Schedule

**Please note that the following schedule is subject to change. A more detailed schedule for conference presenters can be found in Dropbox.

All conference activities (besides meals) will be located in the Founder’s Room, Rice University unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome dinner
Day 1: Thursday, March 30, 2017
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Opening

Welcome Remarks: President David Leebron

Group photo

9:30 am – 11:30 am Panel One – Multicultural (4 papers), Chair: Wiebke Denecke
11:30 am – 12:45 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Panel Two – Vietnam-focused (3 papers), Chair: Keith Taylor
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts Houston
4:30 pm Return to hotel
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Opening Banquet

Remarks: Farès el-Dahdah, Director of the Humanities Research Center and Professor of Humanities

and

Bowei Zhang, Director of the Institute for the Study of Sinographic Texts, Nanjing University

Day 2: Friday, March 31, 2017
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am Panel Three – Japan-focused, part I (3 papers), Chair: Joan Judge
10:30 am – 10:40 am Break
10:40 am – 12:10 am Panel Three – Japan-focused, part II (3 papers), Chair: Richard John Lynn
12:15 am – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:20 pm – 1:30 pm Welcome Remarks: Sonia Ryang, Director of the Chao Center for Asian Studies
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Panel Three – Japan-focused, part III (3 papers), Chair: Peter Konicki
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Coffee break
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Panel Three – Japan-focused, part IV (2 papers), Chair: Sonja Arntzen
4:15 pm – 4:25 pm Break
4:25 pm Rice campus tour (optional)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner
Day 3: Saturday, April 1, 2017
7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am – 10:30 am Panel Four – Korea-focused (4 papers), Chair: Matthew Fraleigh
10:30 am – 10:40 am Break
10:40 am – 12:40 pm Panel Five – Korea and Japan-focused (4 papers), Chair: Nanxiu Qian
12:40 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Panel Six – General discussion and conclusion, Chair: Josh Fogel
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Menil Gallery
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Farewell Banquet