Symposium Schedule
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East Asian Cinemas Symposium Schedule
March 6th and 7th, 2010
Department of Asian Studies, Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118)
Saturday, March 6th (9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
A series of 20-minute presentations by individual speakers followed by an extended Q&A / discussion session.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Pacific Seas and Cinematic Straits
Dudley Andrew, Film Studies Program and Dept. of Comparative Literature, Yale University
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. An Auteur In Situ: Wong Kar Wai and Commercially Viable Art Film
Cindy S. C. Chan, Dept. of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Morning Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Inclines, networks, and flows: Japanese cinema as (not) Asian cinema
Michael Raine, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Committee on Cinema & Media Studies, and the College, University of Chicago
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Taipei—the Invisible City on Film
Yomi Braester, Dept. of Comparative Literature and Program in Cinema Studies, University of Washington
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Host (Bong Joon-ho, 2006)'s Virtual Landscape: Korean Cinema at the Age of Hallyu
Kyung Hun Kim, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literature and Dept. of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Break
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. The Ellipsis: Cinematic Aesthetics and East Asian Modernity
Jason McGrath, Dept. of Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Sunday, March 7th (10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Closing remarks by Dudley Andrew and Roundtable with Speakers
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Dudley Andrew, Film Studies Program and Dept. of Comparative Literature, Yale University
Roundtable with Speakers
Dudley Andrew, Yomi Braester, Cindy S. C. Chan, Kyung Hun Kim, Jason McGrath, and Michael Raine