SPEAKER
Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan); Florian Schneider (Universiteit Leiden)
APSI and AMES invite members of our scholarly community to attend the 2024 EAS-CAH workshop focusing on the theme of "Digital Asia."
Except where otherwise noted, all sessions take place in the Pink Parlor, East Duke Building.
~~please note, the following agenda is subject to change~~
Breakfast (provided)
Opening Remarks & Welcome: Eileen Cheng-yin Chow & Shai Ginsburg
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Lisa Nakamura "The Queen of Myspace: Tila Tequila and the Asian American Roots of Social Media Infrastructure"
Lunch
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Florian Schneider (Leiden) -- “Gamified Politics: The Quest for Digital Social Governance in Xi’s China"
Introduced by: Carlos Rojas (Duke)
EAS/CAH Student Panel
Moderator: Ralph Litzinger (Duke)
Refreshments/Break
Breakout Seminar Sessions with Lisa Nakamura & Florian Schneider (Blue & Pink Parlors)
Final Roundtable + Future Directions (plenary session)
Concluding Remarks
Following the workshop, registered participants are invited to a reception hosted by Professors Eileen Chow and Carlos Rojas.
Lisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in American Culture at the University of Michigan. Her fields of study include Asian American studies, digital media theory, digital game studies, feminist theory, film and television studies, and race and gender in new media.
Florian Schneider is a professor of modern China at Universiteit Leiden. His research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment, recent Chinese economic developments, as well as Chinese foreign policy. He is also managing editor of the academic journal ‘Asiascape: Digital Asia.’
