Past Events at the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
May 2014
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Saturday, May 10th – Sunday, May 11th Transnationalizing Sights of Memory
Date Time Location Saturday, May 10, 2014 9:00AM - 6:00PM Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire PlaceSunday, May 11, 2014 9:00AM - 6:00PM Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs
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Description
On the weekend of May 10-11, twelve scholars in history, literature and cultural studies from Japan, Korea, the United States, and the University of Toronto gathered for a workshop on the theme: “Transnationalizing Sites of Memory: The Asia Pacific.” The twelve scholars and the local audience made of faculty and graduate students from various U of Toronto departments focused especially on the travels of memories of nationalism, colonialism, and post-coloniality across East Asia, the Pacific, and North America. The panelists discussed the ways in which even as these memories are embedded in material “sites of memory,” they become transformed by local and global politics in the course of their movements across time and space. Local faculty participants included Professors Takashi Fujitani (Director, Chu Program), Janet Poole (EAS), Shiho Satsuka (Anthropology), and Lisa Yoneyama (WGSI & EAS). The workshop was sponsored by the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies, with co-sponsorship by the Centre for Korean Studies and collaborating institutions in Korea and Japan. Plans have begun for another workshop in Kyoto, followed by publication of the papers.
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