China in Asia:
Historical Connections and
Contemporary Engagement
October 25 – 26, 2014
Gerlinger Lounge
University of Oregon
Hosted by the Center for Asia and Pacific Studies and the Department of Geography
Organizer: Dr. Xiaobo Su (Xiaobo@uoregon.edu)
Conference Schedule
Saturday, October 25
9:00am—9:30am
Opening remarks: Xiaobo Su and Amy Lobben, Head, Department of Geography
9:30am—10:15am
Plenary Address: Wendy Larson, University of Oregon
The Cross-Cultural Imaginary: Zhang Yimou and Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
10:15am—10:30am Coffee Break
10:30am—12:00pm
Session 1: Arts, History, and Geopolitics
Stan Brunn, University of Kentucky
China’s Visual Geopolitics: Branding, Stamps and Memories
Rachel Wong, Harvard University
Plekhanov in China: A Reception History of “Art and Social Life”
Krishnendra Meena, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Re-production of Geopolitical Spaces: the Case of Indo-Pacific
Jianxiong Ma (Chair)
12:00pm—1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm—2:30pm
Session 2: Transnational Business with Chinese Characteristics
Jason Petrulis, Oberlin College
Moving wigs through Kai Tak:Trading a global commodity in 1960s-70s Hong Kong
Laura Elder, St. Mary’s College Notre Dame
Prospecting for power by using Islamic Finance as a gateway into China
Andrew Hao, University of Pennsylvania
Who is Afraid of Chinese Corporate Social Responsibility?: The Transnational Economics and Politics of Suspicion
Stan Brunn (Chair)
2:30pm—3:00pm Coffee Break
3:00pm—5:00pm
Session 3: Transnational Connections: The Past and the Present
Edy Parsons, Mount Mercy University
Changing Dynamics of Sino-Japanese Relations: Territorial Disputes and Regional Rivalry
Tuong Vu, University of Oregon
State Formation on China’s Southern Frontier: Vietnam as a Shadow Empire and Hegemon
Lena Dabova, Saint Petersburg State University
Tibet in China and India bilateral relations: historical and legal perspectives
Yuanfei Wang, University of Georgia
Capitalizing on Java: Emerging Imperialism, Historiography, and Vernacular Fiction in Late Ming China
Eric Vanden Bussche (Chair)
Sunday, October 26
9:00am—9:45am
Plenary address: Jianxiong Ma, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clustered Communities and Transportation Routes: The Wa Lands Neighboring the Lahu and the Dai on the Frontier
9:45am—10:00am Coffee Break
10:00am—11:00am
Session 4: Boundary and the Politics of Bordering
Eric Vanden Bussche, Stanford University
Adjusting the Tributary System in the Age of Imperialism: Crafting Qing China’s New Relationship with Burma and Southeast Asia” (1886-1910)
Nianshen Song, Vassar College
Boundaries of All under Heaven: Comparing Qing’s Demarcations with Korea, Russia, and Vietnam
Edy Parsons (Chair)
11:00am—11:15am Coffee Break
11:15am—12:15pm
Session 5: The Geographic Expansion of Chinese Forces
Dylan Brady, University of Oregon
Chinese Rail: Producing National Territory from the Inside Out
Tom Ptak, University of Oregon
The Geopolitical Nature of Southwest China’s Energy Conduit, Yunnan Province
Xiaobo Su (Chair)
12:15pm-1:00pm Closing Discussion
This event is made possible with generous support from:
The Social Science Research Council
College of Arts and Sciences,University of Oregon
Center for Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Oregon
Department of Geography, University of Oregon
Office of International Affairs, University of Oregon