Panelists Sought for 2010 Annual Meeting
Participants are sought for a proposed panel titled “Staging the Nation: Art in East Asia” to be presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. The proposed panel would focus on art and its role in nation-building in the countries of East Asia, including topics related to state-sponsored artistic/cultural production or engagement of national institutions, primarily covering the period from 1900 to 1980.
Related topics might also include, but are not limited to, the following issues/themes: collections/displays in museums/exhibitions in the service of national (re)construction; the writing of history as it relates to nation building; music/film industry’s contribution to promoting and fostering nation-building. Panelists are particularly sought in the areas of art history, history, anthropology, film and media studies, cultural studies, and related disciplines.
If you are interested, please send an abstract (up to 200 words) by August 2, 2009, to inkang@gmail.com or vhmoon@gmail.com.
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