| < Back to Newsbyte Headlines | | Desnoyers, Ossa, and Biehl Present at Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference | On October 31, Dr. Charles Desnoyers, Associate Professor of History, Dr. Luisa Ossa, Associate Professor of Spanish, and Dr. Hsiao-Ping Biehl, Assistant Professor of Spanish, presented at the Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MAR/AAS) as part of a panel entitled “Barbarian Paradise and Buddhist Hell: Chinese Utopian and Dystopian Views of the Americas.” Desnoyers, who also chaired the panel, delivered a paper entitled, “Centennial Philadelphia through Chinese Eyes,” which examined Chinese observer Li Gui’s observations and perceptions of Philadelphia during the Centennial. Ossa’s paper, “Utopias, Dystopias and Perceptions: Cuba and China in Cristina García’s Monkey Hunting,” focused on how Chinese characters in García’s novel view both China and Cuba. Biehl’s paper, entitled “Creating a Utopia: the Chinese Community in Ecuador,” explored some of the reasons Chinese immigrants choose to immigrate to Ecuador, as well as their perceptions of Ecuador after arriving. Pictured are Ossa, Desnoyers, and Biehl.
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