[KS] East Asia in Performance: Graduate Student Conference in East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago

[Jae-Yon Lee]

Dear Sir or Ma'am:

Could you circulate the information below to interested graduate students?
Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,
Jae-Yon

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*East Asia in Performance:
Graduate Student Conference in East Asian Studies at the University of
Chicago

*Whether viewed as a discrete sociopolitical sphere of influence or a
distinct field of academic inquiry, the putative unity suggested by the
term “East Asia” belies much of the historical and social fluidity that has
marked its construction and transformation in time throughout the modern
period. Performance, here broadly understood as a process of communication,
provides an important lens through which to examine the multiplicity and
heterogeneity which mark the emergence of “East Asia” as both object and
subject of discourse. How have disparate semiotic modalities (e.g., ritual,
oratory, poetics) aided in the discursive creation of East Asia? What are
the mechanisms through which these embodied practices and events are
framed? In attempting to address these and other related questions, this
conference seeks to provide a forum for discussion of the many ways in
which performative practices – from Meiji Buddhist homiletics, colonial
magazine culture, to writing practices in Maoist China – have contributed
to the creation, negotiation and competition of various figurations of
modern East Asia. We thus welcome submissions from graduate students
working in all fields related to East Asian studies, including, but not
limited to, history, literature, film, art history, religion, anthropology,
economics and sociology. We especially encourage papers which are
transregional and interdisciplinary in focus.

*Keynote Speaker:* Mark Driscoll, Associate Professor,
                                 Japanese Media and Cultural Studies
                                 University of North Caroline-Chapel Hill

The conference will be held the weekend of *April 27-28* at the University
of Chicago International House. Limited travel subsidies are available for
selected participants. Lodging and most meals will be provided.

Please send abstracts (approx. 250 wds.) to *eastasiachicago at gmail.com*.
Deadline for submission of abstracts is *January 15, 2012*. Any additional
questions may be addressed to the conference organizers: John Person (
jperson at uchicago.edu) and Helen Findley (hfindley at uchicago.edu).
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