Re: [FUB-GEAS] Invitation GEAS Anniversary Conference "Diversity in Unity - Cultural Diplomacy in East Asia" , 9-10 Nov 2023

[Newsletter Graduate School of East Asian Studies <fub-geas@lists.fu-berlin.de>]

> Dear Katrin,

I hope this e-mail finds you well.

I'm sorry I check my mail-box late. When I try to register on the website,
I find it closed. I'd like to send this e-mail to tell you that I will
participate this conference on site.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes,

Qinglong



Dear colleagues, members and friends of GEAS;
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> On behalf of our director Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee, we would like to
> cordially invite you to the anniversary conference of the Graduate School
> of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Freie Universität Berlin in November.
> This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Graduate School
> with a conference on "Diversity in Unity - Cultural Diplomacy in East
> Asia" and would also like to take this opportunity to formally launch the
> new English-language Master's program "Global East Asia". The conference
> will take place Thursday and Friday, November 09-10, 2023, as a hybrid
> event at the Harnack-Haus of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestr. 16-20, 14195
> Berlin.
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> Ten years ago, almost to the day, we celebrated the opening of GEAS
> together - and now we are already able to invite many alumni for mutual
> congratulations. Our success would not be possible without so many dear
> colleagues and friends like you who have supported and accompanied us
> since the beginning. Therefore, we would be delighted to celebrate the
> anniversary and new beginnings together.
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> During this conference, we aim to bring together leading scholars in the
> fields of cultural diplomacy and heritage preservation in and beyond East
> Asia, to discuss dynamics in the context of hegemony and power relations.
> This conference seeks to analyze how to circumvent the individual claims
> of East Asian countries to uniqueness, given the relative homogeneity of a
> material cultural tradition. We argue that tradition cannot be equated
> with the past and needs to be negotiated: How do cultural and heritage
> diplomacy relate to each other and diverge in the context of diversity in
> unity? If we consider heritage as hybrid and relational in power
> relations, who defines culture and hegemonic discourses in Asia? And
> finally, how are such rivalling discourses and practices received by
> international target audiences?
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> A final program and further information about the event will be available
> on the website of the Graduate School of Freie Universität Berlin and the
> conference website from the beginning of October.
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> You are welcome to register with us by October 15 if you are interested in
> coming, especially if you want to join virtually. A link to the online
> meeting will be circulated a few days before the event:
> events@geas.fu-berlin.de<mailto:events@geas.fu-berlin.de>.
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> For participation in the conference, you are also welcome to register as a
> member on the conference website: http://www.geasconference23.de
> Participation is free of charge: please make sure to use the registration
> as "Members and Panelists (on-site)" or "Members (online)" with the
> following code: GEAS_2023_free
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> If you have any questions, the GEAS office would be happy to support you
> at any time. We look forward to seeing you again!
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> Yours sincerely,
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> Katrin Gengenbach
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> Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS)
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> Freie Universität Berlin
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> Hittorfstr. 18 (Altbau)
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> 14195 Berlin
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> P: +49 30 838-59697 (Office)
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> http://www.geas.fu-berlin.de
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> http://www.geasconference23.de
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> events@geas.fu-berlin.de<mailto:events@geas.fu-berlin.de>
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