Neil Chowdhury

So I got this email a couple weeks ago from Kristen Rudisill, a professor of cultural studies at Bowling Green State University. She asked me for a couple of prints to include in a symposium and art exhibition that she and Shaurya Kuma were curating called the Asian Popular Culture Symposium. This is to run from April 14-16 in conjunction with the Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition. I’m excited that my prints McIndia, and Another Man’s Treasure will be included in the show. I wish I could get to Ohio for the symposium, as it looks like it will be interesting. The schedule is below, just in case anyone reading this is a little closer to the heartland!

Asian Popular Culture Symposium

April 14-16, 2010

Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
FREE to all!

Wednesday, April 14
5:00-9:00 PM: Symposium Kickoff Event!
CLAZEL Theater, Downtown BG

Thursday, April 15
Room 207, BTSU
Popular Culture Colloquium Series, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
“Time Continuity in Japanese Animation: A Media Theory of Anime”
Speaker: Satomi Saito (German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, BGSU)

Room 316, BTSU
Opening Remarks, 1:00 – 1:15 PM
Kristen Rudisill and Jeremy Wallach (Symposium Co-Organizers)

Session One, 1:15 – 3:15 PM
“The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and New Directions in Asian Popular Culture Studies.”
Speaker: Ian Condry (Japanese Cultural Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants: Larissa Heinrich (Comparative Literature, University of California San Diego), Jeffrey Brown (POPC)

Session Two, 3:30 – 5:30 PM
“Remixes in Urban North India: Toward a Postlinear Model of Musical Circulation and Hearing”
Speaker: Paul D. Greene (Ethnomusicology and Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University)
Discussants: Nilanjana Bhattacharyja (Music, Colorado College), Christopher Williams (Center for POPC Studies Fellow)

Friday, April 16
Room 314, BTSU

Session Three, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
“Peering Into Deep Waters: Exploring Both the Breadth and the Depth of a South Asian Folk Epic”
Speaker: Brenda Beck (Sophia Hilton Foundation, Ontario, Canada)
Discussants: Deeksha Nagar (Mathers Museum of World Cultures), Esther Clinton (POPC)

Session Four, 1:30 – 3:30 PM
“Theatrical Eugenics in Japan: Anthropometry and the Takarazuka Revue.”
Speaker: Jennifer Robertson (Anthropology, University of Michigan)
Discussants: Jennifer Prough (Humanities and East Asian Studies, Valparaiso University), Jack Santino (POPC)

Session Five: Panel Discussion, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
“The Future of Asian Popular Culture Studies”
Featured Participants: Peter Kvetko (Salem State College), Invited Symposium Speakers, Puja Batra-Wells and Nicholas Ware (POPC Department Graduate Students), Jeremy Wallach (moderator) and members of the BGSU Faculty

Performance/Film Screening, 7:30 – 11:00 PM, BTSU Theater
Featuring BGSU’s own G.A.M.E.; Others TBA.

EXHIBIT: Contemporary Indian Art
Shaurya Kumar and Kristen Rudisill, Curators
Thursday and Friday, Third Floor, BTSU

Sponsored by the Department of Popular Culture, Center for Popular Culture Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, Department of Sociology, School of Art, Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages, Department of English, Women’s Studies Program, Department of Musicology/Theory/Composition, Asian Studies Program, Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, Kala Fine Art, ECAP, and CLAZEL Entertainment.