Program
Friday, December 15
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Meet & Greet at the iHotel and Conference Center in the Technology Room
Saturday, December 16
Syposium located at the Levis Faculty Center; Room 300
919 West Illinois Street
Urbana, IL 61801
9:00 AM
Exhibition: Minnie Vautrin and Iris Chang Artefacts - Illinois State Museum and University of Illinois Library Archives
9.30 AM
Introduction - Dr. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, ACDIS-UIUC
9.35 AM
Welcome and Greetings - Dr. John Wilkin, Interim Provost, UIUC
Consul Li Han,
Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago
The Nanjing Massacre and the Events that Led to the Fall of the Chinese Capital
Chair: Dr. Cliff Singer, ACDIS Director, UIUC
9:50 AM
Remembering Kangzhan: World War II in China - Dr. Poshek Fu, UIUC
10:30 AM
Coffee Break & Exhibition of Minnie Vautrin and Iris Chang Artefacts - Illinois State Museum and University of Illinois Library Archives
10:45 AM
The Nanjing Massacre and American Eyewitnesses - Dr. Suping Lu, University of Nebraska
11:25 AM
The Legacies of the Japanese Empire in East Asian Security Today
- Dr. Jinhee Lee, Eastern Illinios University
12:05 PM
Panel Questions and Discussion
12:15 PM
Lunch Break & Exhibition of Minnie Vautrin and Iris Chang Artefacts - Illinois State Museum and University of Illinois Library Archives
Minnie Vautrin and Iris Chang
Chair: Dr. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, ACDIS-UIUC
1:30 PM
The Race to Nanking from Iris Chang, excerpts pgs 35-37 reading by Adele Suslick, University Laboratory High School.
1:35 PM
Chinese Farewell Song and Christian Hymn - Madrigal Choir, University Laboratory High School, Richard Murphy
1:45 PM
The Living Goddess of Nanking, from Iris Chang, excerpts pgs 129-134 reading by
Adele Suslick, University Laboratory High School.
1:55 PM
December 16th, 1937, Minnie Vautrin's Diary reading by
Dr. Elizabeth Majerus, University Laboratory High School.
2:05 PM
Minnie Vautrin and Her Diary during the Rape of Nanking - Dr. Hua-Ling Hu
2:35 PM
December 17th, 1937, Minnie Vautrin's Diary reading by Dr. Elizabeth Majerus, University Laboratory High School.
2:45 PM
Vautrin Documentary - Dr. Hua-Ling Hu
3:15 PM
December 18th & 19th, 1937, Minnie Vautrin's Diary reading by
Dr. Elizabeth Majerus, University Laboratory High School.
3:25 PM
Here War Is Simple, Poem by W H Auden a British Poet who saw the war in China - Adele Suslick, University Laboratory High School.
3:30 PM
Coffee Break & Exhibition of Minnie Vautrin and Iris Chang Artefacts - Illinois State Museum and University of Illinois Library Archives
3:40 PM
The Forgotten Holocaust: A second Rape from Iris Chang, pgs. 199-200 reading by
Adele Suslick, University Laboratory High School.
3:50 PM
Forgotten or Ignored? Cold War Perception of the Asian Holocaust in the U.S. - Dr. Shau-Jin Chang
4:30 PM
Remembering Iris Chang - Video presentation
4:35 PM
Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanjing - Recalling the Forgotten Holocaust of WW II -
Dr. Ying-Ying Chang
5:15 PM
Discussion
5:30 PM
Exhibition of Minnie Vautrin and Iris Chang Artefacts - Illinois State Museum and University of Illinois Library Archives