New Directions in Transpacific Cultural Research

November 25, 2016

New Directions in Transpacific Cultural Research
A Public Symposium Organized by the Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research
Feb 9-10, 2017
Harbour Centre 1400, Segal Centre Room
SFU Vancouver, 555 West Hastings
Free and open to the public. Registration required. Register here.
Keynote Lectures
Chua Beng Huat, Provost’s Chair Professor, National University of Singapore
“Reflections on Institutionalizing a Transnational Cultural Studies€
Lisa Yoneyama, Professor, University of Toronto
“Genealogy of the Transpacific€
Plenary Presentations
John Nguyet Erni, Chair Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
“Postcolonial Queer Pacific: Notes on a Transnational Rights-based Legal Intervention€
Audrey Yue, Professor, University of Melbourne
“The Junior Partnerships of Australia Singapore Screen Co-productions: Towards a New Model for Transpacific Cultural Research€ 
Andy Chih-Ming Wang, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
“Transpacific Affect: Reflective Sadness in Chen Junzhi’s Taipei Father/New York Mother€
Nadine Attewell, Associate Professor, McMaster University
“Intimate Geographies, Transpacific Worldings, and the Pulse of the Archive€
View detailed program here.  
This event is funded by a SSHRC Connection Grant and generously co-sponsored by:
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Science
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology
The David Lam Centre for International Communication
School of Communication
Department of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies