The East Asia: Transregional Histories Workshop is pleased to announce its schedule for Winter 2019. We look forward to seeing you in attendance!

Winter 2019 Schedule:

1/17  Megan Beckerich, MA Candidate in MAPH, University of Chicago
Title: “Supernatural Bodies and the Western Gaze in Meiji Japan”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

1/28  (Monday) Peidong Sun, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Fudan University 
5:00-7:00 PM, CEAS 319
Co-sponsored with the Center for East Asian Studies

1/31  Alex Haskins, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Chicago
Title: “Sovereignty as Counter-domination: Alertness, Dignity, and Political Reform in Sakuma Shozan’s Thought”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

2/14  William Marotti, Professor of Japanese History, UCLA
Title of pre-circulated paper TBD
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

2/28 Yasser Nasser, PhD Student in History, University of Chicago
Title: “The Pedagogy of Pan-Asian Sisterhood: The ACDWF and Defending the Peace of Asia”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

3/14  Jun Hee Lee, PhD Candidate in History, University of Chicago
Title: “ ‘We are the Glorious Coal Miners of Miike’: Araki Sakae the Laborer-Composer and His Postwar Movement Identities”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)