(89) Space and Place in Asian History

Chair(s)

• BH

  Brian Hatcher

  Tufts University

Paper Presenter(s)

• MG

  Menglu Gao

  Comparative Literature
  Northwestern University
• BM

  Brandon Miliate

  Yale University
• AH

  Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

  Occidental College
• AG

  Aditya Ghising

  International Relations
  Jadavpur University, India

Presentations:

• “Reform, Or You Are Lost”: Opium-intoxication, Progress, and Charles Gutzlaff’s Voyages along the Coast of China
  Menglu Gao – Northwestern University
• Claiming Space and Taking Names: Mapping Ethnonym Politics at the Intersection of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
  Brandon J. Miliate – Yale University
• Mud, Stones, and Trees as Sacred Supports: Ecology in the Shaping of Local Buddhist Material Cultures in the Himalayas
  Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa – Occidental College
• The Southern Silk Route in India: Historical Background, Present Scenario, and Future Potential
  Aditya K. Ghising – Jadavpur University