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Apologies for cross-posting Inaugural Symposium of the East Asian Studies Section School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University "Visualising Gender in East Asia" Date: Friday 24 April 2009, 11am-17:30pm. Venue: Research Beehive, Old Library Building, Newcastle University Organized by Andrea Germer and Sabrina Yu Visual media have come to play an increasingly important role in constructing and transmitting meanings and ideologies of gender differences, gender roles, sexualities and ethnicised images of gender, while they also call all these categories into question. Gender in East Asia abounds with a multitude and distinctiveness of visual representations. Whether in the images of Geishas, foot binding, the Samurai or the cinematographic performances of martial arts, gendered visual representations have historically served as Western means to orientalise East Asian cultures. These and other icons have, however, also been produced in local media of East Asian countries in ways that challenge, deconstruct or re-confirm imaginations of gender and sexuality in East Asia. These self-definitions of gender identities have been further complicated by processes of transnationalisation of East Asian visual cultures because globalising media are producing images for both national and transnational audiences. How do we interpret visual images of East Asian men and women from the past and the present, and how can we facilitate dialogues between Eastern and Western notions of gender and sexuality? Focusing on a range of visual forms in China and Japan including cinema, television, internet, fashion and photography, this symposium provides a forum for discussing the interactions of gender, visuality and ethnicity. It brings together scholars from film studies, history, Japanese and Chinese Studies to explore the political, social and cultural implications of visualizing gender in East Asia. Programme 10:45 – 11:00am Tea and coffee 11:00 – 11:15am Opening (Elizabeth Andersen, Head of School) 11:15 – 11:30am Introduction (Andrea Germer and Sabrina Yu) 11: 30 – 12:50pm Andrea Germer (Newcastle), Gendering Visual Propaganda in Wartime Japan Valerie Pellatt (Newcastle), Fashioning Gender: Changing Clothes in 20th Century China 1 – 2 pm Lunch 2 – 3: 20pm Dolores Martinez (SOAS), Mommy Dearest: Gender in the Japanese Horror Film and its Remakes Griseldis Kirsch (SOAS), Inversion of Gender Roles in Japanese TV Dramas? The Case of Densha no Otoko 3:20 – 3:50pm Tea and coffee 3:50 – 5:10pm Julian Stringer (Nottingham), Leslie Cheung: Star as Autosexual Sabrina Yu (Newcastle), The Power of Unseen Sex: Internet Reinvention of Lust, Caution (2008) 5:10 – 5:30pm Closing roundtable Attendance is free, but please register at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/niassh/EastAsia/questionnaire.htm