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 Asian 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?
- 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.