The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥BASGA) Conference will be held this Friday and Saturday on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder campus. This is an annual event hosted by ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ faculty and graduate students of the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations. The goal of the conference is to foster cross-cultural understanding of Asia through the presentation of graduate level research on a wide variety of Asia-related topics. Peer-reviewed graduate student panelists will give presentations on a variety of Asia-related topics. This year's keynote speakers will be Professor Ronald Egan, Stanford University, who will discuss "Chinese Poems with Contested Meanings," and Professor Adam Kern, University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose talk is entitled, "Dirty Sexy Haiku."
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The conference will be held in ATLAS 102 on Friday, February 19, from 1:00-7:00 p.m., and in Eaton Humanities 250 on Saturday, February 20, from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations. Sponsored by the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Art Museum, the Center for Asian Studies, the Student Organization Allocation Committee, the Council of Colleges and Schools, and the Arts and Sciences Student Government.