Mao Era Conference 2006: Program

Organized by: The Icelandic Centre of Asian Studies (ASÍS) and the Icelandic Chinese Cultural Society (KÍM）.
Venue: University of Iceland, Main Building, Hátíðarsalur
Papers/Abstracts are linked through the titles.

Mao: biographical notes and About the Lecturers (pdf format)

Conference Programme (pdf format):

09:30-09:50 Opening and welcome
Ólafur Egilsson, Chairman of the Icelandic-Chinese Cultural Society, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1998-2002
09:50-10:50 First keynote address
Dr. Michael Schoenhals, Associate Professor, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University:
“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose!” – Mao the Storyteller"
Moderator: Elín M. Hallgrímsdóttir, Icelandic Centre of Asian Studies
10:50-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Second keynote address
Dr. Vivian Wagner, Assistant Professor, Chinese Society and Culture Programme at the Department of Humanities, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland:
Sex, Blood and Tears: Red Guard Lyrics, CR Visual Art and Contemporary Bricolage
Moderator: Arnþór Helgason, Icelandic-Chinese Cultural Society
12:00-13:00 Lunch break Place: The Nordic House
13:00-14:30 First session – Language, Philosophy, Ideology

Maurizio Marinelli, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol:
Names and Reality in Mao Zedong's Political Discourse on Intellectuals
Daniel Leese, Faculty of East-Asian Studies, University of Munich:
Communist Morality and the Market: On the Compilation of the “Quotations from Chairman Mao”
Ragnar Baldursson, Independent Scholar of Sinology:
Reflections on Mao’s Philosophy

14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-16:15 Second session – History, Legacy, Interpretation

Jeremy Brown, Department of History, University of California, San Diego:
Burning the Grassroots: Chen Boda and the Four Cleanups in Suburban Tianjin

Special guest speaker: Professor Richard Baum, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Los Angeles:
The Changing Mao: 1949-2006
Moderator: Magnús Björnsson, Icelandic-Chinese Cultural Society
16:15-16:45

Matthías Johannessen, poet, playwright and novelist Reading of Mao’s Poetry (in Icelandic)
16:45-17:00 Closing remarks
Anna Agnarsdóttir, Chairwoman of the Icelandic Centre of Asian Studies; Professor, Department of History, University of Iceland
17:00-18:00 Reception
Offered by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China

Efnisyfirlit

Iceland International Conference on the Mao Zedong Era

Iceland International Conference on the Mao Zedong Era
11 November 2006

Mao: biographical notes and About the Lecturers (pdf format)

Conference Programme (pdf format):

“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose!” – Mao the Storyteller"

Sex, Blood and Tears: Red Guard Lyrics, CR Visual Art and Contemporary Bricolage

Names and Reality in Mao Zedong's Political Discourse on Intellectuals

Communist Morality and the Market: On the Compilation of the “Quotations from Chairman Mao”

Reflections on Mao’s Philosophy

Burning the Grassroots: Chen Boda and the Four Cleanups in Suburban Tianjin

The Changing Mao: 1949-2006

Matthías Johannessen, poet, playwright and novelist Reading of Mao’s Poetry (in Icelandic)

Efnisyfirlit

Iceland International Conference on the Mao Zedong Era

Iceland International Conference on the Mao Zedong Era 11 November 2006

Mao: biographical notes and About the Lecturers (pdf format)

Conference Programme (pdf format):

“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose!” – Mao the Storyteller"

Sex, Blood and Tears: Red Guard Lyrics, CR Visual Art and Contemporary Bricolage

Names and Reality in Mao Zedong's Political Discourse on Intellectuals

Communist Morality and the Market: On the Compilation of the “Quotations from Chairman Mao”

Reflections on Mao’s Philosophy

Burning the Grassroots: Chen Boda and the Four Cleanups in Suburban Tianjin

The Changing Mao: 1949-2006

Matthías Johannessen, poet, playwright and novelist Reading of Mao’s Poetry (in Icelandic)

Iceland International Conference on the Mao Zedong Era
11 November 2006