Workshops will be followed by extended discussion.
The discussion will be designed to maximize audience interaction, and will be moderated by a members of the Yale faculty involved in the study of Asian cities.Īll three afternoon workshops will be held in Room 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street. Each speaker will present twenty minutes papers, followed by a seminar-style discussion with the audience. Each workshop will include perspectives from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Each workshop will focus on a single theme, and will highlight the interdisciplinary work of three invited speakers from the humanities and the humanistic social-sciences. The program for Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities consists of three afternoon workshops, held on the first Monday of each month over the course of the Spring 2016 Academic Semester. Pennsylvania) on Collective Assembly and Public Space Qin Shao (College of New Jersey) on Shanghai Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University) on Bangkok How does the supposed rise of the Asian city impact the ways in which people live? What are the effects on built space and living environments? Alongside spectacles of modernity, what other less spectacular forms of dwelling have emerged in Asian cities both historical and contemporary?
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