Teaching East Asia in the Humanities
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Teaching East Asia
​In the Humanities

April 24-25, 2021 (via Zoom)​
See the conference schedule below.
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To join, please register here:

 https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuc-6srT8uH9JO3ugEuLK1vf6gBeTd3oAZ
DAY 1 April 24

Session 1: PST 3:00-4:30 PM | EST 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | SGT 6:00 AM-7:30 AM(+1)

          Stephen C. Angle (Wesleyan University)
          “Learning by Living: Confucian and Daoist Philosophical Exercises”

          Gwendolyn Gillson (Illinois College)
          “Gods, Monsters, and Reserved Intimacy in East Asian Pedagogy”

          Shelby Oxenford (University of Texas at Austin)
          “Teaching Disaster through Popular Culture”


Break: PST 4:30-5:00 PM | EST 7:30 -8:00 PM | SGT 7:30-8:00 AM(+1)


Session 2: PST 5:00-6:30 PM | EST 8:00 PM-9:30 PM | SGT 8:00-9:30 AM(+1)

          Thomas Newhall and Jonathan Feuer (University of California, Los Angeles)
          “Teaching Writing through Buddhism”

          Benjamin Daniels (University of California, Berkeley)
          “Manuscript Culture Assignment”

          Rafal K. Stepien (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 
          “Rethinking ‘Religion’, ‘Philosophy’, and ‘Literature’ in the Study of Buddhism”

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DAY 2 April 25

Session 3: PST 3:00-5:00 PM | EST 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | SGT 6:00 AM-8:00 AM(+1)
 
          Alan Baumler (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
          “Disciplines and Narratives: Introducing Asian Studies in the Undergraduate Curriculum”

          Laurence Coderre (New York University)
          “Preaching to the Choir: Reorienting the China Survey for Today’s Student Body”

          Marjorie Burge (University of Colorado-Boulder)
           “Okay, Maybe Genji is a Rapist? Reflections on Teaching The Tale of Genji”

          Tommy Tran (University of California, Merced)
          “Upaya and Teaching East Asian Studies”
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Organizers:

Xiaoyu Xia (xiaoyu_xia@berkeley.edu)
Nicholas Constantino (nconstantino@berkeley.edu)
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