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H-ASIA May 15, 2012 ANN: International Conference of Consumption and Everyday Life in China ************************************************************************ From: "Chi-Kong Lai" <c.lai@uq.edu.au> International Conference The History of Everyday Life in Late Imperial and Modern China University of Queensland Conference Schedule Wednesday 23 May 2012 208, General Purpose North 3 (39A) 12:15-1pm: Chair: Dr. Chi Kong Lai (UQ) Everyday Politics in Hong Kong Professor Yiu-chung Wong (Head, Political Science Dept, Lingnan University) Discussant: Professor Gray Hamilton. 208, General Purpose North 3 (39A) PUBLIC LECTURE: 1-1.50pm: Chair: Professor Carl Trocki (QUT) Professor Anthony Reid (Asian Studies, Australian National University) "Towards Human History – let’s not ‘over-state’ " Prof. Reid will also discuss transnational perspective on everyday life. Short break 1:50-2:00pm E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 2-3:50pm: Everyday Life History Reading Group Meeting (Reports on Age of Commerce [Onanong Thippimol]; Things Modern [Wu Xiaolu]; Chinese Circulations [Minjie Zhang and Tom Power]; Ordinary Lives [Lachlan Tait]; The Man Awakened from Dreams [Chris Yuan]; Gender and Everyday Life [Chris Zhou]; The History of Everyday Life [Jen Kwok]; Everyday Life and Cultural Theory [Jennifer Yu]. Chairs: Professors Tze-ki Hon and Chi Kong Lai Response: Professors Anthony Reid, David Faure,Yung Sai-shing, Liu Tik Sang and Chiang Chu-shan Dinner Dr. Chi Kong Lai’s house Thursday 24 May: Room 208, Michie Bldg 10-11:50am: Sources and Methodology of Everyday Life Studies: Chair: Associate Professor Helen Creese (Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland) Associate Professor Deborah Brown (Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland), The Ontology of Everyday Life. Professor Graeme Turner (University of Queensland), media and everyday life. Professor Gay Hawkins (University of Queensland), theories of everyday life. Ms. Di Pin Ouyang and Ms. Amella Mckenzie (National Library of Australia), Sources of Everyday Life in Chinese studies. 11.50-1pm: Lunch break Near Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 1-2pm: Registration Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg (01-E302). 2-3pm: Welcome and Opening: Professor Alan Lawson (Deputy Vice-Chancellor [Research], The University of Queensland) Professor Nancy Wright (Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland) Professor Clive Moore (Head, School of HPRC, University of Queensland) Dr. Chi Kong Lai (University of Queensland) “Introduction of the themes of the conference: Consumption, Mediation and Everyday Life in Late Imperial and Modern China” 3-3.30pm: Photo Break 3:30-4:00pm: Visit University of Queensland Art Museum: Beijing Hao (Optional) Room 234, Parnell Bldg (07-234). Chair: Emeritus Professor Wellington Chan (History, Occidental College) 4:00-5: 40pm Chuan Han-sheng Public Lecture Series: Cosponsored by New Asia Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Chinese University of Hong Kong and The National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Welcome: Professor Fred D’Agostino (Acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts) Introduction of the Speaker: Dr. Chi Kong Lai Professor David Faure (Chinese University of Hong Kong), “China’s common people and their daily life: how appearance became reality in the twentieth century.” Response and Remarks: Professor Helen Dunstan (History, Sydney University) Room 234, Parnell Bldg (07-234) 5:45-7:00pm: Public Lecture: Chair: Professor David Faure Prof. Susan Naquin (Director, East Asian Studies, Princeton University), “Using Material Culture to Study Daily Life: The Bed, the Vat, and the God.” Local Chinese Restaurant:Sun Fay Restaurant: Taringa 7:30-10pm Welcoming Dinner Welcoming Address: Professor Max Lu, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The University of Queensland Friday 25 May Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 10am-11:20am: Session 1: Religion, Revolution and Everyday Life Chair: Emeritus Professor John Moorhead (University of Queensland) Dr. Denise Austin (Academic Director, Queensland, Alphacrucis College), “Mary Yeung (c1889-1971): The Ordinary Life of an Extraordinary Australian Chinese Pentecostal.” Dr Benjamin Penny (Australian National University), "The history of Chinese religions and the history of everyday life" Discussant: Dr. Adam Bowles (Studies in Religion, University of Queensland) Room 213, Gordon Greenwood Bldg (32-213) 10am-11:20am: Session 2: Textile, Fashion and Everyday Life Chair: Dr. Prudence Ahrens Dr. Amelia Brown (Classics, University of Queensland), “The Role of Silk in Everyday Life in China and Greece.” Professor Bonnie English (Griffith University), “Contemporary Chinese fashion and the Everyday” Discussant : Professor Antonia Finnane (History, University of Melbourne) Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 11:20am-12:40pm: Session 3: Revolution, State-building and Everyday Life Chair: Dr. Patrick Jory (History, University of Queensland). Dr. HE Xi贺喜(History, Chinese University of Hong Kong), “Anyuan and Pingxiang, Integrating Radical Trade Unionism into Civic Consciousness.” Professor David Schak (Griffith), “Changes in Moral Education Textbooks in the PRC and Taiwan.” Discussant : Professor Tze-ki Hon (SUNY-Geneseo). Room 213, Gordon Greenwood Bldg 11:20am-12:40pm: Session 4: Food Culture and Everyday Life Chair: Professor Zhu Yin (Director, Institute of Modern Chinese History, Huazhong Normal University). Professor Sui Wai Cheung张瑞威 (History, Chinese University of Hong Kong), “Choice of Staple food: Food Consumption Pattern in Central and Southern China during the Eighteenth Century.” Professor Ching May Bo 程美宝 (History Department, Sun Yat-sen University), “Canton or Hong Kong? Where to eat and play in the 1920s, and why?” Discussant : Prof. Hanchao Lu (Georgia Institute of Technology). 12:40pm-2:00 pm Lunch break Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg (01-E302) 2pm-3:10pm Chair: TBC PUBLIC LECTURE: Prof. Gary Hamilton from Washington University will discuss consumption of everyday life. 3:10-3:25pm TEA BREAK Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg (01-E302). 3:25-4:45pm Session 5: Food Culture and Everyday Life 2 Chair: Dr. Geoff Ginn (Convener, History, UQ) Professor Liu Tik Sang (Director, Centre for South China Studies, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology), “Eating Habit and Social Status: The Live Seafood Consumption in Hong Kong.” Professor Hanchao Lu (Georgia Institute of Technology), “Everyday Maoism: Eating as Statecraft in Communist Politics.” Discussant: Professor Sui Wai Cheung张瑞威(History, Chinese University of Hong Kong). Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 3:25-4:45pm Session 6: Everyday Life in Contemporary China Chair: Professor Leong Liew (Head, International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith). Mr. Jen Kwok (HPRC, University of Queensland), “Party Loyalty and Community Representation in the Everyday Lives of Australian Chinese Politicians and Political Candidates.” Dr. Guy Ramsay (School of LCCS, UQ), “Chinese Life Stories of Family Caregiving in Alzheimer’s Disease.” Discussant: Professor Yiu-chung Wong (Head, Political Science Dept, Lingnan University). Room: Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg (01-E302). 4:45pm-6pm UQ Confucius Institute Public Lecture on Chinese Culture Series: Chair: Professor Ping Chen (Director, UQ Confucius Institute) Professor Geremie Barme (Australian National University), “Telling Chinese Stories” 6-7:30pm Reception Saturday 26 May, Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg (01-E302) 8:30-10:00 Public Lectures: Chair: Professor Chang Jianhua Professor Xiong Yuezhi will briefly introduce the themes of the 20 volume project on Shanghai Daily Life History, highlighting where possible future directions in the field of Chinese Daily Life History. Professor Hanchao Lu will also introduce the themes of his Culture and Customs of Asia series. 10:00-10:30 Morning Tea Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 10:30-12:00pm Session 7: Everyday Life and Consumption 1 Chair: Dr. Hsien-chun Wang王憲群(Institute of History, National TsingHua University, Taiwan) Professor Wellington Chan (Chair, History, Occidental College), “Conspicuous Consumption in China Past and Present.” Associate Professor Wu Jen-shu 巫仁恕 (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica) , “Shopping, Space and Women.” Professor Zuanyou Song (History Institute, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai), “Aesthetic economy: Construction of modern women’s public image and the cosmetics market in Shanghai.” Discussant : Professor David Faure Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 10:30-12:00pm Session 8: Everyday Life and Music Chair: Professor David Carter (School of English, Media Studies and Art History, UQ) Ms. Dong Hong (History, Nankai University, Tianjin, China). “Everyday Life of Chinese traditional opera actress of Beiping-Tianjin region in Modern China.” Professor Yung Sai-Shing (Head, Chinese Studies, NUS, Singapore), “Sonic Experience in Everyday Life: Mapping Cantonese Music on the Hong Kong Island (1920-1940).” Discussant: Professor Ching May Bo 程美宝 (History Department, Sun Yat-sen University). 12:00-1:00pm Lunch Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 1:00-2:30pm Session 9: Everyday Life in business Chair: Associate Professor Morris Low (Acting Head, LCCS, UQ) Professor Antonia Finnane (History, University of Melbourne), "Plugging some gaping holes in the world history of consumption? Some evidence concerning Chinese domestic interiors and commercial residences in the first half of the nineteenth century." Professor Zhu Yin 朱英(Director, Institute of Modern Chinese History, Huazhong Normal University), “Everyday Life of Shop-worker.” Dr. Hsien-chun Wang王憲群(Institute of History, National TsingHua University, Taiwan), “Shaping natural knowledge in daily life in the late Qing: focusing on the understanding of matter and heat.” Discussant : Professor Wellington Chen (Professor of Emeritus, Occidental College) Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 1:00-2:30pm Session 10: Urban and Everyday Life Chair: Professor Sui Wai Cheung张瑞威(History, Chinese University of Hong Kong) Professor Kai Wing Chow (History, University of Iillinois, Champaign-Urbana), “Law, Steles, and Organizations: Structures of Public Life in Qing Cities.” Ms. Xiaolin Duan, (History, University of Washington, USA), “Appreciation and Enjoyment: Zhang Dai’s Tao’an mengyi and the Late Ming Urban Life.” Professor Helen Dunstan (History, Sydney University), "Everyday Life in the Prisons and Welfare Institutions of Late Imperial and Modern China." Discussant: Dr. He Xi (History, Chinese University of Hong Kong) Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 2:45:4:30pm Session 11: Social Change and Everyday Life Chair: Professor Li Changli李长莉 (Director, Centre of Social History, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). Professor Chang Jianhua常建华 (Director, Centre of Daily Life History, Nankai University), “Daily Life during the Late MingPeriod: A Case Study of Hongtong, Shanxi.” Professor Li Changli李长莉 (Director, Centre of Social History, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), “Changes in Public Life in the Late Qing Dynasty” Professor Fan Jinmin 范金民 (Associate Chair, History Department, Nanjing University), “Analysis of Suzhou’s Role as the Fashion Leader during the Ming-Qing Period.” Discussant: Professor Liu Tik Sang (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology). Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 2:45:4:30pm Session 12: Everyday Life in Cores and Peripheries Chair: Professor Kai-wing Chow (History, University of Iillinois, Champaign-Urbana) Dr. Justin Richard G. Tighe (History, University of Melbourne), “Travel in a time of national crisis in 1930s China: the Northwest journey of Lin Pengxia.” Professor Tze-ki Hon (Head, History, SUNY-Geneseo), “From Literati to Intellectuals: The Daily Life of Publishers and Writers in Shanghai, 1900-1911.” Professor Chiang Chu-shan (History, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan), “The Pleasure from the Roof of the World: The Daily Life of a Late Qing Bureaucrat in Lhasa as Seen from the " Youtai's Tibetan Diary." Discussant: Professor Colin Mackerras Dinner: Dr. Chi Kong Lai’s house Sunday 27 May Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 8:30-9:50am Session 13: Leisure and Everyday Life Chair: Professor Fan Jinmin (History, Nanjing University) Professor Wang Zhenzhong王振忠 (Fudan University), “Popular Religion and Everyday Life in Huizhou.” Professor Xiong Yuezhi 熊月之, (Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences), “Garden Life in Modern Shanghai.” Discussant: Professor Wu Jen-shu (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica) Room E105, Forgan Smith Bldg 8:30-9:50am Session 14: Prostitution and Dancing Girls in Shanghai Chair: Professor Mao Haijian (Dean, Faculty of Arts, East China Normal University) Professor Shao Yong (Shanghai Normal University), “City Prostitutes in Shanghai Pictorial of the Late Qing Dynasty.” Professor Ma Jun马军 (Institute of History, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences), “The Formation of Dancing Girls in Shanghai During the 1920s.” Discussant : Prof. Yung Sai-Shing (Head, Chinese Studies, NUS, Singapore) 9:50-10:10am Morning Tea Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 10:10-11:10am Public Lecture on Everyday Life of Elite in Late Qing China Chair: Prof. Shao Yong (Shanghai Normal University) Prof. Mao Haijian茅海建 (Dean, Faculty of Arts, East China Normal University) 《张之洞的礼单与贡品——晚清上层社会生活的一个剖面》 Room E302, Forgan Smith Bldg 11:10-12:30pm Roundtable Discussion: Chair: Chi Kong Lai (History, University of Queensland) Willington Chan will report on the panels on Consumption and Everyday Life; Tze-ki Hon will report on panels on Mediations and Everyday Life. Responses: Susan Naquin, David Faure, Gary Hamilton, Chang Jianhua, Zhu Yin and ………. Concluding remarks: David Faure and Xiong Yuezhi 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:50-6:00 Tour (Gold Coast) 7:00-8:30pm Dinner This International Conference is co-convened by Dr Chi Kong Lai, Professor David Faure, Professor Xiong Yuezhi and Professor Tze-ki Hon. Management committee: Chi Kong Lai Tze-ki Hon Kimberly Dobson Brenda Alcorn Wu Xiaolu Chris Yuan Charis Wang Patrick Jory Adam Bowles Ahrens Prudence (Rrue) http://www.uq.edu.au/hprc/history-of-everyday-life-in-china-conference The conference is co-sponsored by The Faculty of Arts, The University of Queensland, ANU’s Australian Centre on China in the World, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, New Asia Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Centre for Historical Anthropology, National Library of Australia, University of Queensland Bookstore, The University of Queensland Confucius Institute and The University of Queensland School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. ************************************************************************ To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to: <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu> For holidays or short absences send post to: <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message: SET H-ASIA NOMAIL Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
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