Colorado University East Asian Graduates Association

6th Annual CUEAGA Conference 2005


The Asian Butterfly. Logo for CUEAGA 2005. Designed by Patricia Yarrow.

Transmissions & Transformations

Conference dates: March 4, 5, and 6th (Friday 5:30 p.m., Saturday, and Sunday morning).

Keynote Addresses:
    Professor Michael Nylan, U.C. Berkeley, Chinese History.
            Keynote address: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Humanities Room 250.

    Professor Marcia Yonemoto, U.C. Boulder, Japanese History.
            Keynote address: 4 p.m. Saturday, Humanities Room 250.

Location
    Eaton Humanities Rooms 250 and 1B50, University of Colorado at Boulder campus.

CUEAGA 2005 Schedule

Friday, March 4th, 2005

4:30-5:30 p.m.

Registration. (HUMN 250).

5:30-7:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Professor Michael Nylan, U.C. Berkeley, Chinese History. "Zhuangzi on Pleasure". (HUMN 250). Light reception follows.

7:30 p.m.

CUEAGA Dinner for panelists, moderators and Team CUEAGA. Dushanbe Teahouse. 1770 13th Street (between Arapahoe and Canyon), Boulder. (303) 442-4993

Saturday, March 5, 2005

9:30-10:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast.

10:00-11:30 a.m.

LANGUAGE Panel. (HUMN 250)

GENDER Panel. (HUMN 1B50)

Moderator: Visiting Instructor Steven Day. Timekeeper: Darren Wright

Moderator: Dr. Joseph Sorensen. Timekeeper: Rachel Cochran

Bryna Tuft. An Introduction to Lin Bai.

David Holloway. The Women of Cafe Modan: Constructing the Modern Girls of Taisho Japan.

Jeremy Wegerer. The Quest for a Rich and Strong China: Nationalist Sentiment in 'River Elegy' and 'Hero'.

Yoshihiro Jeremy Mochizuki. Human Sexual Desire in Ihara Saikaku’s 'Gengobei, the Mountain of Love' from "Five Women Who Loved Love".

11:30-1:00 p.m.

Lunch at UMC, Room 425. RSVP to CUEAGA requested.


1:00-3:30 p.m.

LITERATURE Panel. (HUMN 250)

POLITICS Panel. (HUMN 1B50)

Moderator: Dr. Haiyan Lee. Timekeeper: Amy Hilbert

Moderator: Dr. Timothy Weston. Timekeeper: Patricia Yarrow

Eno Compton. Examining a Carved Insect: The Use of Tonal Prosody and of Allusion in Lu Chao-lin’s “Ch’iu-lin fu”.

Don Schellhardt. Guided Nuclear Proliferation: An Alternative Approach To North Korea.

Michele Gibney. Literary Tropes and Familial Incest in Banana Yoshimoto's "Kitchen".

Rachel Cao. The Convoluted Process of Press Law Legislation in China.

Jiayin Zhang. Lament at Night: Dreams and Longing in Lu Lun's Poetry.

Kristian Petersen. Shifting Sands: Transforming Understandings of the Uyghur Identity Past and Present.

Wu Jie. Cuisine, Dragon and Messenger: Images of Carp in Medieval China.

4:00-5:30 p.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Professor Marcia Yonemoto, U.C. Boulder, Japanese History. Yonemoto, "Envisioning Japan in Eighteenth-Century Europe: The Transmission and Transformation of Japanese Maps" (HUMN 250). Light reception follows.

Sunday, March 6th, 2005



9:00-9:30- a.m.

Continental Breakfast.

9:30-11:00 a.m.

RELIGION Panel. (HUMN 250)

ETHNICITY Panel. (HUMN 1B50)

Moderator: Dr. Paul Kroll. Timekeeper: Eno Compton

Moderator: Senior Instructor Kyoko Saegusa. Timekeeper: Amy Hilbert

David Boyd. The Transformation of Immortals in Ancient China.

Christopher Frey. John Batchelor: A Critical Re-evaluation of the “Father of the Ainu".

Darren Wright. Tantra in Medieval China.

Patricia Yarrow. Japanese Saké Labels: Looking and Longing.

Russell Hurt. Animals in Classical Confucian Cosmology.

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Directions to the Humanities Building, UCB.

    CUEAGA 2005 takes place in the Humanities (HUMN) building, which is located along Pleasant Street where Macky Drive 'T's' into it. However, there is no predictable public parking nearby.Park off campus and expect a ten-minute walk, or park in the Euclid Auto Park near the Broadway/Euclid intersection, just blocks from US36. Expect a five-minute walk north the HUMN. CU Boulder campus University webmap.

    Arriving by car

    If you are coming to the event from outside of Boulder, for directions to the city and the university as well as parking information, please visit the Directions by car site.

    The nearest available parking is at the Euclid AutoPark. It costs $1.50 per hour from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, and there after is a one-time flat fee of $2.00 until midnight. There is also limited metered parking ($1.25/hr) in lot 306 and on the streets near the UMC. Additional parking information please view the UCB Visitor Parking Page.

    For personalized driving directions, check out any of the on-line map sites such as Map Quest or Yahoo Maps.

    Arriving by bus

    There are many RTD bus lines that make stops nearby. The closest stop to the Humanities (HUMN) is the Broadway/Pleasant Drive intersection. The stop for the UMC is on the Broadway/16th intersection. Bus routes stopping here include the Hop, Stampede, Skip, 203, 204, and several regional routes. Once in Boulder, consider taking the Skip, a local route that runs north-south on Broadway and stops near Pleasant Drive.

    About the SKIP bus

    • SKIP Fares: $1.25

    • 60¢ for seniors, students, Medicare and disabled riders

    • FREE with your ECO, Neighborhood, CU or RTD pass

    • Comes every 10-15 minutes on weekday evenings

    • Free park-n-Rides at both ends of its route

    • Easy to use bike racks on every bus (no permit required)

    The RTD website includes system maps and bus schedules. You can call RTD's Telephone Information Center at 303-299-6000.
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CUEAGA 2005 Sponsors

We thank the following for their generous financial support:

  • East Asian Languages and Civilizations (EALC) Department.

  • Comparative Literature Department.

  • Cultural Events Board.

  • Center for Asian Studies (CAS).

  • Council of Colleges and Schools.

  • Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
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CUEAGA 2005 Supporters

We thank the following for their generous support of time and energy:

  • The Japanese Ensemble and Dr. Jay Keister from CU's Music Department generously provided Japanese minyo (folk) dance performances and musical ambience.

  • UMC Catering.

  • UMC Bookstore: panel packets-CU "Buff" folder, notepads & pens.

  • Steven Day: CUEAGA website loading.

We thank the following for their services:

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Team CUEAGA 2005

The dedicated and slightly insane CU EALC graduate students who produced this year's CUEAGA conference (listed alphabetically):

  • David Boyd: event day volunteer.

  • Rachel Cochran: advertising and food.

  • Eno Compton: funding and finances.

  • Wu Jie: event day volunteer.

  • Amy Hilbert: name tags, presentation packets.

  • Bryna Tuft: CCS, housing, funding and finances.

  • Darren Wright: CU catering.

  • Patricia Yarrow: website, database, & logo.



Professors who generously gave their time to chair a panel (listed alphbetically):

  • Visiting Instructor Steven Day.

  • Dr. Paul Kroll.

  • Dr. Haiyan Lee.

  • Senior Instructor Kyoko Saegusa.

  • Dr. Stephen Snyder.

  • Dr. Timothy Weston.

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  • EALC Home Page

  • Boulder weather. Our zipcode is 80302.

  • Email CUEAGA conference committee.

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