Critical Trespasses: Theorizing Political and Intellectual Borders

This seminar structures an encounter with theoretical writings about nation, subjectivity, power and culture, which are assembled for their relevance to "East Asia." The collection is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather intended to facilitate discussion of work that has shaped and revised active intellectual traditions. It starts with reflection on "area studies" as an academic discipline and moves to considerations of national identity and nationalism. It proceeds to reflections on politics and aesthetics and finally turns to practices - writing, media, technology - that embody and inflect these conceptual formations.