MCLC: A.S.I.A. conference

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Massaccesi, Daniele <D.Massaccesi at ucc.ie>
Subject: A.S.I.A. conference
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Dear Colleagues,

 
On behalf of the Asian Studies Ireland Association and the School of Asian
Studies, University College Cork, I am glad to invite you to the 4th
A.S.I.A. Annual Conference, which will be held in River Lee Hotel (Cork)
on November 22nd and 23rd.
 

Theme of the conference is Asian Studies in Ireland and Asian-European
Social Innovation.

We hope the conference will provide a platform for Asian Studies scholars
in Ireland to share research interests and to advance Asian Studies in
Ireland.

 
Please find a provisional version of the programme below.

 
We very much hope that you will be able to join the conference. Any
further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,
 
Daniele
 

Dr Daniele Massaccesi
Conference Convenor
School of Asian Studies, UCC
Cork, Republic of Ireland
 
Tel: 021 490 3326
Email: d.massaccesi at ucc.ie
 
http://www.ucc.ie/en/AsianSchool/


Thursday, 22nd November
 
Venue: Weir Room (Ground Floor), River Lee Hotel, Western Road, Cork
 

18.30- 20.30  Welcome and Networking Reception
 
Asian Ambassadors Forum
 
Chair: Dr. Tom Hardiman, Chair  of the Executive Committee, A.S.I.A.
 
 
 
 

Friday, 23rd November
 
Venue: Western Room (1st Floor), River Lee Hotel, Western Road, Cork
 
 

8.00 
 
Registration
 
 

08.30-10.00
 
Opening of the Conference and welcome Address:
Dr. Michael Murphy, President, UCC
 

Keynote speeches: 
Chair: Mr. Martin
Murray, Executive Director, Asia Matters and Secretary of A.S.I.A.
 

Participants:
 
Irish Government Minister (details tbc) Lord Oxmantown, “Sino-Irish
relations through History”
 

Mr. Jun Arima, Director General, JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
London, “Post Fukushima –Japan’s Energy and Climate Challenges”
 
 
 

10.00-11.00: Session 1: Launch of the Asia Language Council Ireland
Chair: Prof. Fan Hong, President of A.S.I.A.
 

Participants:
 
Ms. Karen Ruddock, National Co-ordinator of Post-Primary Languages
Initiative, Department of
Education and Skills, “Introducing an Asian language in post-primary
schools:
the experience of Japanese (Language and Linguistics)”
 

Prof. Mary Ruane, UCD, Asian Language Council Ireland, “Towards a Framwork
for Asian language Teaching
in Irish Education: Challenges and Change”
 

Prof. Deirdre Hunt, UCC, “Teaching Chinese Business: the What and the How”
 

Prof. Peter Herrmann, Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC, “Teaching
on Asian Studies - Teaching of the Self”
 
 

11.00-11.20  Coffee Break
 
 

11.20-12.40: Session 2: Contemporary Societies and Social Innovation
Chair: Dr. Paul Gillespie, former foreign policy editor of The Irish
Times, visiting professor in the UCD school of politics and international
relations
 

Participants: 
 
Mr. Declan Hayden, Dublin City Council and DCNYF, “Cultural Links and
Developments in the Sino-Hibernian Story”
 

Mr. David O’Brien, Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, UCC, “Violence,
identity and the sense of home: An exploration of belonging in China’s
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”
 

Dr. Fiona Donson, School of Law, UCC, “Securing Children’s Rights in
Cambodia – Challenges and Achievements in the Development of a Functioning
Juvenile Justice System”
 

Mr. Yuh Jhung Hwang, TCD, “The Impact of the Irish Theatre on Modern
Korean Theatre”
 
 

12.40-13.30 Lunch

Break
 
 

13.30-14.15: Session 3: Language and Education
Chair: Ms Karen Ruddock, National Co-ordinator of Post-Primary Languages
Initiative, Department of Education and Skills
 

Participants: 
 
Dr. Zhang Qi, DCU, “Interests and Difficulties in Understanding Chinese
Culture: What to Prepare for Communicating with Cultural Others?”
 

Dr. Nobuko Ijichi, UCD, “Applying CEFR to Teaching Japanese as A Foreign
Language - A Case Report”

Dr. Ryoko Sasamoto, DCU, “A Japanese Kana Choice as A Highlighting Device”
 
 

14.15-14.30  Coffee Break
 
 

14.30-15.50: Session 4: Contemporary Societies and Means of Social
Innovation
Chair: Mr. Martin Murray, Executive Director, Asia Matters and Secretary
of A.S.I.A.
 

Participants: 
 
Prof. Louis Brennan, Trinity College Dublin, “The Sino-European
Relationship and Chinese Foreign Direct Investment into Europe”
 

Mr. Mark Mulcahy, Department of Accounting, Finance and Information
Systems, UCC, “Purifying Islamic Portfolios: A Comprehensive Approach”
 

Dr. Leung Wing-Fai, Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, UCC, “The Internet
Writer in Postsocialist China: Continuities and Contestations”
 

Dr. Yu-Wen Chen, Department of Government, UCC,  “Chinese Cartography in
the Era of WWW: Tianditu and the (Dis)empowerment of Netizens”
 
 
 

15.50-16.00 Break
 
 

16.00-17.20: Session 5: Philosophy and Religion
Chair: Prof. Brian Bocking, Study of Religions Department, UCC
 

Participants:
 
Dr. Kevin Cawley, Irish Insitute of Korean Studies, UCC, “De-constructing
Hegemony: Catholic Texts in a Korean Confucian Context”
 

Prof. Graham Parkes, Department of Philosophy, UCC, “Awe and Humility in
the Face of Things: Somatic Practice in East-Asian Philosophies”
 

Dr. Oliver Scharbrodt, Study of Religions Department, UCC,
“Anti-colonialism and Neutrality: the political context of Ireland’s
educational links with the Arab world and South East Asia (1950-1990)”
 

Dr. Liu Yinya, NUI Maynooth, “Some Reflections on Teaching Chinese
Philosophy in Ireland”
 
 
 
 

17.20-17.30  Closing Remarks.