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GlobalAsiaInitiativePastEvents2016–CurrentSpring2016GlobalAsia:Re-VisioningAreaStudiesforourTimesMarch25,20164pmHolsti-AndersonRoom,RubensteinLibrary153
TheGlobalAsiaInitiativeatDukewillbeinauguratewithaplenarysessionfeaturingthreeprominentAsianistsexploringconnections,comparisonsandconvergencesbetweendifferenceAsiansocietiesandtheirlinkswiththeworldoutside.TheinauguraleventwillalsomarkthesigningofanagreementbetweenGAIandtheSocialScienceResearchCouncil(SSRC)asGAIjoinstheSSRC’sInterAsiaPartnershipasaCoordinatingPartnerandahubfornodalresearchactivities.
Global Asia: Re-Visioning Area Studies for our Times
Inaugural Plenary of The Global Asia Initiative
Sponsored by:
The Global Asia Initiative at Duke will be inaugurated with a plenary session featuring three prom-
inent Asianists exploring connections, comparisons and convergences between different Asian so-
cieties and their links with the world outside.The inaugural event will also mark the signing of an
agreement between GAI and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) as GAI joins the SSRC’s
InterAsia Partnership as a Coordinating Partner and a hub for nodal research activities.
Karen Thornber
Professor
Comparative Literature;
East Asian Languages
and Civilizations
Harvard University
Ho-Fung Hung
Associate Professor
Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
Edmund Malesky
Associate Professor
Political Science
Duke University
Friday March 25 4 PM
Holsti-Anderson Room, Rubenstein Library 153
Reception to Follow
Contact Timothy McDermott for additional info: [email protected]
Fall2016[CCP&GAIJointWorkshop]Non-DualisticLogicinNishidaKitarō’s“LogicandLife”September22,201612:00-2:00pmWestDuke204MainSpeaker:TakushiOdagiri(M.D.Tokyo,Ph.D.Stanford).HeisapostdoctoralresearchfellowfortheGlobalAsiaInitiativeatDukeUniversityandavisitingfacultymemberfortheAsian&MiddleEasternStudiesdepartment.**TheCenterforComparativePhilosophywillprovidealightlunchfortheworkshop.Theroomwillopenfrom12:00forpeopletoservethemselvesandtakeaseat.
Abstract:Nishida,Kitarō(1870-1945)isatwentieth-centuryJapanesephilosopher.InfluencedbyFichteandHegel,Nishida’sphilosophicalworkisoftencomparedwithLebensphilosophie[philosophyoflife],theintellectualtrendthatcameonthescenearoundtheturnofthe20thcentury.Inthisreadingworkshop,wewillreadanddiscussthefirstfewsectionsof“LogicandLife”(1936),inwhichNishidatalksabouttheoriginoflogicbasedonhisnon-dualism.
Thereading“LogicandLife”canbefoundat:http://search.library.duke.edu/search?id=DUKE005475145
Orsearch“PlaceandTwoDialectic:TwoEssays.”
ExplainingtheRiseofModernScience:AConnectiveHistory?October13,20164pmCarr229
InhisrecentstudyTheRiseofModernScienceExplained:AComparativeHistorythehistorianofscienceFlorisCohenoffersanewanalyticaltoolintermsofmodesofnature-knowledgetoexplaintheemergenceofmodernscience.Hearguesthatthreemodesofnature-knowledge–realistmathematical,kineticcorpuscular,andfact-findingexperimental–combinedtomakethispossible.CohentracestherootsofthefirsttwomodestotraditionsofancientGreekthoughtinAthensandAlexandriarespectively,andthelastasspontaneouslyarisingwithinRenaissanceEurope.ThisallowshimtoarticulateacomparativehistorywhichexplainswhymodernscienceemergedinEuropeandnotinanyoneoftheotherleadingcivilizations.
Thistalkproposesthattheoriginsofthesemodesofnature-knowledgearebettertracedtotheimpactofthreecrucialinfluencesenteringRenaissanceEuropefromoutside-thepowerfulcomputationaltechniquesoftheIndiannumbersystem,theArabicopticsofIbnal-Haytham,andtheflowofmechanicaltechnologiesfromChinaacrossthecorridorofcommunicationcreatedbytheMongolEmpire.AlthoughtheimpactofIndiannumbers,ArabicopticsandChinesetechnologiesonRenaissanceEuropeiswidelyappreciatedtheirdeepimplicationsformodernsciencebecomemoreevidentwhenweconsiderhowtheyshapedthemodesofnatural-knowledgeCoheninvokestoexplaintheriseofmodernscience.Butthisalsorequiresustogobeyondthecomparativeapproachwithinwhichheconfines
themtowardaconnectivehistorythattracestheoriginsofhisthreemodesofnature-knowledgeintothewiderglobalcontextofRenaissanceEurope.ArunBalaisaphysicistandphilosopherofsciencewhoistheauthorofTheDialogueofCivilizationintheBirthofModernScience(PalgraveMacmillan,2006)andComplementarityBeyondPhysics:NeilsBohr’sParallels(PalgraveMacmillan,October2016,forthcoming).HeeditedAsia,EuropeandtheEmergenceofModernScience:KnowledgeCrossingBoundaries(PalgraveMacmillan,2012),andco-edited(withPrasenjitDuara)TheBrightDarkAges:ComparativeandConnectivePerspectives(Brill,2016).HiscurrentresearchexploresconnectionsbetweenmodernandAsiantraditionsofscience.TheCenterforComparativePhilosophy&GlobalAsiaInitiativeJointReadingWorkshopNishidaonWell-Being:ReflectionsfromMedievalBuddhistPhilosophyOctober13,201612:00–2:00PMWestDuke204MainSpeaker:TakushiOdagiri(M.D.Tokyo,Ph.D.Stanford).
HeisapostdoctoralresearchfellowfortheGlobalAsiaInitiativeatDukeUniversityandavisitingfacultymemberfortheAsian&MiddleEasternStudiesdepartment.Commentator:BobbyBingle(Ph.D.Student,theDepartmentofPhilosophy,DukeUniversity)**TheCenterforComparativePhilosophywillprovidealightlunchfortheworkshop.Theroomwillopen
from12:00forpeopletoservethemselvesandtakeaseat.
Nishida,Kitarō(1870-1945)isoneofthemostinfluentialtwentieth-centuryJapanesephilosophers.InfluencedbyFichteandHegel,Nishida’sworkisoftencomparedwithLebensphilosophie[philosophyoflife],thephilosophicaltrendthatarisearoundtheturnofthe20thcentury.HismainworksincludeAnInquiryintothe
Good(1911),IntuitionandReflectioninSelf-Consciousness(1917),Place(1926),andTheLogicofPlaceandtheReligiousWorldview(1945).
ThisworkshopwilldiscussNishida’sideasofwell-being,whichiscloselyrelatedtohisphilosophyoflifeandtheenvironment.Therearetwoseeminglycontradictoryideasofwell-beinginhisthought,unityandself-negation(or“dialectics”).AccordingtoNishida,althoughwell-beingisdefinedbytheunityofexperience,itismorefundamentallycharacterizedasself-negation.DrawinguponMedievalBuddhistphilosophy,thespeakerwilldiscussthesenotionsinNishida’searlyessayfromAnInquiryintotheGood(1911),andhislateessayLogicandLife(1936).
Metamorphosis:TheImperialTransformationofLowerBurma,1850-1940October18,20164:30pmJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHallInthispresentation,connectionsaremadebetweenandamongabroadarrayofchangesassociatedwithBritishimperialcontrolinLowerBurma.NotonlydidtheadventofBritishcontrolleadtowell-knownchangesinpoliticalauthorityandeconomicstructure/orientation,butalsotoprofoundenvironmentalanddemographicchanges,topossiblepsycho-socialreconfigurations,and,perhapsmosttroubling,todeleteriousbiometricchangesintheBurmesepopulation.ThistalkisapartofourGlobalAsiaInitiativeEnvironmentalHumanitiesSeries
India-ChinaRelationsunderModi,TensionsintheEvolvingPatternOctober27,201612:00-1:00PMPerkinsLibrary,Room217
India-Chinarelationsappearedtohaveenteredaperiodoftensionsduringtheleadershipoftwoassertiveleaders,IndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModiandChina'sPresidentXiJinping.Buttheoveralltrendofexpandinginteractioninmultiplespherescontinuedtogrow.XiJinping'ssignatureinitiative,OneBelt,OneRoad(OBOR)wascriticallyseenbyIndianpolicy-makersasChina'sstrategicmovetoexpanditsinfluenceinEuro-Asia,asacountertoUS's'pivottoAsia'strategy.WhileOBORandtheUSfactor,besidescompetingpoliciesintheirneighbourhoodandinIndianOcean,broughtnewelementsinIndia-Chinarelations,theoldirritantsremainedalive.Theboundarydispute,thelargetradedeficitforIndiaandtheDalaiLama'sactivitiesengagedtheminnegotiations.ThebroadspectrumofIndia-Chinarelationswasmostpositiveinmultilateralandgloballevels.IndiajoinedtheChina-initiatedAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBankasafoundermember.OnclimatechangeandglobalfinancialreformsbothspokefromthesameplatforminG-20,IMFandWTO.Eventhoughtradeandinvestmentwerestillonaslowtrack,theircooperationonseveralfrontscontinuedtogrowdespitethenewareasoftensions.Inthiscontext,Iwilldiscusstheoptionsandtrendsfollowedbythestateandsocialmovementsinthesetwocountries.Alightlunchwillbeserved.
CulturalRevolutioninAsiaandBeyondOctober28-29,2016AllDayRubensteinLibrary,Holsti-AndersonRoomThisconferenceaimstoreflectandanalyzeaspectsoftheCRanditsinfluenceoverthedecadesintheworldbeyondChinaproperorbeyonditshistoricalperiodinChina.Thistwodayconferenceopenswithakeynotespeaker,anartexhibitonthethemesoftheCulturalRevolutionposterart,andthefilmpremierofWuWenguang'sInvestigatingMyFather.TheseconddayincludesalistofspeakerscoveringtopicsfromMaoisminPeru'sShiningPathtotheeffectsoftheCulturalRevolutiononThailandandIndia.
ReligionandNationalisminAsia:PerspectivesonJapanandtheMuslimWorldNovember3,2016AllDayJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall
Today,appealstonativismandpoliticalmobilizationrootedinreligiousidealsaremotivatingsystemicchangeandfomentingsocialupheavalacrosstheworld.Inthisone-daysymposium,participantsinthetwopanelswillpresentcasestudiesfromJapan,Pakistan,Turkey,andotherAsiannationstodiscusscontentiousandfrequentlyunder-examinedreligiousdynamicsthatshapetheregiontoday.Co-sponsoredbytheGlobalAsiaInitiative,Asian/PacificStudiesInstitute,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,DukeIslamicStudiesCenter.
TheCenterforComparativePhilosophy&GlobalAsiaInitiativeJointReadingWorkshopAristotleontheConnectionBetweenVirtueandHappinessNovember10,201612:00-2:00PMWestDuke204MainSpeaker:SukainaHirji(VirginiaTech)
SukainaHirji(PrincetonPhD)isAssistantProfessorinthePhilosophyDepartmentatVirginiaTech.Herareaofresearchspecialtyisancientphilosophy,withaparticularfocusonAristotle.
Commentator:SungwooUm(Ph.D.Student,theDepartmentofPhilosophy,DukeUniversity)
*TherewillbeaninformalCoffeeSessionwiththespeakerafterthetalk(2pmatPhilosophyDepartmentLounge).Dr.Hirjiwillsharewithstudentsandfacultyherexperienceonthejobmarketlastyear!Youcanjoinusatthecoffeesessionifyoucannotmaketothe
talk!**TheCenterforComparativePhilosophywillprovidealightlunchfortheworkshop.Theroomwillopenfrom12:00forpeopletoservethemselvesandtakeaseat.Abstract:Inthistalk,shesketchesthestructureofAristotle’sownethicaltheory,andsuggestswhyitdeservesrenewedphilosophicalattentioninitsownright.Shearguesthatneo-AristotelianvirtueethicsgetsthestructureofAristotle’sethicaltheoryalmostentirelybackwards.Accordingtoherview,Aristotle’stheorygivesusawayofunderstandingthenecessaryconnectionbetweenbeingvirtuousandbeinghappywithoutbeingvulnerabletothechargeofegoism.
CantheMiddleEastLearnfromSoutheastAsia?November14,20164:30pmJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall
Embroiledinviciouscross-bordersectarianwars,theMiddleEastdominatesdailyheadlinenews.TurmoilintheMiddleEastcontrastsstarklywithencouragingsignsofdemocratictransitioninSoutheastAsiaevenifattimes,itseemsfragileasinMyanmar.ThePhilippinesandIndonesiahavecompletedtheirtransitionanddevelopedrelativelyopenbutmessy,flawedandhighlycontestedpoliticalsystems.Thailand’sauthoritarianresurgencehighlightsthethreatofdemocraticreversals.Whataccountsforthesedifferences?Thisseminarwilldiscussthreekeyfactors:theimpactofa
civilsocietyinfrastructureorthelackthereof;theimportanceofcoalitionsbetweenthemilitary,civilsocietyandthebusinesscommunity;andthesignificanceofproperlymanaginginter-ethnicrelations.TherearelessonstobelearntfromtransitionsinSoutheastAsia,butthesehavetobearetreatedwithcautionandconsideration,giventhedifferenthistorical,social,politicalandeconomiccontextintheMiddleEast.YetexperiencesinSoutheastAsiaandTunisia
demonstratethattransitionintheMiddleEastandNorthAfricaispossibleandinevitable.The2011Arabrevoltswerethebeginningofatorturousprocessoftwostepsforward,onestepbackwardthatcouldtakeuptoaquarterofacenturyormore,asinSoutheastAsia.ThecomparisonofthetworegionsprovidesinsightsonhowtheprocessintheMiddleEastandNorthAfricacanbemovedforward.TheSacredGroveandtheCity:AnalysisofPreferenceinIndiaNovember21,20164:30PMJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHallTheGlobalAsiaInitiativeEnvironmentalHumanitiesSeriesPresents:DavidGraceproposestopresentfindingsfromhis2016surveyofresidentslivingnearfoursacredgrovesitesatvariouslevelsofurbanizationinIndia’sNationalCapitalRegionanditssouthernperiphery.Thisresearchcentersonananalysisofpreferencesforsacredandnon-sacredforestsgivenurbanization.Utilizingrevealedpreferencedataonactualforestvisitsinadditiontostatedpreferencedataonvisitchoiceofhypotheticalforestsfromcontingentvaluationquestions,Graceidentifiesdemandforsacredforestsandnon-sacredforests.Further,discretechoicetasksallowmetoquantifytheimpactofforestsize,quality,templepresence,andextractionlevelonforestpreference.Giventhesemodelsofpreferencebasedondemand,Gracetestshypothesesonthecognitiveunderpinningsofdemandbyforesttypeandcharacteristic.Hisfindingswillcontributetogrowingdiscourseonsacrednaturalsitesandtheirconservationprospectsgivenculturalandenvironmentalchangescenarios.
Spring2017IndigenousGovernanceandTraditionalTerrirtoryJanuary17,20174:00PMJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall
Dr.Yih-RenLinfromTaipeiMedicalUniversityinTaiwanwillspeakaboutindigenouspeoples'traditionalecologicalknowledgeanditsstrugglingexistencewithTaiwangovernment'snatureconservationpolicy.HealsotouchesupontheissueoftransformativejusticeandTaiwan'shistoricaltruthseekingexpressedthroughTaiwanpresident'sapologytoindigenouspeopleson1August,2016.Thewind-fallenbeechincidentin2005isthecasetoshowTaiwan'sindigenousnaturalhistoryandrelatedlocalknowledgeisunderminedbythemodernnatureconservationgovernment'spolicy.Thecurrentgovernment'spolicyismuchinfluencedbytheearlyinternationaltrendonnature-peopledichotomy.Underthesecircumstances,theindigenoustraditionaluseofnaturalresourcesisheavilyprohibitedbytheconservationlaws.Fromtheparticipatoryprocess,Dr.Linarguestheindigenousecologicalknowledgethatembodiestheirdelicateinteractionwiththeenvironmentmateriallyandmetaphysicallyisachallengetothenature-peopledichotomyofthemodernnatureconservationpolicythinking.ThisrevelationofindigenoustruthmightbecontinuedbytheactionofTaiwanpresident'sapologyandmorehiddenindigenousstorieswillbetoldtojustifythevalueofindigenousecologicalknowledgeintermsofnatureconservation.
EnvironmentalHumanitiesinAsiaWorkshopJanuary22-23,2017AllDayJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall
OnJan22-23,2017,theGlobalAsiaInitiativeatDukewillorganizeaworkshopontheEnvironmentalHumanitiesinAsia(EHA)programitisinitiatingatDuke.Theformatoftheworkshopwillincludepresentersmaking20minutepresentationsintroducingtheirworkanditssignificanceforanagendawiththeEHA.TheworkshopisdesignedaroundthevisitofLinYih-ren,aTaiwanesescholarwhoworksonBuddhistenvironmentalism,aboriginalhuntingculturesandmulti-speciesrelations.SundayJanuary22nd,201712:00pm:Lunch12.30pm-1.30pmKeynoteSpeaker:Yih-RenLin,TaipeiMedicalUniversity:‘Disaster:Administrators,BuddhistsandIndigenousresilience’
1.30-3.00pm:EnvironmentalJustice:KalyanakrishnanSivaramakrishnan,YaleUniversity:EnvironmentalJurisprudenceandInequalityinIndiaJuliaThomas,UniversityofNotreDame:ThePoliticsofPeriodization:“theAnthropocene”andAsiaCarlosRojas,DukeUniversity:Imagininglocale:HongKongprotestmovementsintheageoftheAnthropocene3.15-4.45pm:HistoricalApproaches:ChristianLentz,UniversityofNorthCarolina:TheLaborsofCitizenship:EnvironmentalPoliticsinPostcolonialVietnamMengYue,UniversityofToronto:ContestedWaysofthe“GoodLife”AndreaJanku,SOASUniversityofLondon:WhoseViews?ViewsofWhat?SeeingtheEnvironmentthroughtheGenreof‘Bajing’(EightViews)4.45-6.15pm:TechnologyandCulture:MarcJeuland,DukeUniversity:PreferenceheterogeneityandadoptionofimprovedcookstovesinnorthernIndiaMeenaKhandelwal,UniversityofIowa:InFavorofAwkwardConversations:UniversalizingEpistemologiesandDeepMeaningRalphLitzinger,DukeUniversityandFanYang,UniversityofMaryland,BaltimoreCounty:Eco-mediaEvents:MediaMaterialismasaNewMethodforEnvironmentalHumanitiesMondayJanuary23rd,20179amMeetandcoffee/breakfastrolls/fruit9.30am-11.30am:SpiritualEcologies:RobertWeller,BostonUniversity:ReligiousChangeandDisturbedReligiousEcosystemsinJiangsu,ChinaChrisCoggins,BardCollegeatSimon’sRock:Wind-WaterPolities:VillageFengshuiForestsandSustainableCitizenshipinSouthernChinaDanSmyerYü,YunnanMinzuUniversity:Eco-geologicalTerrainsofGods,Humans,andtheEarth:AnEthographyofFolkBuddhistEnvironmentalHumanitiesinAmdoDavidGrace,DukeUniversity:TheSacredGroveandtheCity:AnalysisofPreferencesinIndia’sNationalCapitalRegion
11.30-1.00pm:AnimalsandHumans:HaiyanLee,StanfordUniversity:“AConvocationofPoliticWorms”:TheRomanceoftheSpeciesintheAnthropoceneJeffreyNicolaisen,DukeUniversity:SustainableCitizenshipandtheTaiwaneseCanine:WhoisincludedintheAnthropocenecitizenry?BarbaraAmbros,UniversityofNorthCarolina:Hidy,Hidy,LittleRascal:RaccoonsasaNon-nativeSpeciesandNationalIdentityinJapan1.00-1.30pmLunch1.30-3.00pm:RepresentingDegradation:WilliamSchaefer,UniversityofRochester:PhotographEcologies:PicturingtheAnthropoceneinChinaMelodyJue,TheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara:EnvironmentalMediaandtheFuturesofStorytellingTakushiOdagiri,DukeUniversity:TheBinaryoftheEverydayaftertheFukushimaCrisis3.00-3.45:WrapUp:moderatedbyPrasenjitDuaraTheCenterforComparativePhilosophy&GlobalAsiaInitiativeJointReadingWorkshopDaoismMeetsEnvironmentalEthics:RelationalVirtueinZhuangziandLeopoldFeburary2,2017 1:30-3:30PM WestDuke204
MainSpeaker:MarionHourdequin(ColoradoCollege)
MarionisAssociateProfessorandChairofthePhilosophyDepartmentatColoradoCollege.SheistheauthorofEnvironmentalEthics:FromTheorytoPractice(Bloomsbury,2015)andeditorofRestoringLayeredLandscapes:History,Ecology,andCulture(Oxford,2016).Commentator:EwanKingston(Ph.D.Student,the
DepartmentofPhilosophy,DukeUniversity)
**TheCenterforComparativePhilosophywillprovidealightlunchfortheworkshop.Theroomwillopenfrom1:15pmforpeopletoservethemselvesandtakeaseat.Abstract:Thistalkexplorestheconceptofrelationalvirtueanditsrelevancetoenvironmentalethicsthroughdiscussionoftwotexts:theZhuangzi(aclassicalDaoisttext)andAldoLeopold’sSandCountyAlmanac.Iarguethatbothtextsprovideinsightsintothepossibilityofconceivingenvironmentalvirtuerelationally,helpingtoovercomethedichotomybetween“virtuecentered”and“valuecentered”environmentalethics.LeopoldandZhuangzieachemphasizeengagement,receptivity,perspective-taking,andthecapacitytoovercomepreconceptionsascriticalinguidingrelationsbetweenhumansandthebroaderworld.However,Zhuangzi–thoughnotexplicitlyconcernedwiththe“environment”or“conservation”–pushesfurtherthanLeopoldincertainrespectsandprovideskeyinsightsforethicsinaglobalcontextandatimeofrapidenvironmentalchange.
KenanInstituteSponsoredCross-CulturalWorkshop UncertainofUncertainty?Certainly(Not):IllnessandWellnessinChanBuddhismMarch2,2017 4:15–5:45pm PerkinsLibrary,Room217
StevenHeineisprofessorandfoundingdirectorofAsianStudiesatFloridaInternationalUniversity.AnauthorityonEastAsianreligionandculture,HeinehaspublishedthirtybooksdealingwithChan/ZenBuddhisminChinaandJapanandrelatedtopics.HismostrecentworkisChanRhetoricofUncertaintyintheBlue
CliffRecord:SharpeningSwordattheDragonGate,andheisdevelopinganewprojectonDōgen'sclassic,TreasuryoftheTrueDharma-Eye(Shōbōgenzō).
Abstract:TheChineseChanBuddhistnotionofUncertainty,orfundamentalambivalenceandindeterminacy,servesasthebasisforillnessleadingtoanxietyanddoubtwhennotunderstoodandasthebasisofwellnesswhenitsimplicationsareappreciatedandapplied.InChan,theantidoteisthesameastheailment.ThispaperexaminesvariousChanparadigmsdevelopedintwelfthcenturyChinaforexpressingUncertainty,includinggongan(kōan)cases,poetryandpainting,ox-herdingparables,andpersonalnarrativesofprominentmonkswhounderwentsufferingandredemptionthroughengagingthemeaningofindeterminacy.
*ThistalkispartiallysupportedbytheEastAsianReligionResearchClusterFunds.
BharatanatyamPerformancebyMythiliPrakash March2,2017 5:00pm DorisDukeCenteratSarahP.DukeGardens
performancehaslimitedseatingavailable,soattendeesMUSTREGISTER;[email protected](linksendse-mail).
AspartofthelaunchoftheDukeIndiaInitiative,dynamicdancerandchoreographerMythiliPrakashwillgiveaperformanceofBharatanatyamdancing.MythiliPrakashisatDukeaspartofaresidencywhichincludesworkshopsandchoreographingapieceforDukestudentdancersforpresentationattheDukeDanceDepartment'smainstageconcert,ChoreoLab,at7:30p.m.onApril14-15inReynoldsIndustriesTheater.+++RaisedinLosAngeles,California,Mythilibegandancingatanearlyageandlaunchedherperformingcareerattheageofeight.ShehastouredherownsoloproductionsintheUnitedKingdom,France,Singapore,theUnitedStatesandMexicoandwasfeaturedonNBC'sSuperstarsofDance.Shehasalsoacted,castintheaward-winningfilmLifeofPi,directedbyAngLee,asthewifeofPi.
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Melancholy:BaJin’sAnarcho-HumanisminRepublicanShanghai March8,2017 12:00–1:00pm JohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall WednesdaysattheCenter
BaJin(1904-2005)isoneofthemostcelebratedauthorsoftwentiethcenturyChina.MostwidelyknownforhisnovelFamily(firstserializedin1931),BaJinwasananarchistinspiredbyKropotkinandBakuninwhocorrespondedwithsuchprominentinternationalfiguresasEmmaGoldman(1869-1940),AlexanderBerkman(1870-1936),andBartolomeoVanzetti(1883-1927).ThislectureexaminestheearliestperiodofBaJin'soutput,from1929-33,inlightofhisanarchistcommitments.AttentiontothemartyrologiesofJapanese,Italian-American,andRussianrevolutionariesBaJinwroteinthisperiodrevealthewayinwhichhisshortstoriesandnovelscombinedlettersandmemoirintoostensiblefiction.
Burton-RosearguesthatBaJin'sinternationalistanarchistvisionwaspredicatedoncontinualreturntoasmallrepertoireofemotionsthatheconceivedofasuniversal,andseektounifytheearlystageofhisoeuvrethroughtheappealtocommonhumanityunderlyinghisfictionandnon-fiction.
DanielBurton-RoseisaPost-DoctoralTeachingFellowattheNorthCarolinaStateUniversityandaparticipantinthecollaborativeproject"AccountingforUncertainty:PredictionAndPlanninginAsia'sHistory"organizedbytheMaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScienceandFriedrich-Alexander-UniversitätErlangen-Nürnberg.
Hydro-economicsandtheIssueofLargeDamsinWesternNepalApril4,2017 4:00–5:30pm RubensteinLibrary,BreedloveRoom349
Previoushydro-economicworkhasarguedthatthedegreeofinterdependenceintheGangesBasinhasoftenbeenoverstated,andthattheprimarybenefitofinvestmentsinlargedamsinNepalisforpowerproduction.Yetplanningforsuchprojectscontinuestobeimpededbyapublicnarrativethatsaysthatdownstreamirrigatorsshouldpayforthewatersupplyandfloodcontroltheywouldprovide.Inaddition,thelocalhydro-politicsofdamsarecomplicated,becausecostsincurredbypopulationslivingneartheseprojectsareoftenhighlyconcentrated,whilethebenefitsofincreased
powerproductionaredispersedoverlargeareasandpopulations.Inthistalk,MarcJeulandofDukeUniversitywilldescribeanongoingprojectthataimstobetterexplorelocalperceptionsandpreferencesforhydropowerprojects,andtounderstandhowaperspectivefocusedonlocaltradeoffsrelatestothepublicnarrativesurroundingsuchprojects.
TheSoulsofChina:TheReturnofReligionafterMaoApril20,2017 7:00–8:30pm PerkinsLibrary,Room217
Followingacenturyofviolentanti-religiouscampaigns,Chinaisnowfilledwithnewtemples,churchesandmosques--aswellascults,sectsandpoliticianstryingtoharnessreligionfortheirownends.Drivingthisexplosionoffaithisuncertainty--overwhatitmeanstobeChinese,andhowtoliveanethicallifeinacountrythatdiscardedtraditionalmoralityacenturyagoandisstillsearchingfornewguideposts.
IanJohnsonisaPulitzer-Prizewinningwriterfocusingonsociety,religion,andhistory.HeworksoutofBeijingandBerlin,wherehealsoteachesandadvisesacademicjournalsandthinktanks.JohnsonhasspentoverhalfofthepastthirtyyearsintheGreaterChinaregion,workingasanewspapercorrespondentinChinafrom1994to1996withBaltimore'sTheSunandfrom1997to2001withTheWallStreetJournal,wherehecoveredmacroeconomics,China'sWTOaccessionandsocialissues.In2009,JohnsonreturnedtoChina,wherehewritesfeaturesandessaysforTheNewYorkTimes,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,TheNewYorker,NationalGeographic,andotherpublications.HeteachesundergraduatesatTheBeijingCenterforChineseStudies,andalsorunsafellowshipprogramthere.Inaddition,heformallyadvisesavarietyofacademicjournalsandthinktanksonChina,suchastheJournalofAsianStudies,theBerlin-basedthinktankMerics,andNewYorkUniversity'sCenterforReligionandMedia.
HistoricalIdentitiesandSovereigntyClaims:FocusontheSouthChinaSeaMay4,2017 10:00–4:30pm RubensteinLibrary,Holsti-AndersonRoom
Territorialconflictsamongsovereignstates,whetheronlandorsea,havebeenendemicsincetheappearanceoftheveryideaofsovereigntyinEurope.YetasThongchaiWinnichakulandothershaverevealed,theveryideaofasovereign‘geobody’inAsiaisnotmuchmorethanacenturyold.Sohowarehistoricalmaterialsandeventsthatdonotspeaktothemodernnotionofsovereigntyutilizedtomakesovereigntyclaims?Towhatextentisthemobilizationaround
historicalidentitiesthemoreimportantfactor?Howrapidlycantheseidentitieschange?Howdostatesandotherplayersnegotiatebetweenrelativelyrecentinternationallaws,identitymobilizationandassertionsofrawpower?MorningSession:10:00am-12:00pmHISTORICALIDENITITIES,INTERNATIONALLAWANDTHELIMITSOFPOWERArnulfBeckerLorca,BrownUniversity:Non-Western,Asian,Chinese:PluralInternationalLegalCultures&theMeaningofSovereigntyFranckBillé,UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley:SeaasLand:NewDeploymentsoftheLogomapinEastAsiaJeffreyWinters,NorthwesternUniversity:BecomingIndonesiaandIndonesianAfternoonSession:1:00pm-3:30pmTHESOUTHCHINASEATansenSen,BaruchCollege,CityUniversityofNewYork:TheZhengHeExpeditionsandGeopoliticsoftheSouthChinaSeaWilliamHurst,NorthwesternUniversity:GreatPowerPoliticsintheSouthChinaSeaWilliamCallahan,LondonSchoolofEconomics:Maps,SovereigntyandSpaceintheSouthChinaSeaProfessorCallahanwillalsoshowhis15minutefilm,"Mearsheimervs.NyeontheRiseofChina'Wrap-upDialogueandDiscussion:3:45pm-4:30pmTedCFishmanandPrasenjitDuara
EnvironmentalJusticeandSustainableCitizenshipMay22-24,2017 DukeKunshanUniversityKunshan,China
TheGlobalAsiaInitiativeGAI)atDuketogetherwithDKUwillholdaconferenceonEnvironmentalHumanitiesinAsiaMay22-24,2017.GAIhasbeenpreparingforthisconferenceforayearandweheldapreliminaryworkshoptosettheagendaandthemesfortheconferenceonJan22-23,2017.Theconferenceistobetitled,"EnvironmentalJusticeandSustainableCitizenship"andwillbeamongthefirst
environmentalhumanitiesinAsiaconferencepossiblytobeheldanywhere.Inthisfirstyearoftheconferenceseries,wewillfocusoncomparableandconnectedissuesregardingtheenvironmentinChinaandIndia.
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Thetermcitizenshipcanbestbeunderstoodhistoricallyasithasdevelopedintothepresent.Overthelastcoupleofcenturies,itdevelopedfromtherightsanddutiesbetweenthenation-stateandsubjectinthecivicandmilitaryspheres.Sincethemiddleofthetwentiethcentury,ithasexpandedtoincludeasetofsocialandeconomicrights(righttofood,education,health,etc.)ofindividualstobeprotectedbylaw.Indeepeningthisrealmofrightsinwelfaretheory,thinkers,mostnotably,AmartyaSendevelopedthenotionof‘capabilities’affordedbysocietyandstatetohumans/citizensasthecriterionfortheexerciseofrightsandfreedom.Intheabsenceoftheapparatustogeneratesuchcapabilities,citizens’rightscouldremainmerelyonpaper.Philosophically,theenhancementofcapabilitiesratherthanafocusonmaximizinggrowthorutilitymaybeconsideredamoreappropriategoalforaplanetwithfiniteresources.
Theseargumentsgainparticularforcewhenappliedtoasustainableenvironmentandwhatitwouldmeantohaverightsofcitizenstoaprotectedenvironmentandfairshareofsustainableresourceuse.Whileadvocatingthecapabilitiesargument,theeconomistTimJacksonhasurgedthatcapabilitiesandrightsmustbeboundontheonehandbythescaleoftheglobalpopulationandontheotherbythefiniteecologyoftheplanet.Inorderforthecapabilitiesargumenttoprovidejusticenotonlyforthepooroftheplanetbutfortheenvironment,itisnecessarytore-evaluatethebasisfortruehumanflourishing.Intheseways,wemayreturntosuchnormativegoalsasLeopold’sLandEthicwhilealsoattendingtothevastnumbersofhumansacrosstheworldwhoareinrealityexcludedfromgenuinecitizenshiprights.
ThethemeofsustainablecitizenshipandenvironmentaljusticethusoffersawideagendaofresearchtopursueintheenvironmentalhumanitiesofAsia.Therightsofcitizenstobeabletoachievetheirgoalsoflivelihood,educationandfreedomsismatchedbytheresearchonwhatitmeanstohaveasustainableplanet.Thepreservationofbiodiversity;thevalueofanimallife;theprotectionofourhomeandworkplaceversusdegradingotherenvironments;theproblemsof
governanceandvestedinterests;themeans–whetherbygovernmental,activistoraesthetic—toenableandpromotesustainablejustice;theexplorationofalternativemodes,historicalandcontemporary,ofhuman-naturerelations;theinquiryintotheoptimalmeansofconservingandsharingscarceresourceswhetherbyspiritualorsecularmeans,aresomeofthetopicsundertakenbytheworkshopparticipants.
Inthisproject,weunderstandcitizenshipnotmerelyasanabstractsetofrights,butseektograsphowtheserightsmaybeintertwinedwithadeepersenseofbelonginglinkedtopracticesandvaluesofhomeandthelandscape,animalsandspirits,fairnessandresilience.Aremodernresources,suchas‘rights’andcivilsocietyalwayscompatiblewithorcapableoffurtheringoradjudicating(dispensingjusticeto)thesevalues?
Summer2017Workshopon'EcologicalSpirituality'inCambodiaMonday,July31at9:00amtoTuesday,August1at3:00pmSinhanoukvilleMeetingRoom,2Fl.,InterContinentalHotel296,MaoTseToungBoulevard(245)PhnomPenh12306Cambodia
WiththedrivetomodernizeleadingtothedepletionofCambodia'snaturalresourcesandthreatstotraditionalwaysofliving,newunderstandingsofrights-basedcitizenshipandenvironmentalresponsibilityaregivingrisetorediscoveredformsoflocalactivismandresistance.FromtheforestsofPreyLangtothevalleysofAreng,adiversecastofenvironmentaldefendershavecomeintobeing,with
theaimofprotectingthesefragileecologicalsystemsandpromotingthesustainableuseoftheirresources.Accompanyingeffortstoredefineandasserttheirrights,thesedefendersareinitiatingaresurgenceinecologicalspirituality.Here,indigenousknowledge,traditionalsocialvaluesandreligiousbeliefsarecomingtofeatureprominentlyincontemporaryimaginationsofthehuman-naturerelationship,andineffortstobringaboutamorejustenvironment.ThisWorkshopon'EcologicalSpiritualityinCambodia:ExploringEnvironmentalJusticeandSustainableCitizenship'willbringtogetherenvironmentalactivists,religiousfiguresandacademicsfromacrossCambodiaandtheregion,inordertofosterdialogueamonglocalpractitionersandscholarsonthechallengesofenvironmentaljusticeandsustainabledevelopmentinCambodiatoday.ItisorganizedbyDukeUniversity’sGlobalAsiaInitiative,anSSRChubforEnvironmentalHumanitiesinAsialedbyProfPrasenjitDuara,andUNSW'sEnvironmentalJusticeandHumanRightsProjectledbyDrPichamonYeophantong.
Fall2017
FilmScreeningandDiscussion:RaisetheUmbrellasSeptember20,20172:00–5:30p.m.RichardWhiteAuditorium
--Paneldiscussiontofolloww/dir.EvansCHAN,Rwei-renWU(AcademicaSinica),andProf.Ho-fungHUNG(Sociology,JohnsHopkins);moderatedbyPrasenjitDUARA(EastAsianStudies,Duke)
EvansChan’s2016documentaryfilm,RaisetheUmbrellas,explorestheoriginandimpactofHongKong’s2014UmbrellaMovement(雨傘運動)throughtheinter-generationallensesofthreepost-Tiananmendemocraticactivists–MartinLee,founderoftheHongKongDemocraticparty;BennyTai,OccupyCentralinitiator;andJoshuaWong,thesprightlystudentleader.
Comprehensiveandintimate,drivenbystirringon-sitefootageinamajorAsianmetropolisrivenbyprotest,RaisetheUmbrellasrevealstheMovement’seco-awareness,gayactivism,andburgeoninglocalism,layingbarethesheerpolitical
riskforpost-colonialHongKong’suniversalsuffragistswhoarestrivingtodefinetheirautonomywithinChina.Panelists:
• EvansCHAN,Director,WriterChan(陳耀成)isaNewYork-basedcriticandplaywrightandaleadingHongKongindependentfilmmakerwhohasmadefournarrativefeaturesandeightdocumentaries
• Rwei-renWU,AssociateResearchFellow,AcademicaSinicaWuisanexpertoncomparativepolitics,Asiannationalism,politicalhistoryandthehistoryofpoliticalthoughtinmodernTaiwanandJapan.
• Ho-fungHUNG,AssociateProfessorofSociology,JohnsHopkinsUniversityHung’sscholarlyinterestsincludeglobalpoliticaleconomy,protest,nation-stateformation,andsocialtheory,withafocusonEastAsia.
PanelModerator:PrasenjitDuara,OscarL.TangProfessorofEastAsianStudies,DukeUniversity
PoliticsinTaiwanaftertheSunFlowerMovementThursday,September21,201712:00pm-1:30pmJohnHopeFranklinCenterRoom240--AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHallDr.Rwei-RenWu,Assoc.ResearchFellow,InstituteofTaiwanHistory,AcademicaSinica
Inthislunchtimetalk,Dr.Rwei-renWuwilldiscusspoliticsinTaiwanafterthe2014SunflowerMovementandtheimpactofgeopoliticsinEastAsia,especiallytheexpansionofChina,onthedevelopmentofperipheralnationalisminTaiwan,HongKongandOkinawa.Dr.Wu'sresearchfocusesonthemodernpoliticalhistoriesofTaiwanandJapan,emphasizingnationalism,state-formation,colonialism,left-wingmovements,andtransitionaljustice.HislatestprojectisacomparativeanalysisofnationalisminTaiwan,OkinawaandHongKong.
ThreeFacesofContemporaryIndia:Local,NationalandGlobalThursday,October12,20174:30pm-7:30pmWestDuke101-AhmadiehFamilyConferenceRoomVasantKaiwar,AnushaHariharan,SuchetaMazumdar,VeenaTalwarOldenburg,PhilipK.Oldenburg
SPONSOR(S):GlobalAsiaInitiative,DukeHumanRightsCenter(DHRC),IndiaInitiative,andKenanInstituteforEthics
4:30PM-5:30PMScreening&DiscussionoftheFilm"BreakingtheCaste"VasantKaiwar,VisitingAssociateProfessor,DukeDepartmentofHistoryAnushaHariharan,Ph.D.student,UNC-ChapelHillDepartmentofAnthropologyModeratedbySuchetaMazumdar,AssociateProfessor,DukeDepartmentofHistory
5:30PM-7:30PMGurgaon:FromMythicVillagetoGlobalCityVeenaTalwarOldenburg,ProfessorEmeritaBaruchCollegeandTheGraduateCenterofCUNY
WhyIndiaisaDemocracy,andPakistanisNotPhilipK.Oldenburg,AdjunctAssociateProfessorofPoliticalScience,SouthAsiaInstitute,ColumbiaUniversity
Mongols,MarcoPolo,andPu'erTea:China'sSouthwestSilkRoadasaGatewaytoSoutheastAsiaWednesday,November01,201712:00pm-1:00pmJohnHopeFranklinCenterRoom240--AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHallJamesAnderson
SPONSOR(S):JohnHopeFranklinCenter(JHFC)andGlobalAsiaInitiative
InthenortheastcornerofDaliPrefectureinmodern-dayYunnanonefinds"StoneGatePass(shimenguan)"inasteepmountainvalleyalongtheancientSouthwesternSilkRoad.Locatedinthesouthernregionofmodern-dayYanjincountyonthesouthernfoothillsofDaliMountain(Dalishan),thepassislocatedonamountainsectionofthetraderoutewhichrunsalongthewesternbankoftheGuanRiver(Guanhe).Thepassandthistraderoute,knownasthe"FiveFootRoad(wuchidao)"intheQinperiodandthe"AncientBoRoad"intheHan,markthesiteofimperialexpansionandlocalresistancethroughtheeraofMongolconquest.ThefirstQinemperorandHanemperorWudibothfoughtinvaintoconquerthepassandgaincontrolovertheirempires'southwesternfrontiers.In794TangauthoritiesmarkedtheirreentryintotheregionthroughanalliancewiththeNanzhaokingdombyleavingaclifffaceinscriptiononStoneGatePass.Following
thefalloftheDalikingdom,MarcoPoloreportedlytraveledthroughthepasswithhisMongolescortsduringhisexcursionintoSouthwestChina.Tradethroughthisregionbeganinearlytimes.Tradeofpu'erteamaydatebacktotheTangperiod.StrongerevidenceforthesustainedtradewithcentralChinabeginswiththeperiodofMingconquestintheSouthwest.TheShimenPassisimportantlocallyastheprimarypointoftradecontactbetweentheindigenouspeoplesoftheGuizhouandYunnanregions.
ScalarEffects:TheManagementofWaterPowerinPost-warEastAsiaDecember4,2017-3:00pmto5:30pmDr.BryanTiltandDr.AaronMooreRubensteinLibraryCarpenterConferenceRoom249
Watermanagementinhistoricalandcontemporarytrans-regionalperspectiveisanimportantthemeoftheGlobalAsiaInitiative(GAI).Theimmensityoftheissuecanbeseeninthecircum-HimalayanregionwhichisthesourceoftenmajorriversofAsiaoriginatingintheTibetanPlateau.Today,glacialmelting,riverdiversionsanddambuildingareendangeringthesourcesoflivelihoodsofperhapshundredsofmillions.Howhavethestateandcommunitiesdealtwithvolatilityofflowsinhistoricaltimes,andgiventhemuchextendedscaleofinterventionsandeffectstoday,howaretheproblemsbeinghandled?[1]OnDec4,2017APSIandGAIwillholdaworkshopontheproblemofscaleandhowitentersdecisionmakingintheconstructionofdamsinChinaandamongJapanesedambuildersinKoreaduringtheColdWar.Overthelastseveraldecades,inmanypartsoftheworld,mammothdamsarecomingtoberegardedasnotworththecoststopeople,livelihoodsandenvironment.InAsia,however,suchconcernshavenotsucceededinswayingthedecision-makingprocessyet.Inthisworkshop,Drs.TiltandMooreexplorethetrade-offsandpower
relationsofdifferentconstituenciesconsideredbydecision-makersatvariousscales,fromthelocal,theriverbasin,thenationalandthetransnational.[1]OnFeb16,2018GAIwillholdaone-dayworkshoponhistoricalapproachestorivercontrolonfourmajorriversacrossAsia,detailsofwhichwillbeannouncedearlyinJan2018.EventFlyerDr.BryanTilt,OregonStateUniversity(linkisexternal)BryanTiltisprofessorofanthropologyatOregonStateUniversity.HisresearchfocusesoneconomicdevelopmentandenvironmentalprotectioninChina,andhehasconductedethnographicfieldworkinSichuanandYunnanprovinces.Dr.BryanTilt'sAbstractDr.AaronMoore,ArizonaStateUniversity(linkisexternal)AaronS.MooreisAssociateProfessorofHistoryintheSchoolofHistorical,Philosophical,andReligiousStudiesatArizonaStateUniversity.HeistheauthorofConstructingEastAsia:Technology,Ideology,andEmpireinJapan’sWartimeEra,1931-1945(StanfordUniversityPress,2013).Hiscurrentproject,DammingAsia:TheColdWarandJapanesePost-ColonialOverseasDevelopment,examinesthehistoryofJapan’soverseasdevelopmentsysteminEastandSoutheastAsiafromitsoriginsinJapan'scolonialruleovermuchofAsiabefore1945toitsriseintotheworld'sleadingaiddonorbytheColdWar'sendin1989.Dr.AaronMoore'sAbstract
EcologicalCosmologies:EpicStoriesandGreatWorkJanuary18,2018-12:00pmto3:00pmAddress: Prasenjit and Juliette Duara 21 Brookside Place Durham, NC 27705 Home 984 219 1581 Juliette’s mobile 919 344 4272 Prasenjit’s mobile 919 344 3212 (least heard)
Lunch will be provided.
Journey of the Universe(link is external) Journey of the Universe narrates a 14 billion year story of universe unfolding, from the origin moment to planetary life. This is one telling of an epic story intended to inspire both awe and action through fusing the sciences and the humanities. Such an evolutionary cosmology encourages rethinking how humans are part of a macro scale universe, even as it promotes local practices creating biodiverse cultures, economies, and politics on the micro scale.
The Journey film and book invite us to reflect on our role and responsibility to the flourishing of communities within evolutionary cosmology. How can the life of ecosystems and species be enhanced by humans, not irrevocably damaged? The Journey Conversations explore in what ways humans can contribute to the “great work” of building sustainable cities, resilient food systems, ecological economies, and alternative energies. As planetary citizens we are asking: How can our creativity be aligned with Earth’s creativity?
Discussion with executive producers Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University(link is external) John Grim, Yale University(link is external)
Embrace(link is external) This documentary presents the complex reciprocal saturation of human communities, gods, Buddha Dharma, and natural landscape marked with religious and cosmological significance. Through the narratives of a father and a son, this film illustrates both the transcendental and inter-sentient dimensions of Tibetan sacred sites and of their ecological significance. It documents a ritualized relationship of people and the place of their dwelling and natural surroundings. The juxtaposition of the cinematic narratives of the father and the son brings the audience a new sublime height of eco-spiritual reflections on the present and future states of our Planet Earth. Discussion with executive producer Dan Smyer Yu, Yunnan Minzu University(link is external)
*Dr. Dan Smyer Yu's article on Sentience of the Earth: Eco-Buddhist Mandalizing of Dwelling Place in Amdo, Tibet
SixRiversinHistoricalTime:Nature-HumanInteractionsonHimalayanRiversFebruary16,2018|10:00amto5:30pm
SixRiversinHistoricalTime:Nature-HumanInteractionsonHimalayanRivers
February16,2018-
10:00amto5:30pm
JohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall,Room240
AJointWorkshopbyTriangleEastAsiaColloquium(TEAC)andGlobalAsiaInitiative(GAI)
Theworkshopwillpresentsixpapersdiscussinghuman-naturehistoricalrelationshipsonsixmajorriversinAsia:theYangzi,Mekong,Indus,Ganges,Brahmaputra,andYellow.Theirvastlydifferentecologiesplayedanimportantpartinshapingtheriverinecommunitiesaswellasthewaysinwhichthecommunitiesattemptedtoutilize,controlandmanipulatetheriversinthepre-modernandmodernperiod.Therivershadasignificantroleinthesocio-economic,politicalandculturaldevelopmentonaregional,nationalandinternationalscale.Researchershaveattemptedtointerpretthecomplexhuman-riverrelationshipsfrommany
perspectives,includingpropertyrightsregimes,historyofdisasters,andfisheriesmanagement.
TheTEAC/GAIworkshopbringstogetherscholarswithdeepfamiliarityabouteachofthesixriversinordertogainacomparativeunderstandingofhowdifferentcommunitiesandpoliticalpowersinteractedwiththeriveranditsvalleysandplains.Howdidtheriverecologyshapetheeverydaylifeoftheriverinecommunities?Whatwerethelocalpracticesinmanagingrivers?Whatweretheunexpected(orsemi-expected)consequencesandhowdidcommunitiesandstatemanagetheseproblems(egfloods,salinization,sandbarandpoldercultivationetc)?Whataretheadvantagesofalong-termandcomparativeviewofhuman-riverrelationships?Inparticular,weareinterestedinmajorturningpointsofhuman-riverrelationships.
SCHEDULE
Participants
§ LingZhang,AssociateProfessor,BostonCollegeLingZhang'sabstract
§ ArupjyotiSaikia,IndianInstituteofTechnologyGuwahati,India,VisitingFellow,CenterforSouthAsianStudies,UniversityofCambridge,UKArupjyotiSaikia'sabstract
§ YanGao,ResearchAssociate,DukeUniversityYanGao'sabstract
§ DavidGilmartin,NorthCarolinaStateUniversityDavidGilmartin'sabstract
§ MiriamStark,Professor,UniversityofHawai'i-MānoaMiriamStark'sabstract
§ VipulSingh,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofDelhiVipulSingh'sabstract
Guli'sChildrenMarch27,2018-4:00pmto5:30pm
Guli'sChildren
March27,2018-
4:00pmto5:30pm
RubensteinLibraryCarpenterConferenceRoom249
Calicut(alsoknownasGULIinChinese)wasanimportantnodeintheoveralllinksbetweenChinaandKerala(astateinsouthernIndia).Thefilmbringsoutthecultural-historicalties,thephysicalartifactsand,mostimportantly,tracesofhumangenealogythatsurvivebetweenKeralaandChinatothisday.Spanningovertwoyearsofresearch,andnearly20,000kilometresoffieldworkacrossIndiaandChina,thefilmisaworkofnon-fiction.Thefilmhasbeenscreenedpreviously,byinvitation,atYaleUniversityandtheNewSchool,attheNationalUniversityofSingapore(NUS),attheUniversityofCopenhagen,andintheUniversityof
SorbonneNouvelle.IthasalsobeenscreenedacrossIndiaandshowninChina(BeijingandShanghai).
Aboutthefilmmaker:Dr.JoeThomasKarackattuteachesattheIndianInstituteofTechnology(IIT)Madras.Hewasa2008-2009"FoxFellow"atYaleUniversityand,morerecently(2017),wasselectedasa'ChinaIndiaScholarLeader'bytheIndiaChinaInstituteattheNewSchool,NewYork.HealsoreceivedthefirstCentenaryVisitingFellowship(nominatedaward)atSOAS,UniversityofLondonin2013.HestudiedeconomicsatSt.Stephen'sCollege(Delhi)andChinesestudiesatJawaharlalNehruUniversity(Delhi).
MonarchyandSovereigntyinTwentieth-CenturyAsiaASymposium
April13,2018-
8:30amto5:30pm
JohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall,Room240
AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall
Thisworkshopexploresthechangingrolesofmonarchiesintwentieth-centuryAsiaintheevolvinginternationalsystem.Thesubjectiscomparativeandtransnational,lookingparticularlyattheconvergencesanddifferencesbetweenmonarchiesinWestAsiaandEast,SouthandSoutheastAsia.Participantsexploremonarchiesbothaslegalsystemsofexternalandinternalsovereigntyandasembodimentsofsymbolicpower.Themainareasofenquiryarethelegalcodificationofmonarchicalpowerinnewconstitutions;nationalismandmonarchism;theperceptionandmanagementofrulersandinternallegitimacies.TheemphasisisontheinteractionofnationalismandreligionwithinmonarchicalpolitiesinthetwentiethcenturyparticularlyundercolonialruleandtheColdWar.
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DominatingState,LongstandingVillages,andFamilialOrganizations:ApproachingRuralLandOwnershipinSouthwestChinathroughanAnthropologicalPerspectiveApril19,2018-4:00pmto5:00pmDr.YiWu,ClemsonUniversityRubensteinLibraryCarpenterConferenceRoom249
BasedonethnographicfieldworkinYunnanProvince,thispresentationexamineshowthethreemajorruralactors-localgovernments,villagecommunities,andruralhouseholdshavecontestedandnegotiatedlandrightsatthegrassrootsleveloverthepastsixdecades,resultinginatrilateralownershipinwhichthestate,villagecommunities,andruralfamiliesexertvarying
degreesofcontroloverlandresources.Byinitiatingcollectivizationprogramsinthe1950sand1960s,thestateisthemostobviousforcethathasfundamentallychangedthestructureofrurallandownershipinChina.Itscontinuousdominationinthepost-Maoeramanifestsinitsreformofthelandmanagementinstitutionsatboththenationalandlocallevels,initsfirmcontroloverthelandmarket,andinlocalgovernments'interventionwithagriculturalproduction.However,usingvillage-leveldata,Dr.Wu'sresearchalsorevealstheimportantrolesplayedbyvillagecommunitiesandruralfamiliesinshapingthestructureofrurallandownership.
Fall2018
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Asian/PacificStudiesInstituteGlobalAsiaInitiative
GlobalCompactforMigration(GCM)andMigrationConflicts:TowardsanIndianandTrans-AsianFusionorFission?September4,2018-4:30pmto6:00pm
Dr.BinodKhadria
PerkinsLibrary218
(TowerviewRoom)
Continuouslyincreasinginternationalmigrationoflabor-thehighlyeducatedaswellaslowtomediumskilledworkers–families,studentsandrefugees-leadingtotheformationorexpansionofdiasporasinreceivingsocietiesontheonehand,andtheever-changingimmigrationandbordercontrolsinthedestinationpolitiesontheother,markstheglobalscenarioofinternationalmigration.Beginninginthe1990sthroughthetwenty-firstcentury,wehavewitnessedincreasedinternationaleconomicinterdependencecoexistingwith
steadilygrowingpoliticalbarrierstoglobalsocio-economicintegrationbetweentheGlobalNorthandtheGlobalSouth.Theformertrendofinterdependencehascomeofagethroughacombinationofseveraldrivers:tradeliberalizationthroughreductionoftradebarriers;ICTdevelopmentsthroughadvancesinmicro-electronicsandinformationtechnology;deregulationthroughproliferationofliberalizationpoliciesinbothdevelopinganddevelopedcountries;FDI-and-BPO–drivendiffusionofcapitalflowsbythemultinationalsaswellasindividuals,andsignificantchangesintheeducational,skillandgenderprofilesofthelaborforcegloballyacrosstheNorth-Southdivide.
Incontrast,thelatterhaveledtoawideningoftheNorth-Southdivide-tighteningofimmigrationandvisarules,intensifyingofsecuritychecks,raisingofboundarywalls,exitfrompolitico-economicblocks,referendumforseparationwithincountriesandsoon.AnalyzedbydeconstructionofwhatProfKhadriahascalleda"trinityofmigrationconflicts"–ofthedynamicsof“age,wageandvintage”interestsbetweenthesendingcountriesintheGlobalSouthandthereceivingcountriesintheGlobalNorth,whatpossiblealternativescenariosdotrans-Asianmigrationpose,particularlyinvolvingIndia–oneofthelargestsourcecountriesofinternationalmigrants(thelargestin2017)-andtheIndiansub-continentinSouthAsia(comprisingPakistan,Bangladesh,SriLanka,Nepal,Bhutan,MaldivesandAfghanistan)intheemergingcontextofGCM–theGlobalCompactforMigration2018?
TheseminarwouldbeatalkingpointforspeculatingthepossibleimpactsofGCMontheemergingtrendsandpatternsofIndianandtrans-Asianmigration.CantheseimpactsbeoptimizedthroughwhattheUNcalled“mini-multilateralism”,amongtheAsiancountries–followingaprocessthatProfKhadriahascalledthe“EquitableAdversaryAnalysis”(EAA)–towardsconvergenceordivergenceoftheso-called“mutualself-interests”wouldbeaquestionthatwouldbeaddressed.Speaker:Prof.BinodKhadria,JawaharlalNehruUniversity,India
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SocialScienceResearchCouncilTransregionalResearchJuniorScholarFellowship
FellowsWorkshopSeptember7–9,2018(DukeUniversity)
DukeUniversityJohnHopeFranklinCenter2204ErwinRoadDurham,NCRoom240Friday,September76:30 MeetinHotelLobbyforDeparture7:00–9:30 Welcome,Introductions&Dinner Saturday,September89:00–9:30 Arrivals9:30–12:30 PanelI--Chair:PrasenjitDuara,DukeUniversity
• ShineChoiLecturerinPolitics,InternationalRelationsSchoolofPeople,EnvironmentandPlanning,MasseyUniversityTerribleCulturalDiplomacy:AuthoritarianismandPeoplePowerintheAgeofGlobalPolitics
• MatthewErie
AssociateProfessor,OrientalInstitute,UniversityofOxfordIlliberalLawandDevelopment:ChinaandtheWorld
• MariaRepnikovaAssistantProfessorinGlobalCommunication,Communication,GeorgiaStateUniversityChinaDreamsinAuthoritarianContexts:Russia,KazakhstanandEthiopia
• MiyaXieAssistantProfessorofChinese,AsianandMiddleEasternLanguagesandLiteratures,DartmouthCollegeFrontierNarrationandtheModernNationsinTransnationalEastAsia:TheChinese,Japanese,Korean,andTaiwaneseLiteraryTerritorializationofManchuria(1920–1950)
12:30–1:30 LUNCH1:30–4:30 PanelII–Chair:EngsengHo,DukeUniversity&NationalUniversityofSingapore
• IsmailFajrieAlatasAssistantProfessor,MiddleEasternandIslamicStudies&History,NewYorkUniversityTheLaborofSainthood:IslamicUniversalityandtheMakingofaWorldReligion
• MajedAkhterLecturer,DepartmentofGeography,King'sCollegeLondonDecolonizinginfrastructure:Empire,expertise,andtheimaginativegeographiesoftheColomboPlan,1950-1973
• ArunabhGhoshAssistantProfessor,History,HarvardUniversityTrans-HimalayanScienceinMid-TwentiethCenturyChinaandIndia
• StefanHübnerResearchFellow,AsiaResearchInstitute,NationalUniversityofSingaporeCityupontheSea.Asia'sColonizationoftheOceanssincetheEarlyTwentiethCentury
4:45–6:00 GeneralDiscussionSunday,September109:00–9:30 Arrivals9:30–12:30 PanelIII–Chair:KarenThornber,HarvardUniversity
• AnnieChan
PostdoctoralResearcher,DepartmentoftheSciencesofAntiquity,UniversityofGenevaTribute,TruceandTutelage:ChineseObjectsinearlyMedievalSteppeGeopolitics
• YoungRaeChoi
AssistantProfessor,GlobalandSocioculturalStudies,FloridaInternationalUniversityTheYellowSea:AWindowontotheAnthropocene
• SakuraChristmasAssistantProfessor,HistoryDepartmentandAsianStudiesProgram,BowdoinCollegeNomadicBorderlands:ImperialJapanandtheOriginsofEthnicAutonomyinModernChina
• DebanujDasgupta
AssistantProfessor,Geography&Women’s,Gender,andSexualityStudies,UniversityofConnecticutQueeringInter-AsianLinkages
12:30-1:30 LUNCH1:30-4:00 PanelIV–Chair:FahadBishara,UniversityofVirginia(Transregional
ResearchFellow’13)• DannaAgmon
AssistantProfessor,History,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversityAWorldatCourt:LawandFrenchEmpireacrosstheIndianOcean
• SarahDeMott
ResearchSpecialist,BobstLibraryDataServices,NewYorkUniversityTropicalDesign:FrenchEmpire,ColonialIntimacies,andtheInventionofaTropicalWorld
• MahmoodKooriadathodiPostdoctoralResearchFellow,NetherlandsInstituteinMorocco&SchoolofMiddleEasternStudies,LeidenUniversityAfro-Asia-ArabTriangle:IndianOceanMuslimsandthe‘PeripheralHistories’ofIslamicLaw
ByHookorbyCrook:UnderstandingChina'sShiftingEnvironmentalPolicyLandscapeSeptember12,2018-12:00pmto1:00pm
JacksonEwingJohnHopeFranklinCenter,AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall,Room240AhmadiehFamilyConferenceHall
InMarch2018,Chinaannounceditsmostsignificantenvironmentalgovernancereformsofthisdecade.ComingontheheelsofPresidentXiJinpingsecuringthepossibilityoflong-termpresidentialpowers,theStateCouncilpresenteddraftplanstoconsolidateenvironmentalpolicymakinginthenewlyformedMinistryofEcologyandEnvironment.TheeffectivenessofthisnewministrywillinformnotonlyChina'senvironmentalfuture,butalsoitsstability,itssocioeconomicambitions,andglobaleffortstoaddressenvironmentalchallenges.China'senvironmentalpolicylandscapehaslongbeenplaguedbyoverlappingagendasanddisproportionatepowerdynamics,whichitsnewenvironmentalregimeseekstoaddress.ThenewministrywillbecomethemostpowerfuldedicatedenvironmentalregulatorybodyinthehistoryofmodernChina.Itwilldeployenforcementstaffacrossthecountry,andbetheinstrumentforapplyingChina'scentralizedenvironmentalstatutes.ButcoordinationandenforcementchallengeswillnotdisappearwithChina'sministerialconsolidation,andarangeofquestionsremainonitsfutureeffectivenessandthedegreetowhichChinawillcontinuetoexpanditsenvironmentalpriorities.Theglobalstakesforsuccessarehigh.China'sdomesticpolicieshaveanoutsizedabilitytoinfluenceglobalclimatechange,fomentorcurtailtransboundarypollution,andsendripplesthroughresourcemanagementstrategiestheworldoverfromitsconsumptionpatterns.
AirqualityandEcology:ScienceandPolicyintheLastFewThousandYearsSeptember26,2018-
5:00pmto6:30pm
ManuelLerdau,ProfessorofEnvironmentalSciencesandofBiology,UniversityofVirginia
EnvironmentHall2102
Airpollutionwasoneofthefirstrecognizedenvironmentalthreatstohumans,andscholarssinceclassicaltimeshaveunderstoodthatplantsplayakeyroleinmodulatingairqualityandhumanhealth.Thistalktakesanexplicitlyhistoricalviewofhumanunderstandingofairquality,health,andthebiologicalenvironment.Fromthemiddleofthelastcenturytothepresent,naturalsciencestudiesonplantsandtheatmospherehaveinformedlegislativeeffortstoimproveairquality,andpracticalquestionsregardingairpollutioncontrolhavehelpedshapescientificinvestigations.Mostrecently,troposphericozonehasemergedasthecriticalairqualityissueofthe21stcentury.Currentchallengesandopportunitiesinvolvingthisdialecticalrelationshipbetweenscienceandpolicyincludeextendingourunderstandingintopartsoftheworldwithamorerecenttraditionofenvironmentalresearchandlegislation.Thetalkcloseswithadiscussionofthesechallenges/opportunitiesinLatinAmericaandSoutheastAsia.
AbouttheSpeaker:ManuelLerdaureceivedhisdoctoraldegreefromStanfordUniversityinBiologyandthenworkedasanNRCPost-DocinChemistryatNASAAmes.Hespent12yearsintheEcologyandEvolutionDepartmentattheStateUniversityofNewYork,StonyBrook,withajointappointmentwithAtmosphericSciences.In2007hemovedtotheEnvironmentalSciencesDepartmentattheUniversityofVirginia,withajointappointmentwithBiology.HehasbeentheHrdy
VisitingProfessoratHarvardUniversity,aSeniorInternationalScientistwiththeChineseAcademyofSciences,aKavliFellowoftheU.S.NationalAcademyofSciences,andanAAASClimateScienceFellow.HehasconductedfieldresearchinAsia,LatinAmerica,andNorthAmerica.Hisresearchinterestscurrentlyfallintwomainareas:1)theintersectionofecology,atmosphericchemistry,andclimatechangeinterrestrialsystems;and2)photosynthesis,plantgrowth,andsustainablefoodproduction.
Trans-speciesListeningandRightsofNature:LegalPersonsbeyondtheHumanOctober5,20189:30amto4:30pmRubensteinLibraryBreedloveRoom349
Thelegaltraditionsofliberaldemocracyandhumanrightsreliedontheexceptionalismofthehumanwhetherderivedfromrationality,thesoul,orthe“dignityofman.”ThesenotionsoriginatedintheentanglementofChristiannotionsofthehumanwiththeformationofthesecularsphereinEuropeandspreadacrosstheworldtodefineaglobalpoliticalconfigurationoftentermed“modernity.”Rapidandunprecedentedecologicalchanges,however,shonelightontheinsufficiencyofaregimeofrightsrestrictedtohumans.Simultaneously,therecognitionofthedevastatingimpactofcolonizationonindigenouspeoplessparkedaglobalmovementtograntrightstothesecommunitiesanddrewattentiontothediversewaysindigenouscommunitiesrelatedwithnon-humans.Whilethefirstnon-humanstoreceiverecognitionaslegalpersonsmayhavebeencorporations,the“rightsofnature”extendtherecognitionoflegalpersonstorivers,mountains,andnon-humananimals.Thisworkshopaimstothinkabouttheglobalrightsofnaturemovementbytranscendingtheassumptionsofmodernityandlisteningnotonlyacrosshumanculturesbutalsoacrossspecies.
Participants
JoniAdamson,ArizonaStateUniversityJoniAdamsonisProfessorofEnvironmentalHumanitiesintheDepartmentofEnglishandDirectorofTheEnvironmentalHumanitiesInitiative(EHI)attheJulieAnnWrigleyGlobalInstituteofSustainabilityatArizonaStateUniversity.In2012,sheservedasPresidentoftheAssociationfortheStudyLiteratureandEnvironment(ASLE)whichhasover1800membersin41countriesaroundtheworld.ShefoundedanddirectedtheEnvironmentandCultureCaucusoftheAmericanStudiesAssociation(ASA-ECCOfrom1999to2010.Sheistheauthorand/orco-editorofHumanitiesfortheEnvironment(Routledge2017);EcocriticismandIndigenousStudies—ConversationsfromEarthtoCosmos(Routledge2016);KeywordsforEnvironmentalStudies(NewYorkUniversityPress,2016),andTheEnvironmentalJusticeReader(UniversityofArizonaPress,2002).Hermonograph,AmericanIndianLiterature,EnvironmentalJusticeandEcocriticism(UniversityofArizonaPress,2001)hasbeencitedindozensoflanguages,reprintedin“introductionstoecocriticism”textbooks,andtranslatedintoMandarin.She
lecturesinternationallyandhaspublishedover70articles,chaptersandreviewsonglobalindigenousliteratures,multispeciesrelationship,foodjustice,criticalplantstudies,eco-digitalhumanitiesandtheartsoffuturity.SheiscurrentlyaNationalHumanitiesCenterFellow(2018-2019).
AmbikaAiyadurai,IITGandhinagar,IndiaAmbikaAiyaduraiisanAssistantProfessor(Anthropology)inIndianInstituteofTechnology–Gandhinagar.ShecompletedherPhDthesisinAnthropologyfromtheNationalUniversityofSingaporein2016.Sheistrainedinbothnaturalandsocialscienceswithadualmasters’degreeinWildlifeSciencesfromWildlifeInstituteofIndia(Dehradun)andAnthropology,EnvironmentandDevelopmentfromUniversityCollegeLondon(UK)fundedbyFordFellowship.Herresearchinterestistounderstandpeoplenaturerelationsandhowthelocalandglobalforcesshapetheserelationsleadingtocollaborationsandcontestations.SheiscurrentlystudyingtheroleoflocalcommunitiesinwildlifeconservationinIndia,ChinaandBhutan.SheisaSSRCTransregionalResearchJuniorScholarFellow.
HalCrimmel,WeberStateUniversityHalCrimmelgrewupbetweentheAdirondacksandtheSt.LawrenceRiverinnorthernNewYorkState.HeearnedanA.B.fromColbyCollegeandanM.A.andPh.D.fromtheUniversityatAlbany,StateUniversityofNewYork.CurrentlyRodneyH.BradyDistinguishedProfessorandChairoftheDepartmentofEnglishatWeberStateUniversity,a27,000-studentinstitutionnorthofSaltLakeCity,Halwasfoundingco-chairofWSU’sEnvironmentalIssuesCommittee.HeteachesenvironmentalandsustainabilityissuesintheHonorsandGeneralEducationprograms,aswellasfieldstudiescourses.AformerfellowattheRachelCarsonCenterinMunich,Halhaspublishedfivebooks,amongthemDinosaur:FourSeasonsontheGreenandYampaRiversandDesertWater:TheFutureofUtah’sWaterResources.Hislatestbook,Utah’sAirQualityIssues:ProblemsandSolutions,willbepublishedbytheUniversityofUtahPressin2019.Hisdocumentaryfilm,TheRightsofNature:AGlobalMovementwascompletedin2018withco-producersValBerros(Argentina)andIssacGoeckeritz(USA)andisavailableforscreeningintheU.S.andabroad.
PrasenjitDuara,DukeUniversityPrasenjitDuaraspecializesinModernChinesesocialandculturalhistory;nationalismandtransnationalism;historyandpoststructuralisttheory,historicalsociology,historicalphilosophyandhistoriography.HeistheOscarTangChairof
EastAsianStudiesatDukeUniversity.HewasbornandeducatedinIndiaandreceivedhisPhDinChinesehistoryfromHarvardUniversity.HewaspreviouslyProfessorandChairoftheDeptofHistoryandChairoftheCommitteeonChineseStudiesattheUniversityofChicago(1991-2008).Subsequently,hebecameRafflesProfessorofHumanitiesandDirector,AsiaResearchInstituteatNationalUniversityofSingapore(2008-2015).HisworkhasbeenwidelytranslatedintoChinese,Japanese,KoreanandtheEuropeanlanguages.
CraigKauffman,UniversityofOregonDr.CraigKauffmanisAssociateProfessorPoliticalScienceandEnvironmentalStudiesattheUniversityofOregon.Hisbook,GrassrootsGlobalGovernance:LocalWatershedManagementExperimentsandtheEvolutionofSustainableDevelopment(OxfordUniversityPress2017),wasawardedtheBestBookAwardinEnvironmentalStudiesbytheInternationalStudiesAssociationin2018.Hehasalsoauthoredvariousarticlesonenvironmentallaw,ecologicaleconomics,andthepoliticsofsustainabledevelopment.HeisamemberoftheUnitedNationsKnowledgeNetworkonHarmonywithNatureandaParticipatingMemberintheUNGeneralAssembly’sInteractiveDialogueonHarmonywithNature,taskedwithprovidingrecommendationsonimplementingthe2030SustainableDevelopmentAgenda.Ascholarpractitioner,hisresearchandteachingisinformedbymorethanadecade’sexperienceworkingforNGOsandgovernmentbeforejoiningacademia,aswellasextensiveexperienceworkinginternationallyinEcuador,Bolivia,Peru,Guatemala,Nicaragua,Israel,Cyprus,India,andNewZealand.
JeffNicolaisen,DukeUniversityJeffreyNicolaisenisadoctoralcandidateintheGraduatePrograminReligionatDukeUniversity.Hehasamaster’sdegreeinCivilEngineeringfromNagoyaUniversity,andamaster’sdegreeinAsianStudiesfromtheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.HeworkedasanenvironmentalconsultantwithEnvironmentalResourcesManagementbeforereturningtograduateschooltostudyAsianreligionsandecology.
TheSignificanceofa"RitualEconomy"intheContextofChineseStateCapitalismandGlobalization
October29,2018-4:00pmto5:30pm
MayfairYang(Professor,ReligiousStudies&EastAsianLanguagesandCulturalStudies,UCSantaBarbara)
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ThislecturetakesupcallsbyJ.K.Gibson-Grahamandotherstochallengerepresentationsofcapitalismasamonolithicentity,andinstead,tomakemorevisibletheeconomicmultiplicitythatisallaroundus,butwefailtosee.ManyscholarsalreadyunderstandthatChinesestatecapitalismdivergesfromWesternliberalcapitalism,andevendiffersfromthemodelof"EastAsianDevelopmentalState."Fewhaveexaminedhowpre-capitalistformsofeconomicpracticeareuneasilyincorporatedwithinChinesestatecapitalisteconomy,wheretheycontinuetooperateaccordingtonon-capitalistorevenanti-capitalistprinciples,suchaskinshipethics,human-divineexchange,divineandritualdebt-economies,communalinterests,andrivalriesofgenerosity,evenwhiletheyarealsopenetratedbycapitalism.Basedonfieldworkinruralandsmall-townWenzhouonthecoastofsoutheasternChina,IwillexaminewhatIcalla"ritualeconomy"ofreligiousandkinshipexpendituresthatharkenbacktoearlierpre-industrialcommercialeconomiesinimperialChina.Today's"ritualeconomy"tracesbacktotheSongDynasty,whenChinesepopularreligionsandanindigenousmarketeconomydevelopedintandem.ThispastextendsitsdynamicforcetothepresenteraofreligiousresurgenceandChina'sentryintoglobalcapitalism.
DenaturedPlanet,DerangedWorlds:ImaginingtheAnthropoceneDenatured Planet, Deranged Worlds: Imagining the Anthropocene
November5,2018-
5:30pmto7:00pm
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JoindistinguishedIndiannovelistAmitavGhoshandAmericanwriterRoyScrantoninadiscussionaboutclimatechangeandourimaginativefailureinthefaceofglobalwarming.Theclimatecrisisasksustoimagineotherformsofhumanexistence,andfictionisthebestsuitedofallculturalformstohelpusdothis.GhoshandScrantonwillbejoinedbyDukefacultymemberJedediahPurdywhowillaskourdistinguishedguestswhether-nowthathumanandenvironmentalfatesareinseparable-environmentalpoliticswillbecomemoredeeplydemocratic,ormoreunequalandinhumane.TheeventwillbemoderatedbyRanjanaKhanna,professorofEnglishatDukeUniversity.
EVENTPOSTER
AmitavGhosh,IndianNovelistAmitavGhoshwasborninCalcuttaandgrewupinIndia,BangladeshandSriLanka.Heistheauthoroftwobooksofnon-fiction,acollectionofessaysandeightnovels.HismostrecentbookisTheGreatDerangement:ClimateChangeandtheUnthinkable(2016).HisbookshavewonprizesinIndia,EuropeandMyanmarandhehasbeenawardedhonorarydegreesbytheSorbonne,Paris,andbyQueensCollege,NewYork.HeismarriedtothewriterDeborahBakeranddivideshistimebetweenBrooklyn,GoaandKolkata.AmitavGhosh’sworkhasbeentranslatedintomorethanthirtylanguagesandhehasservedontheJuryoftheLocarnoFilmFestivalandtheVeniceFilmFestival.In2007hewasawardedthePadmaShri,oneofIndia’shighesthonours,bythePresidentofIndia.
RoyScranton,AmericanWriterRoyScrantonistheauthorofWe’reDoomed.NowWhat?(SohoPress,2018),WarPorn(SohoPress,2016)andLearningtoDieintheAnthropocene:ReflectionsontheEndofaCivilization(CityLights,2015).HehaswrittenforRollingStone,theNewYorkTimes,TheNation,PrairieSchooner,BostonReview,andelsewhere,andheco-editedWhatFuture:TheYear’sBestIdeastoReclaim,Reanimate&ReinventOurFuture(UnnamedPress,2017)andFireandForget:ShortStoriesfromtheLongWar(DaCapo,2013).Hegrewupinaworking-classfamilyinOregon,droppedoutofcollegeafterhisfreshmanyear,andspenthisearlytwentieswanderingtheAmericanWest.In2002,heenlistedintheUSArmy,servingfouryears,includingafourteen-monthdeploymenttoIraq.AfterleavingtheArmyattherankofsergeant,hecompletedhisbachelor’sdegreeandearnedamaster’sdegreeattheNewSchoolforSocialResearch,thenearnedaPhDinEnglishatPrinceton.Hisessay“LearningHowtoDieintheAnthropocene”wasselectedforthe2015BestAmericanScienceandNatureWriting,hewasapost-doctoralresearchfellowattheCenterforEnergyandEnvironmentalResearchintheHumanSciencesatRiceUniversity,andhehasbeenawardedaWhitingFellowshipintheHumanitiesandaLannanLiteraryFellowshipforFiction.HecurrentlylivesinSouthBend,Indiana,withhispartneranddaughter,andteachesattheUniversityofNotreDame.
JedediahPurdy,RobinsonO.EverettProfessorofLaw,DukeUniversityJedediahPurdyteachesconstitutional,environmental,andpropertylawandwritesinalloftheseareas.Healsoteacheslegaltheoryandwritesonissuesatthe
intersectionoflawandsocialandpoliticalthought.Heistheauthorofseveralbooks,including"AfterNature"andaTrilogyonAmericanpoliticalidentity,whichconcludedwithATolerableAnarchy(2009),allfromKnopf.TheMeaningofPropertyappearedin2010fromYaleUniversityPress.HehaspublishedmanyessaysinpublicationsincludingTheAtlanticMonthly,TheNewYorkTimesOpEdPageandBookReview,DieZeit,andDemocracyJournal,andhislegalscholarshiphasappearedintheYaleLawJournal,UniversityofChicagoLawReview,DukeLawJournal,CornellLawReview,andHarvardEnvironmentalLawReview,amongothers.HeisafrequentcontributortopublicationsincludingtheNewYorker,theNation,n+1,andJacobin.
PurdygraduatedfromHarvardCollege,summacumlaude,withanA.B.inSocialStudies,andreceivedhisJ.D.fromYaleLawSchool.HeclerkedforJudgePierreN.LevaloftheSecondU.S.CircuitCourtofAppealsinNewYorkCityandhasbeenafellowattheBerkmanCenterforInternetandSocietyatHarvardLawSchool,anethicsfellowatHarvardUniversity,andavisitingprofessoratYaleLawSchool,HarvardLawSchool,VirginiaLawSchool,andtheGeorgetownUniversityLawCenter.
Purdyhasco-taughtwithfacultyfromaroundtheuniversity,includingLauraEdwards(History),MichaelHardt(Literature),andPresidentRichardBrodhead.
AsianAmerica:Movements,Communities,Settlements:OpeningReception28November2018|4.30pmto6.30pm
2018marksthe50thanniversaryoftheCivilRightsActof1968,theInauguralYearoftheAsianAmericanStudiesProgramatDuke,andthe50thanniversaryoftheThirdWorldStudentStrikeatSanFranciscoStateUniversitythatledtothefoundingofEthnicStudies.
AsianAmerica:Movements,Communities,SettlementsCuratedbySuchetaMazumdar,AssociateProfessorofHistoryandAltaZhangResearchAssociate,DukeUniversityAsianAmericanMovement:MuralsandPosters(SuchetaMazumdarandAltaZhang)ThePathtoAASPatDuke:2002-2018(NayoungAimeeKwonandTylerLian)ChronologiesofAsianAmerica(KelleyLawtonandCarsonHolloway)FromGuangdongChinatotheMississippiDelta(SuchetaMazumdarandAltaZhang)FromBengalIndiatoNewOrleansandHarlem(SuchetaMazumdarandAltaZhang)KarenFromMyanmar(Burma)toNorthCarolina:ChapelHill,CarrboroandNewBern(EmaKlugmanandWilliamHardee
HomelessinDurham:“HomelessinDurham”documentaryfilmandphoto-posterexhibit(PremiereShowing:103CarrBuildingAltaZhang,DukeUniversityandNCSU,RuebeHolmes,DukeUniversityandNCCU)Myanmar(Burmese)RefugeeChildren’sArt
Exhibitsmadepossiblebyand/orfundedbyHistoryDepartment,DeanofArtsandSciences,DeanofHumanities,DeanofSocialSciences,AsianAmericanStudiesProgram,TheKenanInstituteforEthics,andGlobalAsiaInitiative