November 30th, 10:40 AM
Museums
Cristóbal Bianchi, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois
Emily Anderson, Curator, Japanese American National Museum
Gloria Yu Yang, Architecture, Kyushu University
This workshop is sponsored by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) in collaboration with Kyushu University in Japan.
Thank you to our co-sponsors:
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