2003
MICHIGAN CHINA FORUM
Saturday, May 31, 2003
Whitney Room , 1309, School of Education Building
610 E. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , MI 48109
Organized by Michigan China Fellows
9:10-9:30am Morning Reception
9:30-9:45am Welcome and Introduction
Li, Xu, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education,
University of Michigan
Li, Ji, Department of History, University of Michigan
9:45-11:20am Session One: Society
and Government in Contemporary China
Moderator : Chen, Xiao,
Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
China 's Labor Xinfang ( ÐÅ·Ã
) System: A Case Study of Bureaucratic Organization (English,
15 mins)
Zhu, Jen , Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
Income Distribution and Rate of Return to Education
in Urban China (English,
20 mins)
Ou, Dongshu, Economics and Education, Teacher's College, Columbia
University
How Strong is the Demand for Democracy in China ? (English,
20 mins)
Wang Zhengxu: Higher Education and Political Science, University
of Michigan
Community Colleges in the US :
Are They a Model for China ? (English,
20 mins)
Jiang, Xinquan, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary
Education, University of Michigan
11:20-11:25 Break
11: 25-12:25 Session Two: Art and
History: Material Culture and Representation
Moderator : Chen, Rong, Center for the Study
of Higher and Post-secondary Education, University of Michigan
An Interpretation of the Sujati Jataka Mural in Cave
296 at Dunhuang (English, 15 mins)
Fan, Liping, History of Art, University of Michigan
Representing China to
the West: China in the
World Exposition during the Late 19th Century (English,
15 mins)
Li, Min, Anthropology, University of Michigan
Unfolding Politics: A Preliminary Study of Fans in the French
Revolution (Chinese, 15mins)
Li, Ji, History, University of Michigan
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch
Presidential Address : Wang Zhengxu, Higher
Education and Political Science, University of Michigan (15
mins)
Roundtable Discussion : Zhang Baohui, ¡°Who
You Want to Be and What You Want to do? Adding credits on your
CV¡±, Educational Technology and Science Education, University
of Michigan
1:30 ¨C 2:55pm Session Three: Social Issues: Equality,
Voice, and Cross-Culture Communication
Moderator : Li, Geng, Department of Economics,
University of Michigan
Poverty Theories: Critiques and Implications (Chinese,
15mins)
Chen, Juan, Political Science and Social Work, University
of Michigan
Language Transition and Ethnic Identity in a Plural Society:
An Example of Prevention Research (Mainly English, 15 mins)
Dai, Haijing, Social Work and Sociology, University of Michigan
Autoethnography: Blurred Genres and Blended Voices (English,
20 mins)
Zhao, Lingling, American Culture, University of Michigan
China Mirror--a Web-based Instructional Project to
Teach Chinese Culture (English, 20 mins)
Li, Linshi, Learning Technology, University of Michigan
2:55-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm Session Four: Gender, Sexuality, and the
Literary World
Moderator : Wan, Yinmei, Center for the Study
of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan
Masculinity in Red Chamber Dream and the Carnal Prayer
Mat (English, 15 mins)
King, Katherine E., Asian Studies, University of Michigan
Women in the Intermarriage Family of Yuan Dynasty China ¨C
Discourse, Ideology, and Reality (English, 15 mins)
Chen, Shuang, Department of History, University of Michigan
¡°But Her Image Stays Immobile¡±: Female Body and Female
Subjectivity in Mudan Ting (English 20
mins)
Mai, Xiwen, English Language and Literature, University of
Michigan
Walking into Mystery ¨C What Is Said and Done in Silence
and Non-Action in Xiao Wu (English, 20 mins)
Meng, Liansu, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
4:30- 5:00pm Tea Time and Closing
Program Committee of 2003 Michigan China Forum:
Coordinators: Li Xu, Li Ji, Wang Zhengxu
Program Chair and Secretariat: Wan Yinmei
Budgeting: Chen Xiao, Zhao Lingling, Chen
Rong
Logistic: Zhang Meilan, Dai Haijing, Chen
Shuang
Facilities: Chen Rong, Li Shijian, Liu Jifeng
Michigan China Forum 2003 is organized by Michigan China Fellows
with financial support from Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
at University of Michigan
Learning, Growth, and Friendship
