Download the Dragon Tails 2015 program and abstracts.pdf for details of papers, speakers, events and program timetable.
Dragon Tails 2015 was a single-stream conference from Thursday, 2 July to Sunday, 5 July 2015.
We were pleased to welcome our international speaker, Professor Evelyn Hu-DeHart from Brown University, USA, whose topic was 'Tristes Tropiques': Chinese coolie labor on sugar plantations in Cuba and other tropical islands.
There was also a special pre-conference tour on Thursday 2 July to see the Chinese heritage of the towns of Atherton and Innisfail.
Program - timetable at a glance
Thursday 2 July
9.00 - 5.00 Pre-conference Tour - Chinese Heritage of
Atherton and Innisfail
5.30 - 7.30 Conference Opening Reception
Friday 3 July
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome and Introduction
9.30 - 10.30 Keynote Presentation - Prof. Evelyn Hu-DeHart,
Brown University, USA
10.30 - 11.00 Morning tea
11.00 - 12.30 Panel 1 - Racism and Resistance
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 - 3.00 Panel 2 - Retrieving Memories, Retrieving History
3.00 - 3.30 Afternoon tea
3.30 - 5.00 Panel 3 - Journeys, Locations, Vessels
Friday Dinner not organized but restaurant suggestions were offered
for delegates
Saturday 4 July
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 10.30 Panel 4 - Temples and Geomancy
10.30 - 11.00 Morning tea
11.00 - 12.30 Panel 5 - Currency, Numerals and Shopkeeping
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 - 3.00 Panel 6 - Remembering the 'Departed'
3.00 - 3.30 Afternoon tea
3.30 - 5.00 Panel 7 - Rural Workers, Rural Communities
6.00 - 7.00 Cairns Chinatown Walking Tour
7.00 Conference Dinner - Golden Boat Chinese Restaurant
Sunday 5 July
8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 10.30 Panel 8 - Politics and Inclusion
10.30 - 11.00 Morning tea
11.00 - 12.30 Panel 9 - Art and Performance
12.30 Conference Close
1.30 Yum Cha Lunch - Cafe China
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Contact
Convenors - Paul Macgregor, Sandi Robb, Janice Wegner
Email - dragontailsconference2015@gmail.com
Twitter - www.twitter.com/dragontailsconf