Friday! The 15th annual Asia Symposium: Gender, Sexuality, and Intimacies in Asia
Friday, April 17th
Center for British and Irish Studies, 5th Floor, Norlin Library
Symposium Schedule
10:45a - 11:30a Reception
11:30a - 11:45a Welcoming Remarks with Rachel Rinaldo, CAS Faculty Director andÌýJohn Masserini, Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Metropolitan State University in Denver.
11:45a - 1:15pÌýGender, Sexuality, and Cultural Life in Asia
Domestic Violence in a Changing Landscape in VietnamLynne Kwiatkowski, Colorado State University
Queer Futures in Okinawa: On Miyagi Futoshi’s American Boyfriend ProjectDaryl Maude, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health and Modernity in IndonesiaChiara Formichi, Cornell University
Commodification of Intimacy in the K-pop WorldStephanie Choi, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Moderated by Carla Jones, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
1:15 Remarks by Daryl Maeda,ÌýInterim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
1:45p - 3:15p Feminist Struggles and Social Movements in and beyond Asia
The Forced Disappearance of Enforced Disappearances in Kashmir Ather Zia, University of Northern Colorado
Is Climate Change Increasing Child Marriage? Amanda Carrico, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Sanctioning States, Silencing Speech: Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement and the Challenges of Transnational Feminist Solidarity, A. Marie Ranjbar, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Coming of (r)age in Pakistan: Exploring the Aurat March and its afterlivesSana Malik, University of Denver
Moderated by Shae Frydenlund, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Keynote Address
3:30p - 4:30p Intimate Placemaking: Women, Care, and Community After Displacement
Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Georgetown University
Across Asia, the realm of gender, sexuality, and intimate relationships is shifting rapidly. New articulations of gender and sexuality have emerged, often in conversation with both local and Western categories. Women and sexual minorities have pushed for greater empowerment but in some countries, counter-movements are contesting hard-won rights. Changes in marriage and family and intimate life are generating political debates and contestations across the region. This year's theme will explore the flux of gender, sexuality, and intimate life across Asia, from both historical and contemporary perspective. We seek to highlight phenomena such as gender and sexuality related social movements, cultural expression, migration, work and labor, family and household life, law and politics, and regional/transnational connections.Ìý
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