Past Events at the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
October 2013
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Monday, October 21st Cutting Off History at the Pass: The Rise of Homogenous Empty Time in Asia and its Consequences
Date Time Location Monday, October 21, 2013 4:00PM - 7:00PM The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs- 1 Devonshire Place
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Series
Dr. David Chu Distinguished Visitor Series
Description
Lecture from 4:00 – 6:00pm, with Reception to follow
This talk concerns the fascinating nexus between Time and Nationalism in the late 19th century and especially in the colonized world. This was the time when suboceanic telegraph cables, owned by huge private corporations, spread fast across the globe, thereby creating a new consciousness of global simultaneity outside the control of colonial governments. Nationalist movements, sometimes influenced by Social Darwinism, began to compare themselves with each other, in the framework of an accelerating world-time staring at the Future and the Past. The futurism was what gave nationalism a new utopian side, and separated itself from ethnicism. But it also created a mythologized ancient history, turning once geographically peripheral communities into “backward” proto-citizens, who were to be pushed into a time-machine that would quickly make them modern like the ‘rest of us.’ One significant contribution to the pervasive desire to “catch-up” on the autobahn of the Future was the appearance of a new form of fiction, which juggled with Time. One could write futurist novels, relocating current developments in Europe into the colony, and written in the past tense. Or one could imagine, from the colony, a dark vision of a violent colonial present transposed into a yet-to-come Europe.
Benedict R.O’G Anderson is the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies (Emeritus) at Cornell University. Professor Anderson is renowned for his highly influential study of the origins and spread of nationalism, Imagined Communities (1983), which has been translated into more than 20 languages. His work on nationalism is widely read across the social sciences and humanities and has been particularly influential in the fields of political science, history, anthropology, geography and comparative literature. In addition to his work on nationalism, Professor Anderson has also published extensively on the culture and politics of Southeast Asia, and their place in the broader world. His books on these topics include: Java in a Time of Revolution (1972), In the Mirror: Literature and Politics in Siam in the American Era (1985), Language and Power: Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia (1990), The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, SE Asia, and the World (1998), Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-colonial Imagination (2005), Why Counting Counts: A Study of Forms of Consciousness and Problems of Language in Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo (2008), and The Fate of Rural Hell: Asceticism and Desire in Buddhist Thailand (2012). Professor Anderson is the recipient of numerous honours for his work, including the Association of Asian Studies Award for Distinguished Scholarship, the Fukuoka Prize for Studies on Asia, the Albert Hirschman Prize in the Social Sciences, a doctorate honoris causa from the Pontifical University of Peru in Lima, and the Asian Cosmopolitan Prize (Nara, Japan).
Presented by: Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies
Co-presented by: Centre for Southeast Asian Studies
Co-sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
Co-sponsor: Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian History
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Tuesday, October 22nd Seminar and Film Discussion with Professor Benedict Anderson
Date Time Location Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:00PM - 5:00PM Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs
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Description
Discussion on Mundane History (2009) by Arkaney Cherkam.
Benedict R.O’G Anderson is the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies (Emeritus) at Cornell University. Professor Anderson is renowned for his highly influential study of the origins and spread of nationalism, Imagined Communities (1983), which has been translated into more than 20 languages. His work on nationalism is widely read across the social sciences and humanities and has been particularly influential in the fields of political science, history, anthropology, geography and comparative literature. In addition to his work on nationalism, Professor Anderson has also published extensively on the culture and politics of Southeast Asia, and their place in the broader world. His books on these topics include: Java in a Time of Revolution (1972), In the Mirror: Literature and Politics in Siam in the American Era (1985), Language and Power: Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia (1990), The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, SE Asia, and the World (1998), Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-colonial Imagination (2005), Why Counting Counts: A Study of Forms of Consciousness and Problems of Language in Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo (2008), and The Fate of Rural Hell: Asceticism and Desire in Buddhist Thailand (2012). Professor Anderson is the recipient of numerous honours for his work, including the Association of Asian Studies Award for Distinguished Scholarship, the Fukuoka Prize for Studies on Asia, the Albert Hirschman Prize in the Social Sciences, a doctorate honoris causa from the Pontifical University of Peru in Lima, and the Asian Cosmopolitan Prize (Nara, Japan).
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Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.
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Friday, October 25th ReOrientations: A Retrospective on the Works of Richard Fung - Orientations/ School Fag
Date Time Location Friday, October 25, 2013 4:00PM - 6:30PM External Event, Innis Town Hall
University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue+ Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
Friday, October 25, 4:00-6:00 PM, Innis Town Hall
Screenings: Orientations, School Fag
In Conversation with Richard FungThe Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the Asian Institute and its co-sponsors are thrilled to present a retrospective on the work of Richard Fung, the renowned Toronto-based video artist, writer, cultural theorist, activist, and educator. Fung’s videos have been screened and archived throughout the world and he has been widely recognized with awards such as the Bell Canada Award for Lifetime Achievement in Video and the Toronto Arts Award for Media Art. In addition to his artistic work and writing, Fung teaches at OCAD University. Beginning in 1985 with Orientations – his pioneering video on queer sexuality and its intersections with race and class – Fung’s creative and often highly experimental works have questioned normative understandings of history and memory, temporality, sexuality, identity, colonialism, empires, racism, classism, labour, authenticity, diasporic communities, the body, illness, trauma, food, writing, and so much more. Tracing diasporic movements and communities as well as the complex and constantly changing identities of Asians and others in places across the globe – most especially North America and the Caribbean – Fung’s works inspire us to “reorient” ourselves toward both the future and the past.
View the event program here and the complete schedule here. Please register for each portion of the program you wish to attend.
ReOrientations: A Retrospective on the Works of Richard Fung
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
REGISTER ABOVE FOR 4:00-6:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Orientations (1985, 56 Min.) and School Fag (1998, 17 Min.)
- IN CONVERSATION WITH Richard Fung. Chair: Nayan B. Shah (Professor and Chair of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California)
REGISTER HERE FOR 7:30-8:50 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: My Mother’s Place (1990, 49 Min.), Sea in the Blood (2000, 49 Min.), and Islands (2002, 9 Min.)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
REGISTER HERE FOR 2:15-5:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Dirty Laundry (1996, 30 Min.) and Rex vs. Singh (2008, 30 Min.)
- ROUNDTABLE: Chair: Rinaldo Walcott (Associate Professor, Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto). Panelists: Kass Banning (Lecturer, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto), Roland Sintos Coloma (Associate Professor of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto), Ramabai Espinet (Sessional Lecturer of Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto; Writer and Critic), Lisa Lowe (Profesor of English and American Studies, Tufts University), Monika Kin Gagnon (Professor and Interim Chair of Communications Studies, Concordia University).
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE FOR 7:00-9:00 PROGRAM
- SCREENING: Dal Puri Diaspora (2012, 80 Min.)
- Q&A WITH DIRECTOR
If you are attending a Munk School event and require accommodation(s), please email the event contact listed above to make appropriate arrangements.
Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.
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Friday, October 25th ReOrientations: A Retrospective on the Works of Richard Fung - My Mother's Place/ Sea in the Blood / Islands
Date Time Location Friday, October 25, 2013 7:30PM - 9:00PM External Event, Innis Town Hall
University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue+ Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
Friday, October 25, 7:30-9:00 PM, Innis Town Hall
Screenings: My Mother’s Place, Sea in the Blood, IslandsThe Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the Asian Institute and its co-sponsors are thrilled to present a retrospective on the work of Richard Fung, the renowned Toronto-based video artist, writer, cultural theorist, activist, and educator. Fung’s videos have been screened and archived throughout the world and he has been widely recognized with awards such as the Bell Canada Award for Lifetime Achievement in Video and the Toronto Arts Award for Media Art. In addition to his artistic work and writing, Fung teaches at OCAD University. Beginning in 1985 with Orientations – his pioneering video on queer sexuality and its intersections with race and class – Fung’s creative and often highly experimental works have questioned normative understandings of history and memory, temporality, sexuality, identity, colonialism, empires, racism, classism, labour, authenticity, diasporic communities, the body, illness, trauma, food, writing, and so much more. Tracing diasporic movements and communities as well as the complex and constantly changing identities of Asians and others in places across the globe – most especially North America and the Caribbean – Fung’s works inspire us to “reorient” ourselves toward both the future and the past.
View the event program here and the complete schedule here. Please register for each portion of the program you wish to attend.
REORIENTATIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE WORKS OF RICHARD FUNG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
REGISTER HERE FOR 4:00-6:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Orientations (1985, 56 Min.) and School Fag (1998, 17 Min.)
- IN CONVERSATION WITH Richard Fung. Chair: Nayan B. Shah (Professor and Chair of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California)
REGISTER ABOVE FOR 7:30-8:50 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: My Mother’s Place (1990, 49 Min.), Sea in the Blood (2000, 49 Min.), and Islands (2002, 9 Min.)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
REGISTER HERE FOR 2:15-5:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Dirty Laundry (1996, 30 Min.) and Rex vs. Singh (2008, 30 Min.)
- ROUNDTABLE: Chair: Rinaldo Walcott (Associate Professor, Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto). Panelists: Kass Banning (Lecturer, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto), Roland Sintos Coloma (Associate Professor of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto), Ramabai Espinet (Sessional Lecturer of Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto; Writer and Critic), Lisa Lowe (Profesor of English and American Studies, Tufts University), Monika Kin Gagnon (Professor and Interim Chair of Communications Studies, Concordia University)
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE FOR 7:00-9:00 PROGRAM
- SCREENING: Dal Puri Diaspora (2012, 80 Min.)
- Q&A WITH DIRECTOR
If you are attending a Munk School event and require accommodation(s), please email the event contact listed above to make appropriate arrangements.
Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.
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Saturday, October 26th ReOrientations: A Retrospective on the Works of Richard Fung - Dirty Laundry/ Rex vs. Singh
Date Time Location Saturday, October 26, 2013 2:00PM - 5:30PM External Event, Innis Town Hall
University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue+ Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
Saturday, October 26, 2:00-5:30 PM, Innis Town Hall
Screenings: Dirty Laundry, Rex vs. Singh
RoundtableThe Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the Asian Institute and its co-sponsors are thrilled to present a retrospective on the work of Richard Fung, the renowned Toronto-based video artist, writer, cultural theorist, activist, and educator. Fung’s videos have been screened and archived throughout the world and he has been widely recognized with awards such as the Bell Canada Award for Lifetime Achievement in Video and the Toronto Arts Award for Media Art. In addition to his artistic work and writing, Fung teaches at OCAD University. Beginning in 1985 with Orientations – his pioneering video on queer sexuality and its intersections with race and class – Fung’s creative and often highly experimental works have questioned normative understandings of history and memory, temporality, sexuality, identity, colonialism, empires, racism, classism, labour, authenticity, diasporic communities, the body, illness, trauma, food, writing, and so much more. Tracing diasporic movements and communities as well as the complex and constantly changing identities of Asians and others in places across the globe – most especially North America and the Caribbean – Fung’s works inspire us to “reorient” ourselves toward both the future and the past.
View the event program here and the complete schedule here. Please register for each portion of the program you wish to attend.
REORIENTATIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE WORKS OF RICHARD FUNG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
REGISTER HERE FOR 4:00-6:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Orientations (1985, 56 Min.) and School Fag (1998, 17 Min.)
- IN CONVERSATION WITH Richard Fung. Chair: Nayan B. Shah (Professor and Chair of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California)
REGISTER ABOVE FOR 7:30-8:50 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: My Mother’s Place (1990, 49 Min.), Sea in the Blood (2000, 49 Min.), and Islands (2002, 9 Min.)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
REGISTER HERE FOR 2:15-5:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Dirty Laundry (1996, 30 Min.) and Rex vs. Singh (2008, 30 Min.)
- ROUNDTABLE: Chair: Rinaldo Walcott (Associate Professor, Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto). Panelists: Kass Banning (Lecturer, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto), Roland Sintos Coloma (Associate Professor of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto), Ramabai Espinet (Sessional Lecturer of Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto; Writer and Critic), Lisa Lowe (Profesor of English and American Studies, Tufts University), Monika Kin Gagnon (Professor and Interim Chair of Communications Studies, Concordia University)
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE FOR 7:00-9:00 PROGRAM
- SCREENING: Dal Puri Diaspora (2012, 80 Min.)
- Q&A WITH DIRECTOR
If you are attending a Munk School event and require accommodation(s), please email the event contact listed above to make appropriate arrangements.
Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.
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Saturday, October 26th ReOrientations: A Retrospective on the Works of Richard Fung - Dal Puri Diaspora
Date Time Location Saturday, October 26, 2013 7:00PM - 9:00PM External Event, The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor Street WestPrint this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
Saturday, October 26, 7:00-9:00 PM, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
Screening: Dal Puri Diaspora
Q&A with Director, Richard FungTickets at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (online, or at box office at least 30 minutes prior to screening): Members: $8 / General: $11
The Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the Asian Institute and its co-sponsors are thrilled to present a retrospective on the work of Richard Fung, the renowned Toronto-based video artist, writer, cultural theorist, activist, and educator. Fung’s videos have been screened and archived throughout the world and he has been widely recognized with awards such as the Bell Canada Award for Lifetime Achievement in Video and the Toronto Arts Award for Media Art. In addition to his artistic work and writing, Fung teaches at OCAD University. Beginning in 1985 with Orientations – his pioneering video on queer sexuality and its intersections with race and class – Fung’s creative and often highly experimental works have questioned normative understandings of history and memory, temporality, sexuality, identity, colonialism, empires, racism, classism, labour, authenticity, diasporic communities, the body, illness, trauma, food, writing, and so much more. Tracing diasporic movements and communities as well as the complex and constantly changing identities of Asians and others in places across the globe – most especially North America and the Caribbean – Fung’s works inspire us to “reorient” ourselves toward both the future and the past.
View the event program here and the complete schedule here. Please register for each portion of the program you wish to attend.
REORIENTATIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE WORKS OF RICHARD FUNG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
REGISTER HERE FOR 4:00-6:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Orientations (1985, 56 Min.) and School Fag (1998, 17 Min.)
- IN CONVERSATION WITH Richard Fung. Chair: Nayan B. Shah (Professor and Chair of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California)
REGISTER HERE FOR 7:30-8:50 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: My Mother’s Place (1990, 49 Min.), Sea in the Blood (2000, 49 Min.), and Islands (2002, 9 Min.)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
REGISTER HERE FOR 2:15-5:30 PROGRAM
- SCREENINGS: Dirty Laundry (1996, 30 Min.) and Rex vs. Singh (2008, 30 Min.)
- ROUNDTABLE: Chair: Rinaldo Walcott (Associate Professor, Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto). Panelists: Kass Banning (Lecturer, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto), Roland Sintos Coloma (Associate Professor of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto), Ramabai Espinet (Sessional Lecturer of Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto; Writer and Critic), Lisa Lowe (Profesor of English and American Studies, Tufts University), Monika Kin Gagnon (Professor and Interim Chair of Communications Studies, Concordia University)
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE FOR 7:00-9:00 PROGRAM
- SCREENING: Dal Puri Diaspora (2012, 80 Min.)
- Q&A WITH DIRECTOR
If you are attending a Munk School event and require accommodation(s), please email the event contact listed above to make appropriate arrangements.
Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.
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Saturday, October 26th ReOrientations: A Retrospective on the Works of Richard Fung - Reception
Date Time Location Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:00PM - 11:30PM Boardroom and Library, Munk Observatory
Boardroom and Library
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Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.
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Tuesday, October 29th ReOrientations Projections by Richard Fung (Oct 24-29)
Date Time Location Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:00AM - 6:00PM External Event, OCAD University
49 McCaul StreetPrint this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
The Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the Asian Institute and its co-sponsors are thrilled to present a retrospective on the work of Richard Fung, the renowned Toronto-based video artist, writer, cultural theorist, activist, and educator. Fung’s videos have been screened and archived throughout the world and he has been widely recognized with awards such as the Bell Canada Award for Lifetime Achievement in Video and the Toronto Arts Award for Media Art. In addition to his artistic work and writing, Fung teaches at OCAD University. Beginning in 1985 with Orientations – his pioneering video on queer sexuality and its intersections with race and class – Fung’s creative and often highly experimental works have questioned normative understandings of history and memory, temporality, sexuality, identity, colonialism, empires, racism, classism, labour, authenticity, diasporic communities, the body, illness, trauma, food, writing, and so much more. Tracing diasporic movements and communities as well as the complex and constantly changing identities of Asians and others in places across the globe – most especially North America and the Caribbean – Fung’s works inspire us to “reorient” ourselves toward both the future and the past.
OCTOBER 24-29
ReOrientations Projections at OCAD University, 49 McCaul Street | Hours of Operation: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily (closed Sunday)
Jehad in Motion (2007)
Landscapes (2008)OCTOBER 25-26
Films, talks, and roundtable at Innis Town Hall, Gala Screening of Dal Puri Diaspora at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
Please check the Asian Institute event listings for details (registration is required for each portion of the event) and view the complete schedule here.
If you are attending a Munk School event and require accommodation(s), please email the event contact listed above to make appropriate arrangements.
Disclaimer: Please note that events posted on this website are considered to be public events – unless otherwise stated – and you are choosing to enter a space where your image and/or voice may be captured as part of event proceedings that may be made public as part of a broadcast, webcast, or publication (online and in print). We make every effort to ensure your personal information is kept and used in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions please get in touch with our office at munkschool@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8900.