New Directions in Research on Race, Citizenship and Migration

March 15-18, 2007

Refracting Pacific Canada will launch a year-long series of events at UBC in 2007 marking the 100th anniversary of the 1907 Vancouver Anti-Asian Riots, the 60th anniversary of the 1947 Canada Citizenship Act, the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Canada Immigration Act, and the 10th anniversary of the 1997 reversion of Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to the People's Republic of China. Like a prism, these moments refract the history of Canada's ties to the Pacific world. We are inviting internationally recognized scholars to discuss the relationship between Asia and the Americas. In addition, we hope this event will provide an opportunity for invited guests to dialogue and network with Canadian scholars working on race, globalization, and comparative studies. Special Issues of B.C. Studies and Amerasia Journal will focus on the themes of the conference. The conference will open with a public lecture and reception on Thursday, March 15, with plenary panels on Friday, March 16, and a series of small workshops on Saturday, March 17, and the morning of Sunday, March 18.

We hope that the public lecture, "A Century of Change" on Thursday evening from 5:30pm-7:30pm, will be of particular interest to those involved in the commemoration of the 2007 Anniversaries, and that you will be able to join us for the community reception following the lecture.

Please contact instrcc@interchange.ubc.ca for more information, and to RSVP to ensure your seat for Thursday's and Friday's panels.

Conference Program

Thursday March 15: Public Lecture and Reception

3:00 – 5:00 PM           Pre-conference Seminar: "Against Diaspora: The Sinophone as Places of Cultural Production"

                                    A Colloquium with Shu-mei Shih (UCLA)

                                Discussant: Christopher Lee (UBC)

                                    Case Room, Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues

• Faculty and graduate students interested in attending this event are encouraged to contact Chris Lee (leechr@interchange.ubc.ca) in advance to obtain a copy of Prof. Shih's paper.

5:30 – 7:30                  Public Lecture: "A Century of Change: 1907, 1947, 1967, 1997"

                                    Introduction: Henry Yu (UBC)

                                        Patricia E. Roy (University of Victoria)

                                        Asian Centre Auditorium

                                    Discussion Panel:

                                       Lisa Mar (University of Maryland, College-Park)

                                    Midge Ayukawa (PhD, University of Victoria)

                                    Harbhajan Gill (Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation)

7:30 – 9:00 PM           UBC Faculty of Arts Community Reception

                                    Open to Public with Performances
               
                                    Asian Centre Atrium

Friday March 16: Plenary Panels

All events held at the Fairmont Social Lounge, St. John's College, 2111 Lower Mall

9:15 AM                      Opening Remarks

9:30 – 11:30 AM         Session One: Literary Crossings

                                     Moderator: Chris Lee (UBC)   

                                    Donald Goellnicht (McMaster University)

                                    Susan Koshy (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

11:30 – 1:00 PM         Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 PM           Session Two: Migration Histories

                                    Moderator: Jennifer Chun (UBC)

                                    Erika Lee (University of Minnesota)

                                    Moon-Ho Jung (University of Washington)

                                    Discussant: Karen Ferguson (SFU)

3:00 – 3:30 PM           Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:30 PM           Session Three: Borders and Bodies

                                    Moderator: Renisa Mawani (UBC)

                                    Nayan Shah (University of California, San Diego)

                                    Martin Manalansan IV (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

                                     Discussant: Richard Cavell (UBC)

5:30 – 6:30 PM           Reception

Saturday March 17: Workshop Sessions

All events held at the St. John's College, 2111 Lower Mall

8:45                             Opening Remarks

                                    Fairmont Social Lounge (Fireside Lounge)                               

9:00 – 11:45 AM       Concurrent Workshops

                                    Workshop I

                                    Literary and Cultural Studies

                                        Moderated by Glenn Deer (UBC)

                                        Participants: Lily Cho (University of Western Ontario), Marie Lo (Portland State University),  Thy Phu (University of Western Ontario), Eleanor Ty (Wilfrid Laurier University), 

                                        Tim Yu (University of Toronto)
                                      
 

                                    Workshop II

                                    Anniversaries of Change Research Workshop

                                    Moderated by John Price (UVic)

                                        Participants: Darby Cameron (UVic), Zhongping Chen (UVic), Stan Fukawa (Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre), Tatsuo Kage (JCAA Human Rights Committee),

                                       Patricia Roy (UVic), Vanessa Stuppard (UVic), Woan-Jen Wang (UBC), Ningping Yu (SFU)

                                    Workshop III

                                    Arts and Community Activism

                                        Moderated by TBA

                                 Workshop IV

                                    Asian Canadian Studies in a Global Frame: Special Issue of Amerasia Journal

                                    Moderated by Guy Beauregard (National Tsing Hua University)

Presenters: Iyko Day (UC-Berkeley), Rob Ho (SFU), Masumi Izumi (Doshisha University), Alice Jim (McGill), Christopher Lee (UBC), Erika Lee (University of Minnesota),

Lisa Mar (University of Maryland), Henry Yu (UBC)

12:00 – 1:00 PM         Lunch

1:00 – 2:15 PM            Panel and Discussion            
               
                                    Race and Research (I): Institutions

                                    Moderated by Richard Cavell (UBC)

2:30 – 3:45                  Panel and Discussion

                                    Race and Research (II): Pedagogy             

                                    Moderated by Jennifer Chun (UBC)

3:30 – 4:00 PM           Concluding Remarks

Sunday March 18: Post-Conference Workshop

9:00 AM – 12:00       BC Studies Special Issue Workshop: Historical BC in an Asian Pacific World

                                    Moderated by Robert McDonald (UBC)

Presenters: Andrea Geiger (SFU), Renisa Mawani (UBC), John Price (UVic), Tim Stanley (Univ. of Ottawa), Yukari Takai (Aichi Kenritstu University), Coll Thrush (UBC), Yoon-Fong Woon (UVic)