RACE AND EMPIRE AT THE FAIR
A Centennial Symposium on the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Friday, October 16, 2009
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Petersen Room, Allen Library, University of Washington
Free and open to the public
To commemorate the centennial of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest and University of Washington Libraries invite you to a symposium on "Race and Empire at the Fair." How did the AYP reflect, reproduce, and perhaps challenge prevailing notions of race and empire?
Indigenous Roles and Representations
Chair: Alexandra Harmon, University of Washington
Discussant: Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia
Lisa Blee, Wake Forest University
“‘I Came Voluntarily to Work, Sing and Dance’: Varied Experiences and Meanings from Inside the Eskimo Village”
Deana Dartt-Newton, University of Washington
“Performing Dominance at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909: Rhetorical Strategies and Native Agency”
Joshua Reid, University of Massachusetts, Boston
“Indigenous Representations and the Geography of Empire at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition”
Local and Transpacific Imperial Roots and Routes
Chair: Moon-Ho Jung, University of Washington
Discussant: Vicente Rafael, University of Washington
John M. Findlay, University of Washington
“From Frontier to Empire: Region, Nation, and Urban Ambition in Seattle, 1900-1910”
Shelley Lee, Oberlin College
“‘Gateway to the Orient’: Seattle, Japan, and Japanese Americans at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition”
Jon A. Olivera, University of Washington
“Imperial Alchemy: The Logics and Limitations of Race and Design at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition”
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington, and University of Washington Libraries