(Professor Charles Desnoyers)
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3:45 |
Final Remarks
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ASC Program Committee
James Carter, Saint Joseph’s University
Charles Desnoyers, LaSalle University
Hank Glassman, Haverford College
A. Maria Toyoda, Villanova University
Suzanne Spain, Bryn Mawr College, convener of the ASC
The Asian Studies Consortium is supported by the Greater
Philadelphia Human Studies Council, whose members are:
Bryn Mawr College
Drexel University
Haverford College
LaSalle University
Saint Joseph’s University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Villanova University
West Chester University
Logistical support for the conference provided by the John
B. Hurford ’60 Humanities Center at Haverford College.
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