Organization of the Workshop:
The workshop will take place on May 17-19, 2019 at Swarthmore College, and the format of the workshop will include one keynote speech, five presentation panels, and one roundtable discussion. It will be open to the public for free. We will, however, particularly encourage and invite the AALAC community to take this opportunity to share their professional ideas and experience.
Preliminary Schedule (May 17-19, 2019)
| May 17 | Location: The Inn at Swarthmore | |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Welcome and Introduction
Opening Remarks Jean-Vincent Blanchard Professor of French Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures |
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| 4:00pm-6:00pm | Session I: Teaching Opera in the Setting of Asian Studies
chaired by Lei Bryant, Swarthmore College 1) Ying Wang, Mount Holyoke College Investigating Gender Relationship and Cross-Gender Performance: Teaching Chinese Yue Opera at a Women’s College 2) Peng Xu, Swarthmore College Is There a Field Called Peking Opera Studies? How Do We Teach It? 3) Man He, Williams College Bringing the Backstage to the Classroom: Writing, Acting, and Researching Huaju in a Liberal Arts College 4) Discussion |
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| 6:00pm~ | Dinner | |
| May 18 | Location: Scheuer Room | |
| 9:00am-10:40am
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Keynote address: Dramatic Transformations in the Foreign Language Classroom
by Lisa Parkes, Harvard University Q&A |
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| 10:40am-11:00am | Tea Break | |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | Workshop – Butoh: The Art of Being
by Craig Quintero, Grinnell College |
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| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm-3:00pm | Session II: Integrating Performances in Thematic Courses Taugh in English
chaired by William Gardner, Swarthmore College 1) Sujane Wu, Smith College Poetry Out Loud: Teaching Chinese Poetry in a Literature Survey Course 2) Matthew Duroff, Hampden-Sydney College Noh Studying in the Classroom: Using Theatre as a Means of Investigating History, Culture and Religion 3) Janet Ikeda, Washington and Lee University Where’s My Ox? Learning the Japanese Tea Ceremony on the Journey Home 4) Discussion |
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| 3:00pm-3:45pm | Tea Break | |
| 3:45pm-5:00pm | Session III: Incorporating Performing Arts in Language Pedagogy
chaired by Wol A Kang, Swarthmore College 1) Jing Hu, University of Pennsylvania From the Green Room to the Classroom: Staging a 13th-Century Drama in a 21st- Century Liberal Arts College 2) Bo Qian and Yuwei Jiang, Middlebury College Case Analysis of a Chinese Drama Course 3) Discussion |
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| 5:00pm | Dinner on your own | |
| May 19 | Location: Scheuer Room | |
| 9:00am-10:30am
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Session IV: Integrating Music and Theater in Liberal Arts Education
chaired by Benjamin Ridgway, Swarthmore College 1) Lei Ouyang Bryant, Swarthmore College Teaching Mao through Music: Pedagogy and Practice in Today’s Liberal Arts Classroom 2) Chuen-Fung Wong, Macalester College Toward a Reconstructive Approach to the Teaching of Asian Instrumental Chamber Ensembles in the Liberal Arts Context 3) Discussion |
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| 10:30am-11:30am | Workshop–Page to Stage
by Lisa Parkes, Harvard University |
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| 11:30am-12:00pm | Roundtable
Closing Remarks, and Future Collaborative Projects Takeshi Watanabe, Wesleyan University Peng Xu, Swarthmore College Man He, Williams College |
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| 12:00pm~ | Lunch | |
For information and inquiries please contact:
Wol A Kang 江月娥
wkang1@swarthmore.edu
Lecturer in Chinese
Swarthmore College
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
(610) 690-2048