BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Digital Age Symposium X-WR-TIMEZONE:Central Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260516T231752Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_49040699707156 DTSTART:20250404T140000Z DTEND:20250404T223000Z DESCRIPTION:Global Asia in the Digital Age Symposium\n\nApril 4-5\, 2025\n\ nHybrid: Watson Library (West 3 Wing) & Online\n\nFree. Registration requi red.\n\nOpen to the Public.\n\n \n\nREGISTRATION \n\nIn person\n\nOnline\n \n \n\nOVERVIEW\n\nThis two-day symposium examines the transformative role of digital technologies across various domains\, from education to creati ve expression and activism\, through the analytical lens of Global Asia. B y framing the digital age within the interconnected and transnational cont exts of Asia\, this perspective highlights how regional and global dynamic s intersect to shape technological adoption and innovation. \n\nThe panels delve into the use of digital tools such as AI\, network analysis\, and 3 D printing in higher education\, creative fields\, and activism in China\, South Korea\, Japan\, and Vietnam. \n\nBy using Global Asia as a concept ual framework\, this interdisciplinary exploration reveals the dual potent ial of digital tools to inspire innovation and provoke critical questions about their societal impacts. It offers a nuanced understanding of how tec hnology shapes learning\, creativity\, and activism in a rapidly changing world\, while also foregrounding the role of Asia in rapidly changing worl d due to the advancement of digital technologies. \n\n \n\n[Link to Day 2 schedule]\n\n \n\nFRIDAY\, April 4\, 2025 | 9:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M\n\n \n\ n9:00 A.M. Registration & morning refreshments \n\n \n\n9:30 A.M. Welco me \n\nDr. Akiko Takeyama\, Director\, Center for East Asian Studies and Professor of Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies\, University of Kansas   \n\n \n\n9:45 -11 A.M. Keynote Speech\, “AI Use in Cultural Produc tion: Shifting Asian Digital Culture” by Dr. Dal Yong Jin\, Distinguishe d Professor\, School of Communication\, Simon Fraser University (Virtual) \n\nIn the early 21st century\, Asian cultural creators and cultural indus tries firms have advanced AI use to produce cultural content across variou s cultural forms\, including film\, music\, gaming\, and animation. This t alk discusses the development and significance of AI from a historical dev elopment in Asia. It addresses the growth of AI related to the key charact eristics of the different stages of cultural production in the Asian cultu ral sphere. \n\n \n\n11:15-12:45 A.M. Panel 1\, Digital Technologies in th e Classroom: A Global Perspective  (W3W and Online)\n\nThis panel explor es the transformative impact of digital technologies on college teaching. Presenters from diverse disciplinary backgrounds\, including Chinese liter ature\, Korean history\, and Japanese history\, will discuss innovative pe dagogical approaches that leverage digital tools to enhance student learni ng. Topics will range from the development of digital humanities curricula to the practical application of advanced technologies like network analys is\, 3D printing\, and AI. By sharing their experiences and insights\, pan elists will shed light on the potential of digital tools to revolutionize higher education and foster a more engaging and effective learning environ ment.  \n\n \n\nChair: Dr. Maya Stiller\, Associate Professor\, Kress Fo undation Department of Art History\, University of Kansas \n\nPanelists \n \nDr. Paul Vierthaler\, Assistant Professor\, East Asian Studies\, Princet on University\, “Teaching East Asian Digital Humanities in the age of La rge Language Models: Reflections on a rapidly developing field” \n\nDr. Hyeok Hwon Kang\, Assistant Professor\, East Asian Languages and Cultures\ , Washington University in St. Louis\, “Digital Chosŏn: 3D Modeling and Virtual Exhibitions”(virtual) \n\nDr. Paula Curtis\, Operations Leader\ , Japan Past & Present\, Asian Languages & Cultures\, UCLA\, “The Classr oom\, the Curriculum\, and the Consultant: Reflections on Supply and Deman d in East Asian Studies DH" \n\n \n\n12:45 – 1:45 P.M. Lunch  Break \n\n \n\n2:00 -3:30 P.M. Panel 2\, Digital technologies and activism in E ast Asia (W3W and Online)\n\nThis panel discusses the use of digital techn ologies for communication in social movements in East and Southeast Asia. The speakers with research focus on different aspects of activist communic ation will share insights on how digital technologies are transforming the way activists communicate with a goal to foster change in China\, South K orea\, and Vietnam. The panel will delve into three main topics of discuss ion including (1) the dynamics of feminism and the #MeToo movement in Chin a\, focusing on how online platforms have become vital for raising awarene ss and fostering solidarity among activists\; (2) networked activism in So uth Korea\, where digital tools have empowered citizens to rapidly mobiliz e and challenge social injustices\; and (3) the influence of social media on environmental movements in Vietnam\, highlighting how digital communica tion amplifies voices advocating for sustainability and environmental prot ection. \n\n \n\nChair: Dr. Akiko Takeyama\, Director\, Center for East As ian Studies and Professor of Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies\, Univ ersity of Kansas \n\nPanelists \n\nDr. Siyuan Yin\, Assistant Professor\, School of Communication\, Simon Fraser University\, “Digital Feminism in China: Social media as sites of contestation over feminisms” (virtual) \n\nDr. Hyunjin Seo\, Associate Professor\, School of Journalism & Mass Co mmunications\, University of Kansas\, “Networked Collective Actions in S outh Korea” \n\nDr. Hong Vu\, Associate Professor\, School of Journalis m & Mass Communications\, University of Kansas\, “Social media and envir onmental activism in Vietnam”  \n\n \n\n3:45 -5:15 P.M. Panel 3\, On the Blurry Cutting Edge: Literary Creativity at the Intersection of Techno logy and Art (W3W and Online)\n\nThis panel explores how emerging digital technologies are reshaping creative expression\, blurring conventional bou ndaries between creator\, tool\, and medium. Advancements in artificial in telligence offer unprecedented tools for creativity\, while also facilitat ing complex multimedia collaborations and generating new aesthetic forms. At the same time\, these tools raise questions about various critical matt ers\, such as reconceptualizations of originality and authorship\, algorit hmic bias\, and the potential homogenization of creative output. How is cr eative expression impacted by recent developments in digital technology? W hat possibilities and limitations do particular technologies bring to crea tive expression in the realms of literature and performance? Drawing upon their expertise in Japanese studies and comparative literature\, three pan elists will explore these and other questions through nuanced case studies in narrative-making\, translation\, and performance. \n\n \n\nChair: Dr . Linda Galvane\, Assistant Professor\, East Asian Languages and Cultures\ , University of Kansas \n\nPanelists: \n\nDr. Jon Abel\, Professor of Comp arative Literature and Japanese\, Asian Studies Department\, Pennsylvania State University\, “Posting the Future in the Present: How Imagination i s Manifest” \n\nDr. Thomas McDonald\, Lecturer\, East Asian Languages an d Cultures\, University of Kansas\, “Babel Again? AI\, Architecture\, an d the Containment of the Japanese Language in Tokyo Sympathy Tower” \n\n Dr. Aragorn Quinn\, Associate Professor\, Foreign Languages and Literature \, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, “When Gods and Avatars Dance: Hol ograms\, Kabuki\, and the New Performative Frontier” \n\n \n\n5:15 P.M. Closing Remarks GEO:38.956581;-95.24484 LOCATION:Watson Library\, West 3 Wing SUMMARY:Digital Age Symposium URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ku.edu/event/digital-age-symposium CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations CATEGORIES:Academic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR