East Asian Studies MA Program Graduate Forum

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April 14, 2017
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Enarson Classroom Building, Room 160 (2009 Millikin Rd.)

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2017-04-14 12:00:00 2017-04-14 17:00:00 East Asian Studies MA Program Graduate Forum The Interdisciplinary East Asian Studies MA program will hold its inaugural graduate forum this spring. The event will showcase past and current students' academic and career accomplishments. Three program graduates will return to OSU to present their dissertation research or share tips on pursuing careers outside of academia, and several current students will also present their MA research projects.Please join us in celebrating the achievements of the EAS MA program and individual students. Lunch will be provided free of charge to those who register by Sunday, April 9:Registration LinkSchedule of Events12:00 - 12:15 : Opening Remarks by Dr. Karen Mancl12:15 - 1:45 : Guest Panel: Researching Japan and ChinaPaula R. Curtis, 2011 EAS MA graduate, doctoral candidate in history, University of MichiganCap, Sword, and Kettle: Cross-Status Network Formation and Forgery Production in Late Medieval JapanThis talk explores how the production and dissemination of documentary forgeries were critical in the establishment of socioeconomic networks among courtiers, warriors, and metal caster associations in sixteenth-century Japan.Joshua A. Hubbard, 2012 EAS MA graduate, doctoral candidate in history and women's studies, University of MichiganReproductive Subjects: The Global Politics of Health in China, 1927-1964This talk examines how and why the mundane acts of childbirth and mothering in China proved integral to Chinese nationalism, transnational feminisms, global health, and a realignment of international political power in the decades surrounding the Second World War.1:45 - 2:00 : Break2:00 - 2:30 : Adam Gerval, 2016 EAS MA graduate, on East Asian Studies and the Job Market2:30 - 2:35 : Break2:35 - 3:35 : Student panel one: Culture, Meaning, and InterpretationJenn Marie Nunes“Afternoon, a Fall”: Collaboration, Failure, and the Monstrous as a Queer-Feminist Approach to Translating Yu Xiuhua’s PoetryJustin SheetsMeaning in Myth in 21st Century Japan: a Case Study of Ame no Uzume no MikotoLaura Pearce‘I Heard Some Old People Saying’: Legend in Xuanzang’s Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions3:35 – 3:45 : Break3:45 – 4:45 : Student panel two: Government, Policy, and NationFrancesco DiMarcoReframing Yuan Shikai: Constitutional Monarchy and the Spirit of Republicanism in Early Republican China, 1914-1915Arthur OadenEconomics, Policy, and Fertility in Late Modern JapanJane PowellFertilizer Use Habits and Environmental Consequences in the North China Plain4:45 – 5:00 : Closing remarks by Dr. Ying ZhangThis event is sponsored by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for the East Asian Studies Center. Enarson Classroom Building, Room 160 (2009 Millikin Rd.) America/New_York public

The Interdisciplinary East Asian Studies MA program will hold its inaugural graduate forum this spring. The event will showcase past and current students' academic and career accomplishments. Three program graduates will return to OSU to present their dissertation research or share tips on pursuing careers outside of academia, and several current students will also present their MA research projects.

Please join us in celebrating the achievements of the EAS MA program and individual students. Lunch will be provided free of charge to those who register by Sunday, April 9:
Registration Link

Schedule of Events


12:00 - 12:15 : Opening Remarks by Dr. Karen Mancl

12:15 - 1:45 : Guest Panel: Researching Japan and China

  • Paula R. Curtis, 2011 EAS MA graduate, doctoral candidate in history, University of Michigan
    Cap, Sword, and Kettle: Cross-Status Network Formation and Forgery Production in Late Medieval Japan
    This talk explores how the production and dissemination of documentary forgeries were critical in the establishment of socioeconomic networks among courtiers, warriors, and metal caster associations in sixteenth-century Japan.
  • Joshua A. Hubbard, 2012 EAS MA graduate, doctoral candidate in history and women's studies, University of Michigan
    Reproductive Subjects: The Global Politics of Health in China, 1927-1964
    This talk examines how and why the mundane acts of childbirth and mothering in China proved integral to Chinese nationalism, transnational feminisms, global health, and a realignment of international political power in the decades surrounding the Second World War.

1:45 - 2:00 : Break

2:00 - 2:30 : Adam Gerval, 2016 EAS MA graduate, on East Asian Studies and the Job Market

2:30 - 2:35 : Break

2:35 - 3:35 : Student panel one: Culture, Meaning, and Interpretation

  • Jenn Marie Nunes
    “Afternoon, a Fall”: Collaboration, Failure, and the Monstrous as a Queer-Feminist Approach to Translating Yu Xiuhua’s Poetry
  • Justin Sheets
    Meaning in Myth in 21st Century Japan: a Case Study of Ame no Uzume no Mikoto
  • Laura Pearce
    ‘I Heard Some Old People Saying’: Legend in Xuanzang’s Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions

3:35 – 3:45 : Break

3:45 – 4:45 : Student panel two: Government, Policy, and Nation

  • Francesco DiMarco
    Reframing Yuan Shikai: Constitutional Monarchy and the Spirit of Republicanism in Early Republican China, 1914-1915
  • Arthur Oaden
    Economics, Policy, and Fertility in Late Modern Japan
  • Jane Powell
    Fertilizer Use Habits and Environmental Consequences in the North China Plain

4:45 – 5:00 : Closing remarks by Dr. Ying Zhang

This event is sponsored by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for the East Asian Studies Center.