The symposium brings together historians and art historians of early modern East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East to discuss the question of “status” as a socio-analytical category.
The symposium will begin on the Friday, May 30th and conclude on Saturday, May 31st
Location: 306 Royce Hall, UCLA
Day 1: May 30th, 3:00–6:00 PM
Day 2: May 31st, 9:30–5:30 PM
Program
Friday
May 30
Saturday
May 31
Introductions and Coffee
Coffee and Pastries
Lunch
Coffee Break
3:00–3:30
9:30–10:00
12:00–1:30
3:30–4:00
Panel 1:
Slavery, Barbarism, Hierarchy
3:30–5:00
Panel 2:
Institutions
10:00–12:00
Panel 3:
Material Life
1:30–3:30
Roundtable
4:00–5:30
Presenters
Ali Atabey
(University of Texas at San Antonio)
Divya Cherian
(Princeton University)
Shao-yun Yang
(Denison College)
Discussant
Luke Yarbrough (UCLA)
Reception
5:00–6:00
Presenters
David Porter
(McGill University)
Fatima Quraishi
(UC Riverside)
Sixiang Wang
(UCLA)
Choon Hwee Koh
(UCLA)
Discussant
Meng Zhang (UCLA)
Presenters
Anirban Karak
(University of Chicago)
Yong Cho
(UC Riverside)
Selin Ünlüönen
(Wesleyan University)
James Grehan
(Portland State University)
Discussant
Kevan Harris
(UCLA)
Led by
Andrew Sartori
(New York University)
Kevan Harris
(UCLA)
Joined by
All participants
The symposium is organized through the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS-CEGS). It is co-sponsored by UCLA’s Center for Korean Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, Program of Iranian Studies, the Canadian Studies Program, and the Center for India and South Asia.
