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Centre for Chinese Research: Staging the Beijing Olympics: Visions, Tensions and Dreams at C.K. Choi Building
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2008-05-12 from 08:00 to 12:15 |
| Where | C.K. Choi Building (Room 120), 1855 West Mall, Vancouver (MAP) |
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Centre for Chinese Research is proud to present Staging the Beijing Olympics: Visions, Tensions and Dreams at C.K. Choi Building
Monday 12 May
8:00am – 12:15pm
Institute of Asian Research
C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120
1855 West Mall
Centre for Chinese Research Workshop
Staging the Beijing Olympics: Visions, Tensions, and Dreams
The spectacular preparations for the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 are designed to enhance China's presence on the world stage. They have simultaneously raised concerns about the cultural, social, economic and environmental implications of such a massive undertaking. In this workshop we will explore the potential and actual impact of the Beijing Summer Games from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
We hope to gain a better understanding of the richness and complexity of this international event, and thereby test and challenge some of the assumptions and concerns surrounding both the Beijing Olympic Games and Olympic staging in general. Topics explored will include sustainability, urban issues, the media, culture, political symbolism, city / national branding, links and comparisons with other Olympic Games, including the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Winter Games, and the recent events concerning Tibet.
8:30 - 8:45: Coffee and Registration
8:45 - 9:00: Opening Remarks
Alison Bailey, Director, Centre For Chinese Research, UBC
Colin Green, Department of History, Kwantlen University College
9:00 - 10.30: Olympic Visions: Past Legacies
Joseph Weiler & Arun Mohan, Faculty of Law, UBC, “The Olympics and Sustainability: A Historical Perspective.”
Tracey Kinney, Department of History, Kwantlen University College, “The 1936 Berlin Olympics: ‘The Conquest of the World by National Socialist Doctrine’.”
Hyung Gu Lynn, Institute of Asian Research, UBC, “Kuleshov Effects: the Beijing Olympics and the History of Olympics in Asia.”
Chair / Discussant: Abidin Kusno, Institute of Asian Research, UBC
10:30 – 10.45: Coffee / Tea Break
10:45 – 12.15: Olympic Dreams: City, Nation, World
Jennifer Hubbert, Anthropology and East Asian Studies, Lewis & Clark College, “The Olympic Spectacle: Beijing 2008, Branding China.”