Asia in the Anthropocene
Description
Schedule:
10:00 - Purple Lounge, Department of East Asian Studies, 130 St. George Street, 14th Floor
Julia Thomas (History, University of Notre Dame): "From Holocene History to Anthropocene History?"
Daniel Elam (Historical Studies, University of Toronto): "Is the 'Global' in 'Global Literature' the Same as the 'Global' in 'Global Climate Change’?"
Meng Yue (East Asian Studies, University of Toronto): "Through the Lens of Anthropocene: The X Cycle of Plastic"
2:00 - Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave
Prasenjit Duara (Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies, Duke University): "Transcendence in a Secular World: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future" (Cosponsored with Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies and East Asia Seminar Series at the Asia Institute)
