Department of East Asian Studies welcomes Dr. Alexa Alice Joubin

Please join the Department of East Asian Studies in welcoming Dr. Alexa Alice Joubin for a series of public events in collaboration with the Department of English and Film Studies, the Department of Drama and the Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Dr. Joubin is a scholar whose expertise spans almost every discipline in the humanities, and is a professional committed both to non-Western studies (especially East Asian Studies) and gender studies. 

Dr. Joubin’s visit is made possible through the generous support of the following partners and sponsors: Department of East Asian Studies | Vice-President (Research and Innovation) Distinguished Visitor Fund | Kule Institute for Advanced Study | China Institute | Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts | Department of Drama | Department of English and Film Studies | Department of Women’s and Gender Studies | Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Schedule of Events

EASIA-EFS Event: Generative AI as the Publics’ Shadow in Heterotopia

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
11:00 a.m. MST
Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South

Outputs by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT are a form of theatrical performance. AI draws on users’ prompts and the publics’ collective memories to produce ad-hoc performances for its user-audiences. Dr. Joubin brings performance studies and interface theories to the study of AI and the humanities.

A reception will follow the presentation.

Learn more here.

EDI Event | Building an Inclusive Vocabulary: Transgender and Disability Studies through Film (A Workshop)

Tuesday, September 3, 2024
4:00 p.m. MST
CCIS 1-160 and virtual via Zoom (register for Zoom link)

How does gender intersect with dis/ability as social practices? Come learn about the key issues with today’s vocabulary about gender and disability as social practices. We will do so through a quick history of representations of disabled and transgender individuals in popular media in this interactive and illustrated session. Registration is required.

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DRAMA Event | Hamlet for Tears, Shamlet for Laughs, and Shams for Misremembrance: From High Tragedy to Comic Parody in a Taiwanese Rewrite of a Shakespearean Classic

Thursday, September 5, 2024
3:30 p.m. MST
Lobby, Timms Centre for the Arts

Shamlet is a rollicking send-up of Shakespeare’s grim tragedy of Hamlet. The Taiwanese version is a meta-drama that depicts a bumbling theatre troupe trying to stage Hamlet. In this workshop, Dr. Joubin will enlist a group of University of Alberta Drama students to read and bring to life an excerpt of Act 2 of Shamlet, and then offer an analysis of the play. A reception will follow the presentation. All are welcome.

Learn more here.