Join us for this exciting and free event jointly organised by the Hub on Migration, Exile, Languages and Spaces (HOMELandS) Research Centre of the University of Westminster and the Chinese Heritage Centre of the Nanyang Technological University. It brings together academics, museum professionals, and members of diasporic Chinese communities to discuss the intersection and interaction of the movement of people and things in a global context through the prism of the museum.
This is the concluding event of the ‘Global Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative’ project that has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Symposium Programme
Dates: Thursday 9 January and Friday 10 January 2025
Venue: Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2HW
Online: This is a hybrid event. A Zoom link will be shared with those who have registered and prefer to attend online.
Language: English and Chinese
Day one - 9 January 2025
- 9am-9.30am: Registration and coffee
- 9.30am-9.40am: Welcome - Cangbai Wang (University of Westminster) and Yow Cheun Hoe (Nanyang Technological University)
- 9.40am-10.20am: Keynote speech - Graeme Were (SOAS)
- 10.20am-10.30am: Tea and coffee
- 10.30am-12pm: Panel one - Museum Representations of Mobilities and Memories in the Global-Local Nexus
- Chair: Laura Pozzi (University of Warsaw)
- “People Who Migrate From, Objects That Migrate From... China”: Transnational Identities and Anti-Racism at the National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid - Irene Masdeu Torruella (University of Barcelona)
- How the Chinese Are Remembered: Examining the Representation of Chinese Communities in National and Local Museums in Thailand - Nattaporn Luangpipat (University in Qatar)
- Representing the Chinese Diaspora: Postcolonial Memory and Identity in the Horniman Museum - Lan (Coco) SHI (University College London)
- Between the National History and the Family Memory. A Case Study of A Family-Museum House in Chaoshan Region - Juan DU (Cergy Paris University)
- 12pm-1pm: Lunch
- 1pm-2.30pm: Panel two - Curating Histories and Performing Identities in Multicultural Societies
- Chair: Irene Masdeu Torruella (University of Barcelona)
- “Looking Backwards Into the Future”: The Cultural Politics of Chinese American Museums, 1960s to the Present- Ian Shin (University of Michigan)
- Diasporic Narrative in Multiculturalism: A Case Study of Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore - Yow Cheun Hoe (Nanyang Technological University)
- Curating and Belonging: Cantonese Opera in the Museum Space in Multicultural Canada - Wing Chung Ng (University of Texas at San Antonio)
- 移民庆典展演：博物馆视野下的澳洲华人文化再現与反思 - 翟振孝（Chen-hsiao ChAI）（台湾国立历史博物馆 National Museum of History, Taiwan）
- 2.30pm-3pm: Tea and coffee
- 3pm-4.30pm: Panel three - Creative Agency, Diasporic Belongings and Community Engagement
- Chair: Wing Chung NG (University of Texas at San Antonio)
- Unveiling the Hidden Chinese American Agency: A Reinterpretation of Theodore Wores’ Paintings of San Francisco Chinatown - Xiaoquan Raphael Zhang (The American University)
- “Mixed-Race”, Hybridity and “Scattered Belongings” - Emily Beswick (University of Liverpool and Tate Liverpool)
- Exhibiting Chinese Diaspora: Colonial Legacies, Transnational Loyalties and Local Identities in the Sino-Thai’s Museums in Thailand - Laura Pozzi (University of Warsaw)
- 无锡梅里遗址博物馆对于“泰伯奔吴”记忆的身份建构 - 于奇赫 (YU Qihe) (东南大学 Southeast University, China)
- 4.30pm-5.10pm: Documentary screenings followed by a talk - “Migrations et Pratiques religieuses des Chinois en France” (Chinese Migration and Religious Practices in France) and “Mémoires Sino-réunionnaises: la génération des Anciens” (Sino-Reunionese Memories: The Older Generation)
- LIVE Yu-Sion (Université de La Réunion)
- 5.10pm-6.30pm: Reception
Day two - 10 January 2025
- 9am-9.30am: Registration and coffee
- 9.30am-11.30am: Panel four - Museums in Qiaoxiang and Qiaoxiang in Museums
- Chair: Huimei ZHANG (Nanyang Technological University)
- 侨乡中的“侨乡”：一个传统华侨聚落的博物馆化实践 - 冯莎、张志培 (Feng Sha, ZHANG Zhipei) (厦门大学, Xiamen University)
- 以特色求创新：厦门大学陈嘉庚纪念堂展陈策划的思考 - 林秀莲 (LIN Xiulian)（厦门大学, , Xiamen University）
- “见字如晤”：闽南侨批博物馆留言册视域下的跨文化对话与实践 - 林祎婧 (LIN Yijing ) （武汉大学，Wuhan University）
- The China-Gabon Friendship Museum promotes the cultural revitalization of the Yitou Village - LIN Zihong (Fuzhou University)
- 11.30am-12.30pm: Lunch
- 12.30pm-2pm: Panel five - Negotiating Colonial Legacies in Transnational Museum Spaces
- Chair: Ian Shin (University of Michigan)
- Fostering Connection: The Role of Museum Educational Programmes in Integrating Chinese Diasporic Communities - Xingchen LIN (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
- Discovering Comfort Stations and Their Legacy Museums - Jie XU(Jocelyn) (University of York)
- The Role of Chinese Tour Guides in Mediating Museum Narratives for Chinese Tourists in the UK - Ziyi SHAO (School of Oriental and African Studies)
- 2pm-2.30pm: Closing remarks
Please note that the programme is subject to changes. The Conference Committee has the right to update the programme.
