PROGRAM
9:00 am | Welcome Remarks
- Tim Liao, CEAPS, University of Illinois
- Hisatsugu Kusabu, Osaka City University
- Jerry Dávila, International Centers at Illinois, University of Illinois
9:15 am | First Session, “Culture & Literature”, Chair: Hisatsugu KUSABU, Osaka City University
- “Re-imagining Edo: Invention of the TorimonochÅ Genre and TaishÅ Japan,” Tsutomu NAGATA, University of Illinois
- “Modernization and Cultural Policy in South Korea: The Creation of ‘Koreanness’ during the Park Chung Hee Era,” Marika KITA, Osaka City University
10:30 am | Coffee Break
10:45 am | Second Session, “Herbs & Horses”, Chair: Rod WILSON, University of Illinois
- “The Policy Concerning Military Horses in Modern Japan: The Improvement and Requisition of Farming Horses,” Ayaka MATSUSHIKA, Osaka City University
- “The Contributions of Military Medicine to Social History in Modern China,” Forrest MCSWEENEY, University of Illinois
12:00 pm | Lunch
1:00 pm | Third Session, “Leisure & Lens”, Chair: Bob TIERNEY, University of Illinois
- “Multiple Trajectories of Modernizing Pleasure Quarters: The Case of the Yokohama Pleasure Quarters,” Ashita SAGA, Osaka City University
- “Group Images from Late Edo to Meiji Japan and from Late Qing to Republican China: Some Photographic Observations on Gender and Class,” Tim LIAO, University of Illinois
2:15 pm | Brief Break
2:20 pm | Fourth Session, “Trade & Nations”, Chair: Ashita SAGA, Osaka City University
- “The Systematic Transformation of Nagasaki Trade in the Age of Commercial Treaties,” Hao PENG, Osaka City University
- “A Brief Introduction to Rekidai Hoan and Ryukyu’s/Okinawa’s Progress,” Koji TAIRA, University of Illinois
3:15 pm | Closing Remarks
3:30 pm | Reception in Honor of Professor Koji TAIRA’s Work on Reikidai Hoan, International & Area Studies Library, 321 Main Library
