The Center for Asian Research is pleased to announce our spring Research Symposium schedule. It is an exciting group of scholars representing diverse disciplines and areas. We hope that you will join us in welcoming each speaker as we work to support ASU’s growing community of scholars doing research related to Asia.

Papers will be made available to interested faculty and students at least two weeks ahead of each presentation. Each presentation will be followed by comments from a discussant and ample time will be set aside for questions and commentary. Unless otherwise noted, talks will take place on Friday afternoons from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in Coor 5536. Specific dates and times may be subject to change.

Schedule of Speakers:

Friday, January 26, 2007–

Lionel Jensen, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Department of History, University of Notre Dame

"The Nature of Writing and the Cult of the Text: Language, Loss, and Redemption in Imperial China"

Friday, February 9, 2007–

Ian Miller, Department of History, Arizona State University

"The Great Japanese Zoo Massacre"

Friday, February 23, 2007–

Andrew Smith, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

“Ineffective and Unsustainable Poisoning of Native Small Mammals in Temperate Asia: A Classic Case of the Science-Policy Divide”

Friday, March 9, 2007–

Eric Tagliacozzo, Department of History, Cornell University

"Remembering Devotion: Southeast Asians and the Pilgrimage to Mecca"

Friday, April 13, 2007–

Samuel Morse, Department of Fine Arts and Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College

“Pilgrimage for Pleasure: Time and Space in Late Medieval Japanese Painting”

Fall nomination form (Word)or (PDF)