Please join us for the 2nd Forum co-sponsored by the Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley and the Research Institute for Korean Studies at Korea University.
C R O S S – C U R R E N T S: Movement, Migration, and Mobility in East Asia June 22-24, 2011 Institute of East Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley 6th Floor, Conference Room 2223 Fulton Street (at Kittredge) 2 blocks from Downtown Berkeley BART
In keeping with the mission of “Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review,” the new IEAS-RIKS online and print journal, this year’s Forum brings East Asia scholars together from around the world to explore the potential breadth and depth of “cross-currents” as a metaphor for the multi-directional flow of people, goods, and ideas across time and space in East Asia.
Forum highlights: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kären Wigen Professor of Japanese History, Stanford University “Fluid Spaces, Mobile Media: Visions of the Ocean on Japanese Maps, 1600-1900” Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Roundtable Discussion: Borders and Crossings in the East Asian World Moderator: Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley Nam-lin Hur, University of British Columbia William Marotti, UCLA Robert Weller, Boston University Thursday, June 23, 2011
PANELS: Panel 1 – The Power of the State Wednesday, June 22, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Panel 2 – The Politics and History of Migration Thursday, June 23, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Panel 3 – Memory and Myth Thursday, June 23, 3:15-5:15 Panel 4 – Legality and Respectability Friday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 Panel 5 – Borders, Borderlands, and Enclaves Friday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
For complete information, please visit <http://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/forum-2011 > or call 510-643-0704.