International Conference (May 13-15 2003)

"Looking East: Exploring the "Orient" in North America"
International Conference (May 13 - 15, 2003)

Tuesday, May 13

19.00
Dinner Speach
Derek Hum (University of Manitoba)

Wednesday, May 14

09.00
Opening Address
Wolfgang Klooss (University of Trier)

09.15
Welcoming Remarks 

09.30
"Pride and Prejudice: Huntington, Fallacci and the Interpretation of Culture"
Martin Genetsch (University of Trier)

10.45
"From Internationalism to Globalism: Cultural
Forms of Belonging from a Chinese Perspective"
Tina Chen (University of Manitoba)

12.00
"Multiculturalism's Discontent: Rethinking
the Politics of Cultural (Dis)placement"
Weimin Tang (Oxford University/University of Trier)

15.00
"A Passage to Ontario"
Marc Libin (University of Manitoba)

 
16.15
"West is West: The East-West Binary in the Writings of Emily Carr" 
Linda Morra (University of Ottawa)

Thursday, May 15

09.00
"Exploring the Cultural 'Other': Canadian Perceptions of the Outside World"
Adam Green (University of Ottawa)

10.15
Distinguished Speaker
David Staines

11.30
Panel Discussion

12.30
Concluding Remarks
Markus M. Müller (University of Trier)

Social Program 

Art Exhibition (May 12 to May 31, 2003)

Works by Canadian Painter Medrie MacPhee
Venue: Sparkasse Trier

Opening of the Art Exhibition (May 12, 2003)

Lecture: Die phantastischen Bilderwelten der Medrie MacPhee
Prof. Christian Thomsen (University of Siegen)
Venue: Sparkasse Trier; Date: May 12, 2003

In cooperation with and supported by the Canadian Embassy, Berlin, and the Government of Canada. Also sponsored by GKS, Sparkasse Trier, and Weingut Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt.