#  Urban Futures in Asia: Aspiration, Speculation, Contention 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 24, 2015** 

 All day 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

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***Sponsors:***   
Korea Institute, Harvard University  
Asia Center, Harvard University  
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University  
Harvard-Yenching Institute  
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG)

**Participants:**

*Chair:*   
**Nicholas Harkness** (Harvard University)  
<http://scholar.harvard.edu/harkness>  
  
*Welcoming remarks*  
**Carter Eckert** (Acting Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University)  
<http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreainst/people/executive-committee/carter-j-eckert>  
  
**Arthur Kleinman** (Director, Asia Center, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University)  
[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/social\_faculty\_pages/social\_pages\_kleinman.html](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/social_faculty_pages/social_pages_kleinman.html)  
  
**Ajantha Subramanian** (Department of Anthropology, Harvard University)  
<http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/subramanian/>  
  
*Keynote Lecture*  
**Peter van der Veer** (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)  
<http://www.mmg.mpg.de/departments/religious-diversity/scientific-staff/prof-dr-peter-van-der-veer/>  
  
*Commentators/Discussants*  
**Kenneth Dean** (National University of Singapore)   
[http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/people\_details.asp?peopleid=503](http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/people_details.asp?peopleid=503)  
  
**Judith Farquhar** (University of Chicago)  
[http://anthropology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty\_member/judith\_b.\_farquhar](http://anthropology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty_member/judith_b._farquhar)  
  
**Michael Herzfeld** (Harvard University)  
[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/social\_faculty\_pages/social\_pages\_herzfeld.html](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/social_faculty_pages/social_pages_herzfeld.html)  
  
**Laurel Kendall** (Columbia University/American Museum of Natural History)  
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/kendall.html>  
  
**Li Zhang** (University of California Davis)  
<http://anthropology.ucdavis.edu/people/lizhang>

*Research Papers*  
**Jonathan Bach** (The New School for Social Research)  
[http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty\_anthro.aspx?id=16340](http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty_anthro.aspx?id=16340)  
  
**Patrick Eisenlohr** (University of Göttingen)  
<https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/356233.html>  
  
**Florence Galmiche** (Paris Diderot University)  
[http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/DocumentsFCK/ufrlcao/File/Site-Page-EC\_FGalmiche.pdf](http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/DocumentsFCK/ufrlcao/File/Site-Page-EC_FGalmiche.pdf)  
  
**Daniel Goh** (National University of Singapore)  
[http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/socgohd/stf\_socgohd.htm](http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/socgohd/stf_socgohd.htm)  
  
**Ju Hui Judy Han** (University of Toronto)  
<http://geography.utoronto.ca/profiles/judy-han/>  
  
**Erik Harms** (Yale University)  
[http://www.yale.edu/anthro/anthropology/Erik\_Harms.html](http://www.yale.edu/anthro/anthropology/Erik_Harms.html)  
  
**Angie Heo** (Max Planck Institute)  
<http://www.mmg.mpg.de/departments/religious-diversity/scientific-staff/dr-angie-heo/>  
  
**Matthew Hull** (University of Michigan)  
<http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hullm/>   
  
**Jin-Heon Jung** (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)  
<http://www.mmg.mpg.de/departments/religious-diversity/scientific-staff/dr-jin-heon-jung/>  
  
**Hyun Mee Kim** (Yonsei University)  
<http://web.yonsei.ac.kr/hmkim2/%EA%B5%90%EC%88%98%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%ED%95%84.htm>  
<http://web.yonsei.ac.kr/anthro/%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%84%EA%B5%90%EC%88%98.htm>  
  
**Yukiko Koga** (City University of New York, Hunter College)  
<http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/anthropology/faculty-staff/full-time-faculty/koga-yukiko>  
  
**Doreen Lee** (Northeastern University)  
<http://www.northeastern.edu/socant/faculty-and-staff/doreen-lee>  
  
**AbdouMaliq Simone** (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)  
<http://www.abdoumaliqsimone.com/Publications.html>  
  
**Doyoung Song** (Hanyang University)  
[http://www.hanyang.ac.kr/code\_html/Y3YDHE/introEng/faculty/](http://www.hanyang.ac.kr/code_html/Y3YDHE/introEng/faculty/)  
  
**Allison Truitt** (Tulane University)  
<http://anthropology.tulane.edu/fac.cfm>  
<http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/TRUDRE.html>  
  
For a detailed information and schedule: <http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/urbanfuturesinasia/home>



 

 



 

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