SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE DIASPORA
GENDER, LABOR, AND PERFORMANCE
1st Annual SEASGRAD Conference
Friday, May 10, 2019
8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Culver Center of the Arts
3834 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
GENDER, LABOR, AND PERFORMANCE
1st Annual SEASGRAD Conference
Friday, May 10, 2019
8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Culver Center of the Arts
3834 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
8:30 am: BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
9:00-9:15 am: WELCOME, Brithinee Studio
9:15-9:30 am: BREATHING WELCOME, Brithinee Studio
Led by Julie Tolentino | MFA Student, Dance Department, UC Riverside
9:30-11:00 am: PANEL 1 | Politics of Identity: Towards a Decolonial Imaginary, Hammond Studio
8:30 am: BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
9:00-9:15 am: WELCOME, Brithinee Studio
9:15-9:30 am: BREATHING WELCOME, Brithinee Studio
Led by Julie Tolentino | MFA Student, Dance Department, UC Riverside
9:30-11:00 am: PANEL 1 | Politics of Identity: Towards a Decolonial Imaginary, Hammond Studio
Producing Enchantment: Myanmar and the Illusion of an Untouched Land
Kaitlyn Rabach | PhD Candidate, Anthropology Department, UC Irvine Eulogies are for the Dead: The (re)Haunting of Marlon Fuente’s Bontoc Eulogy from an Igorot American Perspective J.A. Ruanto-Ramirez | PhD Student, Cultural Studies & History-American Studies, Claremont Graduate University Unsettle the Archive: Reflections on the Beautiful Movements of the "CALL OUT QUEEN" Through Queer Digital Mourning Rosalia Lerner | PhD Student, Dance Department, UC Riverside Between Community Archives and Collective Memory Ravi Seng | MA Candidate, Asian American Studies, UC Irvine Discussant: Justin Phan | PhD Student, SEATRiP & Ethnic Studies Department, UC Riverside |
11:00-11:15 am: BREAK
11:15-12:45 pm: LUNCH & FILM SCREENING, Brithinee Studio
11:15-12:45 pm: LUNCH & FILM SCREENING, Brithinee Studio
TAMU (The Guests)
Azalia Muchransyah | PhD Student, Media Study Department, University at Buffalo (SUNY) Filipina Maribel Jo Apuya | MFA Student, Creative Writing Department, UC Riverside Bubble and Salamagan Alyssa Lerner | MFA, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California Alumnus |
12:45-1:00 pm: BREAK
1:00-2:45 pm: PANEL 2 | Un/Disciplined Pedagogies of the Body, Hammond Studio (concurrent)
1:00-2:45 pm: PANEL 2 | Un/Disciplined Pedagogies of the Body, Hammond Studio (concurrent)
Performing Far from Home: Construction of the Diaspora Thai Cultural Identity in the United States through Music Making
Nattapol Wisuttipat | PhD Student, Music Department, UC Riverside (Where) Do I Belong? Gender Role Formation in Philippines’ Notated Folk Dances jemual jr. barrera-garcia | PhD Student, SEATRiP & Dance Department, UC Riverside Post-colonial dance: Yearning for Contemporary and Indigenous Toan Thanh Doan | Undergraduate Student, International Studies & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Macalester College Medievalism, Orientalism and the Philippine Shawoman in the Metrical Romance, Buhay ni Doncella Teodora Stefanie Matabang | PhD Student, Comparative Literature Department, UC Irvine A historical examination of gendered tensions in theory and practice of scholarship on Batak texts Joshua Lieto | PhD Candidate, Anthropology Department, UC Riverside Discussant: Dr. Emily Hue | Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside |
1:15-2:45 pm: PANEL 3 | Politics of Refuge: Social Justice in Southeast Asian Communities, Brithinee Studio (concurrent)
Regaining Agency: Hmong Women in the United States
Katrya Txay Ly | Undergraduate Student, Social Policy and Public Service & Asian American Studies, UC Irvine Performing Refug-endity in Little Saigon: From the 2008 MOU to 2018 Responses Trangđài Glassey-Trầnguyễn | PhD Candidate, SEATRiP & Anthropology Department, UC Riverside Practicing Intimacy and Resiliency: Southeast Asian American Youth and Organizations Sophaline Chuong | MA Student, Asian American Studies Department, UC Irvine Laomagination in the Land of 10,000 Stories Bryan Thao Worra | Lao Minnesotan Poet Laureate Kaysone Syonesa | Independent Theatre Artist and Playwright, University of Minnesota Alumnus Discussant: Dr. Weihsin Gui | Associate Professor, English Department, UC Riverside |
2:45-3:00 pm: BREAK
3:00-4:15 pm: KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Archives of Love, Brithinee Studio
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michelle Dizon | Associate Professor, Media and Cultural Studies Department, UC Riverside
Introduction by Dr. Christina Schwenkel | SEATRiP Director
4:15-4:30 pm: BREAK
4:30-6:00 pm: WORKSHOP | Queering the Diaspora Conversations: methods, practice, meeting and meaning, Brithinee Studio
Gabby Miller | MFA Student, Art Department, UC Irvine
Edwin Ramoran | Independent Curator, UC Riverside Alumnus
Julie Tolentino | MFA Student, Dance Department, UC Riverside
Diep Tran | R&D Chef for Red Boat Fish Sauce, UC Riverside Alumnus
6:00-6:30 pm: CLOSING REMARKS & THANKS, Brithinee Studio
3:00-4:15 pm: KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Archives of Love, Brithinee Studio
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michelle Dizon | Associate Professor, Media and Cultural Studies Department, UC Riverside
Introduction by Dr. Christina Schwenkel | SEATRiP Director
4:15-4:30 pm: BREAK
4:30-6:00 pm: WORKSHOP | Queering the Diaspora Conversations: methods, practice, meeting and meaning, Brithinee Studio
Gabby Miller | MFA Student, Art Department, UC Irvine
Edwin Ramoran | Independent Curator, UC Riverside Alumnus
Julie Tolentino | MFA Student, Dance Department, UC Riverside
Diep Tran | R&D Chef for Red Boat Fish Sauce, UC Riverside Alumnus
6:00-6:30 pm: CLOSING REMARKS & THANKS, Brithinee Studio