OFFICE/DEPARTMENT
ASDP 28TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Knowing Practices Intersecting
4-6 March 2021
Virtual Conference
CONFERENCE THEME
The conference theme of Knowing Practices Intersecting invites reflection on how ways of knowing develop, intersect and evolve. These include the practices of embodied knowledge in, for example, traditional healing and martial arts, calligraphy and meditation, but also scientific and historiographical methods, emotional and aesthetic ways of knowing, the interaction of education and neuroscience, and the creation of intelligent technology innovation hubs in Korea and China. We encourage both scholarly and pedagogical approaches in examining the diversity of Asian cultures and societies, as well as the diversity of perspectives on Asia, especially those that adopt interdisciplinary lenses. Since its inception the Asian Studies Development Program has worked to forge and highlight intersections between Asian and Western traditions and proposals highlighting such intersections are especially welcomed.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
2021 ASDP National Conference Schedule
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: IAN JOHNSON
March 4, 2021| 7:00 PM EST
FREE Registration here: closed
Writing a New History of China: How Chinese Intellectuals are Trying to Fill in Blank Spaces in Contemporary Chinese History
At a time when many in the West are convinced that China has perfected the art of dictatorship, a growing number of writers, artists, bloggers and filmmakers are challenging the Chinese Communist Party on its most sensitive turf: its control of history. These grassroots historians are using digital technologies to document the party's missteps, from its ascent to power in the 1940s to its coverup of the coronavirus. The result: a remarkable outpouring of samizdat publications and underground films that is slowly breaking the state's monopoly on the truth and challenging its right to rule.
About Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer focusing on society, religion, and history. He is a winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars program for an upcoming book that will detail China's unofficial history. Johnson has lived in China for over 20 years as a student and journalist, writing for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of China, two awards from the Overseas Press Club as well as multiple others.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
All presenters and attendees must register for the program.
Registration fee: $150
Registration is closed
For payment by check, click here to download and print the registration form. Make your check payable to East-West Center with the notation ASDP National Conference.
Mail your payment and form to:
East-West Center
Asian Studies Development Program
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96848-1601
COMPASS MAKING WORKSHOP
Matthew Marone
Mercer University, Department of Physics
March 6, 2021| 5 PM EST
Through the construction of magnetic compasses, this workshop will explore Song Dynasty observations about magnetic declination and show how they relate to what we know now about different sources of magnetic fields.
Cost: $5. A kit will be mailed to participants before the conference and the workshop will take place via zoom.
Limited to 15 participants. First come, first serve and you must register for the conference in order to register for the workshop.
Registration is closed
ASDP 28TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Knowing Practices Intersecting
4-6 March 2021
Virtual Conference
CONFERENCE THEME
The conference theme of Knowing Practices Intersecting invites reflection on how ways of knowing develop, intersect and evolve. These include the practices of embodied knowledge in, for example, traditional healing and martial arts, calligraphy and meditation, but also scientific and historiographical methods, emotional and aesthetic ways of knowing, the interaction of education and neuroscience, and the creation of intelligent technology innovation hubs in Korea and China. We encourage both scholarly and pedagogical approaches in examining the diversity of Asian cultures and societies, as well as the diversity of perspectives on Asia, especially those that adopt interdisciplinary lenses. Since its inception the Asian Studies Development Program has worked to forge and highlight intersections between Asian and Western traditions and proposals highlighting such intersections are especially welcomed.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
2021 ASDP National Conference Schedule
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: IAN JOHNSON
March 4, 2021| 7:00 PM EST
FREE Registration here: closed
Writing a New History of China: How Chinese Intellectuals are Trying to Fill in Blank Spaces in Contemporary Chinese History
At a time when many in the West are convinced that China has perfected the art of dictatorship, a growing number of writers, artists, bloggers and filmmakers are challenging the Chinese Communist Party on its most sensitive turf: its control of history. These grassroots historians are using digital technologies to document the party's missteps, from its ascent to power in the 1940s to its coverup of the coronavirus. The result: a remarkable outpouring of samizdat publications and underground films that is slowly breaking the state's monopoly on the truth and challenging its right to rule.
About Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer focusing on society, religion, and history. He is a winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars program for an upcoming book that will detail China's unofficial history. Johnson has lived in China for over 20 years as a student and journalist, writing for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of China, two awards from the Overseas Press Club as well as multiple others.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
All presenters and attendees must register for the program.
Registration fee: $150
Registration is closed
For payment by check, click here to download and print the registration form. Make your check payable to East-West Center with the notation ASDP National Conference.
Mail your payment and form to:
East-West Center
Asian Studies Development Program
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96848-1601
COMPASS MAKING WORKSHOP
Matthew Marone
Mercer University, Department of Physics
March 6, 2021| 5 PM EST
Through the construction of magnetic compasses, this workshop will explore Song Dynasty observations about magnetic declination and show how they relate to what we know now about different sources of magnetic fields.
Cost: $5. A kit will be mailed to participants before the conference and the workshop will take place via zoom.
Limited to 15 participants. First come, first serve and you must register for the conference in order to register for the workshop.
Registration is closed
