Professor Namiko Kunimoto will be giving a keynote talk for the ASIANetwork conference in Columbus on April 14th.

Information about her Keynote Presentation:

Namiko Kunimoto, Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies, Ohio State University

"Moving Forward, Looking Back: the Boundaries of Art History and AAPI Diaspora Studies"

Recently, academic institutions have recognized a lack of diversity in their faculty. As a result, an increasing number of faculty positions in Global Studies and Diaspora Studies have emerged. This talk is a reflection on my path through the academy, and the ways that it intersects with issues of race and visual studies in my field. Has the field of Asian art history become more open to AAPI-focused work? Are we in a moment of change? What can we do to make our field more inclusive and open to diversity?

Namiko Kunimoto is a specialist in modern and contemporary Japanese art, with research interests in gender, race, urbanization, photography, visual culture, performance art, transnationalism, and nation formation. Her keynote address is supported by the East Asian Studies Center of The Ohio State University.

More information can be found here.