Katharine P. Burnett, associate professor of Chinese art history, has organized a national conference in conjunction with the Nelson Gallery's spring exhibition, Visualizing Revolution: Propaganda Posters from the People's Republic of China, an exhibit featuring works like the one pictured here (see separate story on this exhibition and others set for the spring quarter).
The symposium, free and open to the public, is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 12 in 217 Art Building.
Speakers with ºÙºÙÊÓƵ affiliation are listed as professors Chen Xiaomei, East Asian languages and cultures; and Sheldon Lu, comparative literature; Associate Professor Riché Richardson, English; and graduate student Lindsay Riordan, art history. Other speakers: professors Judy Andrews, Ohio State University; Ellen Johnston Laing, University of Michigan; and Shen Kuiyi, UC San Diego; and the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre's owner and director, Yang Peiming.
Other participants: ºÙºÙÊÓƵ professors Don Price, history; and Blake Stimson, art history; and Richard Vinograd, Stanford University.
Sponsors: Art History and Art Studio, East Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Technocultural Studies, Film Studies, History and the Davis Humanities Institute.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu