**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 |