Landscapes for Authoritarianism: Japan, China, India, and Beyond

December 3, 2020 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Asian Institute, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, East Asia, South Asia

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How do ideas of forestry, rural life, nature, and environment contribute to the rise of fascism and authoritarian rule? In this timely conversation, a group of historians and visual scholars drew on specific cases from early twentieth-century Japan to contemporary China and India to examine the relationship between aesthetics, politics, and temporality.

Sponsor: Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies

Asian Institute, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, East Asia, South Asia

Dasha Kuznetsova asian.institute@utoronto.ca

Speakers

Yi Gu

Associate Professor, Department of Art, Culture & Media, University of Toronto

Kajri Jain

Associate Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto

Richard Reitan

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, Franklin & Marshall College

Tong Lam

Associate Professor, Department of History and Acting Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies at the Asian Institute, University of Toronto