[KS] Symposium: Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea (April 14-15, 2016)

[Melissa Dale]

The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce its spring
symposium *“Negotiating Identities: Mixed Race Individuals in China, Japan,
and Korea.” *This international symposium will feature leading scholars
sharing the latest research on the history and life experiences of
mixed-race individuals in China, Japan, and Korea. Day one of the symposium
will focus on multiracial pasts in Hong Kong and China and mixed-race
identities in Japan. Day two will focus on mixed-race groups in South Korea
and a roundtable discussion on the Asian American experience.

When:   *Thurs. & Fri., Apr. 14 & 15, 2016*

Where:  University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., McLaren Conference
Center, Room 250

*Keynote Address: Thurs. Apr. 15, 5 p.m.*
“Crossing Boundaries: The Hidden Histories of Transnational and Mixed
Families in the US, China and Hong Kong, 1842-1943”
*Emma J. Teng*, Professor of History and Asian Civilizations, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT)

Panels: Panels will focus on the following themes:
Multiracial Pasts in Hong Kong and China
Nation, Modernity, and War: Mixed Race Identities in Japan
Categorization, Social Status, and Legal Aspects of Mixed-Race Groups in
South Korea
Asian-American Experiences

*Full Symposium Schedule and to Register (please join us for one panel, one
day, or the entire symposium):*
*https://www.usfca.edu/asia-pacific <https://www.usfca.edu/asia-pacific>  *

Presentation Highlights:
Eurasians in Hong Kong and China: Solidarity or Duplicity?
Race, Gender, Disease and the Early History of Nursing in Hong Kong,
1880-1910
Photography, Institutionality, and Multiracial Pasts
One Family's Experiences in Navigating Multiracial Identities through 145
Years in Japan
Mixed Race Experiences in the Meiji and Taisho Eras in Japan
Risk or Resource?: Half-Japanese Caucasians and Half-Caucasian Japanese in
Wartime Japan
The Social Status of Honhyeolin in South Korea
Differentiating “Foreigners” from “Mixed Blood” in South Korean Society
The Social Production of Mixed-Race Population and State Racism in South
Korea

This symposium is organized by the University of San Francisco Center for
Asia Pacific Studies, https://www.usfca.edu/asia-pacific.

This symposium was made possible through the generous support of Suzanne Wu
Zurinaga, Luis Zurinaga and the Wu Chen Lew Zurinaga Fund. Co-sponsored by
the USF MA in Asia Pacific Studies and Asian Studies Programs.  Asian
American Roundtable co-organized with the USF Asian Pacific American
Studies Minor.

Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.
Executive Director & Assistant Professor
Center for Asia Pacific Studies
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St., KA-180A
San Francisco, CA  94117-1080
(415) 422-2590
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