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East Asian Forum

April 17, 2015
Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University

Program

8:30 to 9 a.m.

Registration and continental breakfast

9 to 9:15 a.m.   

Welcoming remarks--Dr. Wolfgang Schlӧr

9:15 to 10:30 a.m.

Panel I: Environment and Tourism in China

  • Li Yang, associate professor, Department of Geography, WMU
  • Lei Meng, assistant professor, Department of Geography, WMU
  • Cansheng He, professor, Department of Geography, WMU
  • Gregory Veeck, and Charles Emerson, professors, Department of Geography, WMU                              

10:30 to 10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. to Noon

Panel II: Language and Literature

  • Yue Hong, assistant professor, East Asian studies, Kalamazoo College
  • Noriko Akimoto Sugimori, assistant professor, East Asian studies, Kalamazoo College
  • Xin Yang, graduate student, Department of World Language and Literature, WMU
  • Xiaomeng Bu, instructor, Department of World Languages and Literatures, WMU
  • Ruyuan Yang, instructor, Department of World Languages and Literatures, and Confucius Institute, WMU

Noon to 1:15 p.m.

Keynote address and lunch

Speakers: President John M. Dunn and Dr. Timothy Light

1:15 to 2:30 p.m.

Panel III: History, Literature and Religion of Japan

  • Takashi Yoshida, associate professor, Department of History, WMU
  • Carlos Pimentel, assistant professor, Department of World Languages and Literature, WMU                     
  • Eric Mendes, graduate student, Department of Comparative Religion, WMU
  • Stephen Covell, professor and chair, Department of Comparative Religion, WMU
  • Diane Riggs, faculty specialist, Department of Comparative Religion, WMU

2:30 to 2:45 p.m.

Coffee break

2:45 to 4 p.m.

Panel IV: Asia and Globalization

  • Yuan-kang Wang, associate professor, Department of Sociology, WMU
  • Alexander Cannon, assistant professor, School of Music, WMU
  • Andrew Targowski, Professor, Department of Business Information Systems, WMU                                    

4 to 4:15 p.m.

Coffee break

4:15 to 5:30 p.m.

Panel V: Business and Finance

  • Wenling Lu, professor, Department of Finance and Commercial Law, WMU
  • Hongli Zhang, visiting scholar; associate professor, Jilin University
  • Ann Veeck, professor, Department of Marketing, WMU
  • Christina Stamper, associate dean of undergraduate programs, Haworth College of Business, WMU            
  • Roger Tang, professor, Department of Accountancy, WMU
  • Ying Zeng, senior coordinator on Asia, Haenicke Institute for Global Education, WMU
  • Mingming Feng, assistant professor, Department of Accountancy, WMU

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

6:30 p.m.

Dinner

The East Asian Forum is sponsored by WMU's Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education in collaboration with the Confucius Institute at WMU, Soga Japan Center and the Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies.

For more information, contact Dr. Ying Zeng at (269) 387-5890 or write: ying.zeng@wmich.edu