Bodies and Spectacles: A Conference on Asian American Performance
Ocotber 26-27, 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFree and open to the public
Conference Website: http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/performanceconference/index.html<http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/performanceconference/index.html>The conference will explore the relationship between Asian Americanbodies and the production of spectacles in the performing arts (theatre,music, and dance) and everyday life. Topics range from ethnohistoricalimaginings of early 20th century Bharata Natyam to the politics ofdisseminating contemporary Asian pop soundscapes. Each nationally andinternationally recognized scholar/artist on the panel will address thecentrality of creative practice and performative discourse in theproduction of Asian American identities on local, national, and globalstages.
Keynote: Thursday, October 26 at 4:00 p.m. Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota"New Directions in Asian American Performance"
Co-organizers: Yutian Wong & Esther Kim Lee, University of Illinois atUrbana-ChampaignCo-Sponsors:College of Fine and Applied Arts (Lorado Taft Lectureship), Departmentof Theatre, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Center forAdvanced Study, Department of History, Illinois Program for Research inthe Humanities, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department ofSociology, Native American House/American Indian Studies Program
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