The East Asia: Transregional Histories Workshop is excited to announce our schedule for Winter quarter! Unless otherwise noted, all meetings take place from 4:00 – 6:00 PM in the John Hope Franklin Room (Social Science 224) and refreshments will be served.

Winter 2018

1/8  Alex Jania, PhD Student in History, University of Chicago
Title: “For Us, The Earth Still Shakes: Thoughts on Disaster Memorialization in Japan and Methodologies of Emotional History”
12:00-1:15 PM, Martin Marty Center (Swift Hall)
Co-sponsored with the Religion and Human Sciences workshop

1/11 Umemori Naoyuki, Professor at the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Title: Lunch Talk with Professor Umemori
12:00-1:30 PM, Tea Room

1/26  Sandra Park, PhD Student in History, University of Chicago
Title: ” Crusading for the Twentieth Century: Christianity, Politics and the Cold War in South Korea and Korean-U.S. Relations, 1945-1973″
4:00-6:00 PM, CEAS 319
Co-sponsored with the Art and Politics of East Asia workshop

2/8  Eilin Rafael Pérez, PhD Student in History, University of Chicago
Title: “The Half-Life of Sovereignty: The DPRK and the Thirteenth World Festival of Youth and Students”
3:00-5:00 PM, JHF Room

2/15  Dan Knorr, PhD Candidate in History, University of Chicago
Title: “A City of Springs: Local Geography and Imperial Presence in High Qing Jinan”
4:00-6:00 PM, Tea Room

2/23  Kang Sung Hyun, Professor at the Institute for East Asian Studies, Sungkonghoe University
Title: Transnational Archives: Cold War, Postcolonialism, and Korean Studies
3:00-5:00 PM, CEAS 319
Co-sponsored with the Art and Politics of East Asia workshop

3/8  Alex Haskins, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Chicago
Title: “‘Reimagining Japanese Modernities’ – Alertness, Dignity, and Foreign Learning in Sakuma Shozan’s Thought”
4:00-6:00 PM, JHF Room