Hmong in Comparative Contexts Conference
Conference Schedule – Final
Friday, March 4, 2011 – Sunday, March 6, 2011
Organized by:
The Hmong Studies Consortium
University of Wisconsin-Madison/University of Minnesota
Convened at:
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rm 206, Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI
For issues related to academic matter related to conference presentations and organization, please contact Dr. Ian Baird, ibaird@wisc.edu
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Friday, March 4, 2011
| Time | Title | Author(s)/Presenter | Panel |
| 11:00-12:00 | Conference Registration. All non-presenters should confirm their attendance in advance, at:
seasia@intl-institute.wisc.edu On-site registration will be allowed provided that there are open seats |
Presenters and Non-Presenters | |
| 12:00-1:15 pm | Wartime Identities and National Scholarly Frameworks: Northern Laos and the Long 1970s |
Hjorleifur Jonsson | Friday Forum Presentation: Introduced by Ian Baird |
| 1:45-2:45 pm | Lunch at a Restaurant on State Street | Open | |
| 2:45-4:45 pm | Open house for Father Yves Bertrais Collection at library | Larry Ashmun and others |
| 5:00-5:15 pm | The Father Yves Bertrais Collection
|
Larry Ashmun | Father Bertrais Panel
Moderator: Larry Ashmun |
| 5:15-5:30 pm | From Orality to Textuality: The Meaning of Writing | Chong Moua | Father Bertrais Panel |
| 5:30-5:45 pm | Contesting Illiteracy and Literacy: Hmong Romanized Popular Alphabet and Pahawh | MaiGer Moua | Father Bertrais Panel |
| 5:45-6:00 pm | The (H)mong of French Guiana, a Homogeneous Community? | Cho Ly | Father Bertrais Panel |
| 6:00-6:30 pm | Questions/discussion | Open | Father Bertrais Panel |
| 6:30-7:30 pm | Dinner | Dinner provided for all participants. There will be a US$15 fee for dinner for registered non-participants | |
| 7:30-8:30 pm | State, Hmong and Markets: A Comparison between “Ethnic Markets”, Luang Phrabang (Laos) and Sapa – Bac Ha (Vietnam) | Christian Culas | Keynote Presentation: Moderated by Ian Baird |
| 8:30-9:00 pm | Discussion | Open | Keynote Presentation |
Saturday, March 5, 2011
| Time | Title | Author(s)/Presenter | Panel |
| 8:00-8:20 am | Lub Txhawb Nqa: Survey of Hmong Parents’ Educational Encouragement
|
Pa Her | Gender and Parents/Students: Moderated by Carol Compton |
| 8:20-8:40 am | Niam lo lus rau siab: Hmong Mothers’ Support | Hmong Research Team: Pa Her, Pahoua Thao, Shee Yee Chang, Douachong Lee, Maimoua Xiong, Michelle Xiong | Gender and Parents/Students |
| 8:40-9:00 am | Hmong Youth and Mediated Agency: A Contextual and Gendered Response to Assimilation | Bao Lo | Gender and Parents/Students |
| 9:00-9:20 am | Discussion | Open | Gender and Parents/Students |
| 9:20-9:40 am | Break | ||
| 9:40-10:00 am | Revolutionary Legacies and Socio-Cultural Challenges in Upland Laos: The Hmong and the ‘Lao Multi-ethnic People’ of Viengxay, Houaphan Province | Oliver Tappe | Laos: Moderated by David Chambers |
| 10:00-10:20 am | Pathet Lao Distant Memories: A Public War Inside the Secret War | Bruce Pamperin | Laos |
| 10:20-10:40 am | Hmong Agricultural Transformations and Different Scales of Networks:
Preliminary Findings |
Pao Vue and Ian G. Baird | Laos |
| 10:40-11:00 am | Discussion | Open | Lao |
| 11:00-11:10 am | The Hmong Studies Consortium (UW-Madison, UM-Twin Cities) | Michael Cullinane and Mai Na Lee (5 minutes each) | Hmong Consortium discussion:
Moderated by Ian Baird |
| 11:10-11:40 am | Discussion | Open | Hmong Consortium discussion |
| 11:40 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch | Open |
| 1:00-1:20 pm | Peacemakers or Peace-wreckers: The Lao Hmong Diaspora in Homeland Conflicts | Her Vang | Rebels and Refugees: Moderated by Pao Vue |
| 1:20-1:40 pm | Hmong in Comparative Contexts: Reinserting Non-Hmong Actors into Political and Military Resistance Organizations Opposed to the Lao PDR Government Since 1975 | Ian G. Baird | Rebels and Refugees |
| 1:40-2:00 pm | No Meo Wanted: Shifting Views on Hmong “Worthiness” for Resettlement to the U.S. | Paul Hillmer | Rebels and Refugees |
| 2:00-2:20 pm | A Refugee-Centered Perspective on Refugee Protection Reform: The Case of the Lao Hmong Refugees in Thailand | My Lo | Rebels and Refugees |
| 2:20-2:40 pm | Discussion | Open | Rebels and Refugees |
| 2:40-3:00 pm | Break | ||
| 3:00-3:20 pm | Statelessness: Highland People in Northern Thailand | Kim Moua | Upland Peoples and the State: Moderated by Scott Christopherson |
| 3:20-3:40 pm | How the Lisu from Yunnan Became Southeast Asian | Kathleen A. Gillogly | Upland Peoples and the State |
| 3:40-4:00 pm | Hmong Vernacular Space in the Context of the Thai Royal “Hill-Tribe” Project | Lynne M. Dearborn | Upland Peoples and the State |
| 4:00-4:20 pm | Who are the Hosts: The Miao Village Tours in Fenghuang, China | Xianghong Feng | Upland Peoples and the State |
| 4:20-4:40 pm | Discussion | Open | Upland Peoples and the State |
| 4:40-5:20 pm | Refreshments |
| 5:20-5:30 pm | To Zomia or Not to Zomia? Critical Ethnographic and Historical Perspectives | Mai Na Lee | Zomia: Roundtable Session: Moderated by Jacob Hickman |
| 5:30-5:40 pm | To Zomia or Not to Zomia? Critical Ethnographic and Historical Perspectives | Hjorleifur Jonsson | Zomia: Roundtable Session |
| 5:40-5:50 pm | To Zomia or Not to Zomia? Critical Ethnographic and Historical Perspectives | Faith Nibbs | Zomia: Roundtable Session |
| 5:50-6:00 pm | To Zomia or Not to Zomia? Critical Ethnographic and Historical Perspectives | Jacob R. Hickman | Zomia: Roundtable Session |
| 6:00-7:30 pm | Discussion | Open | Zomia: Roundtable Session |
Sunday, March 6, 2011
| Time | Title | Author(s)/Presenter | Panel |
| 9:20-9:40 am | Hmong Americans, Literacy, and the Rhetoric of Community Ethics | Antonia Massa-MacLeod | Language and Literature: Moderated by Bruce Pamperin |
| 9:40-10:00 am | Transcending Traditions: Reading Kao Kalia Yang’s The Latehomecomer as Testimonio | Aline Lo | Language and Literature |
| 10:00-10:20 am | What Type of (H)mong Will Our Descendents Learn? | Cho Ly | Language and Literature |
| 10:20-10:50 am | Discussion | Open | Language and Literature |
| 10:50-11:10 am | Break |
| 11:10-11:30 am | The Social Meanings of Hmong Farming in the U.S. Midwest | Hui Niu Wilcox | Hmong American Identity and Contemporary Cultural Practices: Moderated by Lynet Uttal |
| 11:30-12:00 am | Looking Back/Looking Forward: Generations of Hmong American Masculinities (two part presentation) | Kari Smalkoski and Pao Lee | Hmong American Identity and Contemporary Cultural Practices |
| 12:00-12:20 am | Hmong Culture Meets Christianity: Identity Management by Hmong Females in Nightclubs | Khou Vue and Pao Lee | Hmong American Identity and Contemporary Cultural Practices |
| 12:20 am -12:50 pm | Discussion | Open | Hmong American Identity and Contemporary Cultural Practices |