Colloquy on Asia in the Era of Globalization (CAEG)
BOUNDARIES
A TWO-YEAR GENERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Co-Directors
Reiko Tachibana (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Japanese). Dr. Tachibana's specific areas of interest are transnational writers of Japan, postwar fiction in Japan and Germany, East-west relations, and cultural studies. Having focused her first book, Narrative as Counter-Memory, on Japanese and German cultural relations, she has recently expanded her range to include Asian diasporic literature and culture. rxn6@psu.edu
Richard Nichols (Professor of Theater Arts and Head of the MFA Acting Program). Dr. Nichols is head of the MFA Acting Program, with fields of interest including Korean and Japanese contemporary theatre. He is a former national chair of the Association for Asian Performance and has had extensive experience in Asia, including guest-teaching at schools such as the Korean National University of the Arts, and the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, P.R.C. He has directed more than 50 stage productions, including examples of Asian theatre. arn2@psu.edu
On-Cho Ng (Associate Professor of History and Religious Studies). Dr. Ng specializes in the intellectual cultures of China, with a focus on Confucianism in the late imperial period, 16th to early 19th century. He also works on the contemporary significance of Confucianism. Apart from books on the Confucian tradition, his many articles have appeared in flagship journals. He is currently under contract to complete two books: one on Chinese historiography, the other a dictionary of Confucianism. He is Associate Editor and Book Review Editor of the Journal of Chinese Philosophy. oxn1@psu.edu
2003-04 Advisory Board
Gretchen Casper (Associate Professor of Political Science). Dr. Casper specializes in democratization and comparative politics in the Philippines and East Asian countries as well as other regions of the world. gcasper@psu.edu
Yurong "Jade" Atwill (Asian Studies Librarian). Jade Atwill is a reference librarian who is supervising the collection development (print and other media) for Asian fields at Pattee Library on the Penn State campus. yya2@psu.edu
Paul Lavy (Assistant Professor of Art History). Dr. Lavy teaches courses in Southeast Asian, Indian, Islamic, and Chinese art and architecture. He has been an intern at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur Sackler Gallery Archives of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. His dissertation is on "The Role of Brahmanical Deities in the Art and Politics of seventh and eighth Century Southeast Asia." He has conducted dissertation fieldwork/research in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and France. plavy@psu.edu
Caroline D. Eckhardt (Professor and Head of the Department of Comparative Literature). Dr. Eckhardt has administrative responsibilities for programs in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. e82@psu.edu
Stephanie Springgay (Assistant Professor of Art Education and Women's Studies). sss23@psu.edu
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