The Empires in Asia cluster is delighted to welcome interested graduate students and faculty to this informal lunchtime conversation with Andy Chih-Ming Wang (Academia Si nica\; Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society).
Andy Chih-ming W
ang is a Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Institute of E
uropean and American Studies\, Academia Sinica\, Taipei\, Taiwan\, working
in the intersected fields of transpacific American literature and inter-Asi
a cultural studies\, especially on the questions of intellectual production
and diasporic connections. He has served on the board of the Inter-Asia Cu
ltural Studies Society since 2012 and currently serves as the Chair of the
Society. He is the author of Transpacific Articulations: Student Migrat
ion and the Remaking of Asian America (University of Hawai‘i Press\, 2
013) and editor-in-chief of Router: A Journal of Cultural Studies.
He has also coedited a number of projects\, including (with Daniel Goh)
Participants are asked t o read at least one of the following two readings (accessible via UBC Libra ry):
Chih-Ming Wang. “Post/Colonial Geography\, Post/Cold War Complic ation: Okinawa\, Taiwan\, and Hong Kong as a Liminal Island Chain.” Geo politics\, 2021: https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2021.1884547.
Chih-Ming Wang. “Toward Asian Independence: The Transpacific and Inter-Asian Trajectories of Taraknath Das.” In Trans-Asia As Method: Theory and Practices. de Kloet\, Jeroen\, Fai Chow\, Yiu\, and Pak Lei Chong\, Gladys\, eds. Lond on: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers\, 2019\, 79-98. https://ebo okcentral.proquest.com/lib/ubc/reader.action?docID=5968422&ppg=96
If you encounter trouble accessing the readings\, please email qhuang98@mail.ubc.ca to enquire about PDF fi les.
After a round of self-introductions\, participants will be invit ed to share their own reflections\, thoughts\, and connections made with th e assigned readings and the overall theme of ‘inter-Asia connections’. Ligh t lunch will be provided. All are welcome\; no RSVP required.
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