One-Day Workshop: Expanding Edo Art
February 20, 1999
One-Day Workshop: Expanding Edo Art
Kent Hall, Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
In order to take advantage of the interest generated by the major exhibition “Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868” at the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), the Donald Keene Center is sponsoring a one-day workshop to discuss new directions in the study of Edo art. “Expanding Edo Art” will consist of of five 90 minute sessions led by a moderator and three presenters who will offer provocative opening statements of ten minutes or less.
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THE PANNELS
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| Session 1 | The Canon of “Edo Art” in Present and Past Perspective |
| Moderator | Melanie Trede (Columbia University) |
| Provacateurs | Yoshiaki Shimizu (Princeton University), John Carpenter (Vanderbilt Univeristy), Lawrence Marceau (University of Delaware) |
| Session 2 | The Temporal and Spatial Borders of “Edo Art” |
| Moderator | Henry Smith (Columbia University) |
| Provacateurs | Lee Butler (Brigham Young University), Matthew McKelway (University of Pittsburgh), Tamaki Maeda (University of Washington) |
| Session 3 | Stages, Bodies, Gender |
| Moderator | Christine Guth (Independent Scholar) |
| Provacateurs | David Pollack (University of Rochester), Timon Screech (SOAS, University of London), Mara Miller (Agnes Scott College) |
| Session 4 | China Holland, and Other Others |
| Moderator | Mimi Yiengpruksawan (Yale University) |
| Provacateurs | Nicole Rousmaniere (Sainsbury Institute), Allen Hockley (Dartmouth College), Robert Eskildsen (Smith College) |
| Session 5 | Wrap-up Session |
