A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies
ASIANetwork Spring 2009 Conference
ASIA CHANGING/CHANGING ASIA
MARCH 13-15, 2009
Hickory Ridge Conference Center, Lisle, Illinois
Theme Interpretations for Panels and Papers
- What historical transformations within and between Asian countries/regions mark the reality of Asia in the past and present?
- How is the Asian present in flux/still stable? What is changing in Asia? What isn’t?
- How are Asia’s relationship with other global regions/cultures changing (e.g., with Africa, Latin America, Europe, U.S., and/or the Pacific)?
- How is Asian changing you … your teaching … your discipline … paradigms with which you have acquaintance?
- Is Asia really “the future”? How? Why? Why not?
- How have exchanges of ideas within Asia, and between Asia and the world, changed understandings of identity, age, gender, religion, philosophy, society or politics?
- How have the ways Asian cultures see each other changed/remained the same?
- Getting more specific:
- How Asian art is transforming the global art market.
- Is the tea ceremony really still alive in Japan?
- How will Asia change the understanding of democracy?
- What changes are Asian cultures making in our understanding of environmental and sustainability challenges and solutions?
- In what ways are ethnic interactions within and across Asia changing?
- How Asian art is transforming the global art market.
The Panel Proposal Form is available as a Word document or a PDF document. Completed proposals should be sent via surface mail to: Ronnie Littlejohn, ASIANetwork Conference Program Committee, Department of Philosophy, Belmont University, Nashville, TN 37212.
Alternatively, the information on the Panel Proposal Form may be sent as a Word e-mail attachment to: littlejohnr@mail.belmont.edu