Conference schedule

NEW YORK CONFERENCE ON ASIAN STUDIES

2003    Annual Meeting at the University at Buffalo

 

Conference site:  University Inn and Conference Center, Amherst NY

Conference website and on-line registration:  http://wings.buffalo.edu/asian/NYCAS03

 

Friday, October 17, 2003

Asia in the Classroom: A Workshop on China for Teachers

 

8:00-8:30           Registration and continental breakfast

8:30-10:30         Beijing opera: demonstration and live interaction.  Ghaffar Pourazar and                                                  

                        troupe.  Ellicott Room

10:30-10:45       Networking break

10:45-12:00       Concurrent sessions

                                    Chinese Myths and Legends.  P. Steven Sangren, Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University. 

                                    State and Society in China since 1976.  Anna Brettell, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University. 

12:00-1:00         Luncheon for teachers

 

New York Conference on Asian Studies, Annual Meeting

 

12:00-1:00         Registration

1:00-2:30           Session A.  Six concurrent panels.  Two panels, for secondary and elementary teachers

                                    respectively, will be “Best Practices for Teaching Asia in the Secondary School

                                    Classroom” and “Best Practices for Teaching Communities around the World”

2:30-2:45           Networking break

2:45-4:15           Session B.  Six concurrent panels

4:15-5:15           Plenary session.  James L. Watson, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard

                        University: “The Other Side of the River: Hong Kong’s Border Saga,                                                      

                        1898-2003.” 

5:30                  Cash bar

6:00                  Banquet

8:00                  “The Monkey Knows No Walls” – lecture/performance of Monkey King                                                            

                        stories from Beijing opera.  Ghaffar Pourazar and troupe from Beijing.                                                    

                        UB Center for the Arts.

Following the performance: Opening reception for art exhibition, “Chinese Maximalism.”

                        University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Center for the Arts

 

Saturday, October 18, 2003

7:00                  NYCAS board meeting

8:00-8:30           Registration and continental breakfast

8:30-10:00         Session C.  Six concurrent panels

10:00-10:30       Networking break

10:30-12:00       Session D.  Six concurrent panels.

12:00                Luncheon

                        NYCAS business meeting

                        Keynote speaker.  Ayesha Jalal, Professor of History, Tufts University:

                        “Holes in the Wall: India’s Partition Revisited”

1:45-3:15           Session E.  Six concurrent panels

3:15-3:30           Networking break

3:30-5:00           Session F.  Six concurrent panels

5:00                  Adjournment