Thursday,
May 17 |
9:30-10:00
Opening Remarks
10:00-10:45
Dean Chan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Communication, School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, University of Wollongong
“Transnationalising Diasporic Asian Graphic Narratives”
Break: 10:45-11:00
11:00-11:45
Stacilee Ford, Honorary Associate Professor, History, The University of Hong Kong
"On Ann Marie Fleming’s The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam"
Lunch: 11:45-1:00
1:00-1:45
Ralph Rodriquez, Associate Professor, American Civilization and Ethnic Studies, Brown University
"On Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings (race, form, aesthetics)"
Break: 1:45-2:00
2:00-2:45
Stephanie Han, Doctoral Student, English, City University of Hong Kong
“Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings (2007): The Post Modern Asian American Aesthetic- the Gutter, Space and Silence” |
Friday,
May 18 |
9:30-10:15
Theresa Tensuan, Assistant Professor, English, Haverford College
“Yang’s Level Up: Visual Images of Anime and Early Video Games”
Break: 10:15-11:00
11:00-11:45
Lan Dong, Assistant Professor, English, University of Illinois Springfield
“Model Asian between Medical School and Nintendo: Gene Yang and Thien Pham’s Level Up”
Lunch: 11:45-1:00
1:00-1:45
Kuilan Liu, Associate Professor, English, Beijing Foreign Studies University
“When the Monkey King Transforms into Chin-Kee: Stereotypes in Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese”
Break: 1:45-2:00
2:00-2:45
Tim Gruenenwald, Acting Director of American Studies, The University of Hong Kong
"Between Graphic Narrative and Fan Activism: Gene Luen Yang and the Avatar: The Last Airbender Franchise"
Break: 2:45-3:00
3:00-3:45
Jeffrey Santa Ana, Assistant Professor, English, State University of New York Stony Brook
“Emotions as Landscapes: Remembering Chinese Immigrant History in the Picture Books of Shaun Tan.” |
Saturday,
May 19 |
9:00-9:45
Monica Chiu, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, The University of Hong Kong
“Bold Silences: Illustrating Depression and Desire in Tamaki & Tamaki’s Skim”
9:45-10:30
Jaqueline Berndt, Professor, Graduate School for Manga Studies, Kyoto Seika University
“The Readership Divide: Graphic Novels by Japanese American Authors Seen from the Angle of Manga Culture in Japan”
Break: 10:30-10:45
10:45-11:30
Angela Moreno Acosta, Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto Seika University
“The Ir/relevance of ‘Japaneseness’ in North American OEL Manga: On Japanese American Artists Deploying Manga Style”
11:30-11:45
Closing Remarks |
