Memory, Moment, and Mobility in East Asia
East Asian Languages and Cultures Graduate Student Conference
University of Southern California, April 11-12, 2015
Proposal Submission Deadline: November 30, 2014 The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California Graduate Student Conference invites graduate students from around the world conducting research in all disciplines related to East Asia to submit abstracts for our 2015 conference, to take place April 11 – 12, 2015. This conference aims to investigate and formulate new theorizations of memory, moment, and mobility as well as rethink how communities and individuals construct narratives in the context of East Asia. All three topics can be interpreted widely in relation to various fields, including linguistics, history, religion, literature, visual studies, new media, and cinema. Topics can include but are not limited to:
- The role of mobility in second language acquisition
- Constructed narratives of history or remembering in film, literature, and/or language
- Intersection between transpacific movement and religion
- Construction of memory in transnational cinemas
- The interplay between memory and moment in literature
- Representations of memory and history in East Asia
- Examining local communities in relation to global migration