The 20th Annual University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
School of Pacific & Asian Studies
Graduate Student Conference
Redefining Borders: Looking Toward the Future of Asia-Pacific Studies
Center for Korean Studies
| Date | Time | Room | Panel Theme | Presenters | Paper Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar | 12:00-13:30 | A | Ritual and Performance (Moderator: Cyndy Ning) | Anna Reynolds | Wayang Sapuh Leger: A Balinese wayang ritual performance | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Ronald Gilliam | Consciousness Within Tibetan Cham Performance | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Devika Wasson | Circular Performance Movement: A Key Language | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| C | Transnational Identities | Kazue Takamura | Border as a Living Sphere: Informal Everyday Border Crossings in the East Coast of the Thai-Malaysian Borderland | Tokyo University | ||
| Deanna Ramsay | The Peranakan Chinese of Java: An Exploration of their early writings | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Hyeon Ju Lee | May I Call You North Korean? Contested Identity of Talbukja in South Korea | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| 13:45-15:15 | A | Challenging Centralization in East Asia (Moderator: Cathryn Clayton | Jordan Cormier | Early 20th Century Chinese Buddhist Reform Movements | University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
| Carl Clement IV | The New Wall: Internet Censorship in China | Florida State University | ||||
| Stephen Flanigan | State Religious Systems in Early Modern China & Japan | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| C | Issues in Asia-Pacific Educational Policy (Moderator: Jyeon Ju Lee) | Samantha Ng | Providing equal language access for the LEP person | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||
| David W. Kuperman | Foucaultian Genealogy of Schooling in Micronesia | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Ryoji Matsuoka | Japan, Opportunity Gap, High School Tracking System | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui | Cultural Factors Affecting English Language Learning for Thai Ethnic Minority Students in Vietnam Using Mixed Methods | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Date | Time | Room | Panel Theme | Presenters | Paper Title | Affiliation |
| 12-Mar | 9:00-10:30 | A | Reexamining the Family in Asian Society (Moderator: Andrew Lambert) | Hiroki Igarashi & Hakyoon Lee | Globalized Family Strategies for Education and Their Risks | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Laila Rahman | Maternal & Child Health | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Nihayatul Wafiroh | Arranged Marriages in Indonesia: The Case Study in Darussalam Pesantren, Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| C | Colonial Representation (Moderator: Vilsoni Hereniko) | Sarah Ka'ili Chamizo | Imaged/Imag[in]ed | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||
| Abraham R. Flores Jr. | Descriptors, Stereotypes, and the Encounter or Races in Executional Newspaper Accounts of Hawaii Sugarcane Plantation Laborers | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Kuan-jung Lai | The Silence of Culture in Tourism and Ambiguity of Contemporary Guam | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| 10:45-12:15 | A | Reconstructing Memories of Southeast Asia (Moderator: Miriam Sharma) | Martin Thiry | Colonial Policing in Dutch East Indies: The Case of the Ambonese | University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
| Matt Reeder | Buffalo Crimes & Siamese Modernization: How Chulalongkorn's Government Tried to Impose Order on a Rural Resource | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Alvin Lim | The Memory of Atrocity: Rhizomatic Journeys | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| 13:30-15:00 | A | Comparative Politics in Asia (Moderator: Lonny Carlile) | Rajiv Kumar | Economic and Strategic Perspectives of India-Korea Relation in the 21st Century | Sungkyunkwan University | |
| Enze Han | External Kin, Ethnic Identity, and Pursuance of More Autonomy | George Washington University | ||||
| Michael M. Bosack | Brinkmanship & North Korean Security Strategy | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| C | Emerging Social Issues in Asia-Pacific | Jacquelyn Coronel | Manila's North Cemetery: A Quality of Life | University of San Francisco | ||
| Reid Uratani | Queering Local: Colonialism and the Politics of Gender in Honolulu | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| James Kwon | An Example of Environmental Governance in South Korea: Resolution of the Recent Case of Tidal Flat Reclamation at Saemangeum | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| Date | Time | Room | Panel Theme | Presenters | Paper Title | Affiliation |
| 13-Mar | 9:00-10:30 | A | Re/Presenting Femininity (Moderator: Barbara Andaya) | Naomi Furnish Yamada | Regional Interpretations and Global Forms: Tradition and Veils in Nagasaki | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Diana Emiko Tsuchida | Mixed-Race Japanese/Japanese American Women | San Francisco State University | ||||
| Krystall Hauseur | Crafting Art and Environments: Ruth Asawa, Kay Sekimachi, Toshiko Takaezu, and Alive Kagawa Parrot | University of California, Irvine | ||||
| C | New Perspectives on Chinese Philosophy | Joseph Harroff | Beyond Autonomy: A Confucian Critique of the Liberal Self | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||
| Andrew Lambert | Confucian & Daoist Ethical Thought in the New Century: Reconnecting the Present with the Past | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| 10:45-12:00 | A | Performing National Identity (Moderator: Ricardo Trimillos) | Gwen Arbaugh & Sky Fung | Footnotes & Hand Gestures on Hula | University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
| Nathan Nass | The Use of Nature Imagery in Korean Contemporary Compositions | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||||
| C | State and Religion in East Asia (Moderator: Robert Huey) | Jolyon Baraka Thomas | Historiography, Modernity, & Securalism: Issues in the Historical Study of the Allied Occupation of Japan | Princeton University | ||
| Andrea Leong | Catholicism in China | University of San Francisco |
Conference Coordinators
Madonna Castro-Perez
Jonas Estrada
James Arriola
Yoko Wang
School of Pacific & Asian Studies
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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1890 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822
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