| Overview Keynote Speakers Workshop Program AASP | ||||
 Thursday, October 26 - Friday, October 27
This Conference is Free and Open to the Public. The conference will explore the relationship between Asian American bodies and the production of spectacles in the performing arts (theatre, music, and dance) and everyday life. Topics range from ethnohistorical imaginings of early 20th century Bharata Natyam to the politics of disseminating contemporary Asian pop soundscapes. The panel of nationally and internationally recognized scholar/artists will address the centrality of creative practice and performative discourse in the production of Asian American identities on local, national, and global stages. Co-Organizers Esther Kim Lee, Yutian Wong Designer Laura Chu Co-Sponsors Asian American Studies Program, College of Fine and Applied Arts (Lorado Taft Lectureship), Department of Theatre, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of History, Center for Advanced Study, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Sociology, Native American House/American Indian Studies Program, Department of Anthropology   |
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