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Friday, April
15, 2005 |
Graduate Student Pre-Conference |
| Opening Comments: 12–12:15pm |
Session 1: Harris 108, 12:15–1:45pm
U.S. Orientalism and Asian American Responses |
Session 2: Harris 108, 2–3:30pm
Conjoined Fates: Asian Americans and African Americans
in the Postwar American City |
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Asian American Studies
at Northwestern:
Activism, Ethnic Studies, Diaspora, and Beyond |
| Opening Remarks: Harris 107, 4-4:30pm |
Session I: Harris 107, 4:30–6pm
The Northwestern Hunger Strike: Ten Years Later |
Opening reception: Harris 108, 6-7:15pm
Student Commemoration: “Relive History, Revive Legacy” |
Keynote : Harris 107, 7:15pm
Amiri Baraka |
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Saturday, April 16, 2005 |
Session II: Harris 107, 9:30–11am
Cross-Racial Coalitions Inside and Outside the Academy |
Session III: Harris 107, 11:30–1:00pm
Students’ Roles
in Asian American Studies Programs: A Conversation |
Session IV: Harris 107, 2–3:30pm
New Directions in Ethnic Studies: Interrogating Diasporas |
| Poetry Reading: Experimental Writers,
Harris 108, 3:45–5:15pm |
Keynote: Harris 107, 8pm
Helen Zia |
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Sunday, April 17, 2005 |
Session V: Harris 107, 9:30–11am
Asian American Studies: A Critical Enterprise in the Academy |
Keynote: Harris 107, 11:30am–1pm
Ishmael Reed, “American Poetry: From Totems to Hip Hop” |
| Closing Remarks: Harris 107, 1–1:15pm |
