CTA Day: Maritime Asia
The Committee on Teaching About Asia will hold its annual CTA Day on March 19, 2020 at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. The theme of this year’s event is “Maritime Asia.”
Schedule:
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Breakfast with Coffee and Tea
9:00 – 10:00 CTA Business Meeting
10:00 – 10:15 Break and continued registration
10:15 – 11:15 “Merchants, Pirates, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia” – Eugenio Menegon, Boston University
11:15 – 12:15 “Japan and Whaling” – Noell Wilson, University of Mississippi
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 “Maritime Archaeology in Asia: Plumbing the Depths of History, Trade, and Politics” – Robert E. Murowchick , Boston University
2:00 – 2:45 Panel: “Ties that Bind” – Anne Prescott, Director, Five College Center for East Asian Studies