The Memory Project Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Dean of Humanities, Libraries, and Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (MFAEDA)
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Nicole Barnes, Jim Cheng, Maggie Dickson, Guo-Juin Hong, Naomi Nelson, Mengqi Zhang
Film Screening: “Zhuang Wei’s Witness: Return of the Survivor” (Zhuang Wei, 2026)
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Cinematic Arts, Dean of Humanities, Libraries, and Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (MFAEDA)
Thursday, October 22, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Zhuang Wei
Film Screening: “Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KM” (Zhang Mengqi, 2021)
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cinematic Arts, Dean of Humanities, and Libraries
Friday, October 23, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Zhang Mengqi
Black Market Intimacies: The Transpacific Sexual Economy of the Korean War
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Jeongmin Kim (University of Manitoba)
Missionary Photography, Missionary Modernity: Transnational Imaging in Republican China
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Friday, November 06, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Joseph W. Ho (Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University of Michigan)
APSI Distinguished Keynote 2026: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, November 12, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Viet Thanh Nguyen
