Agent Orange :
Landscape, Body, Image
Conference and Art Exhibit
California Museum of Photography
University of California, Riverside
May 7 – 9, 2009
Thursday, May 7
Exhibit Opening Reception (6:30pm) and Keynote (7:00 pm)
Goro Nakamura 34-Year Investigation into Agent Orange
Friday, May 8
Panel (morning session) : LANDSCAPE
Phùng Tửu Bôi Việt Nam : War’s Lasting Legacy, From Research to Remediation
Ed Martini Bodies of Evidence : Agent Orange and the Global Environmental Imaginary
Tine Gammeltoft Visual fields : The Ghostly Presence of Agent Orange in Medical Images in Vietnam
Erin Collins Bioavailability : Geographies of Dioxin Mobility through Soil, Landscapes, and Bodies
David Zierler Herbicides and Presidential Decision-Making : The Rise and Fall of Agent Orange, 1961-1975
Panel (afternoon session) : IMAGE
Đoàn Đức Minh Suffering and Smiles
Đỉnh Q. Lê Damaged Gene
Binh Danh The Orange Effect
Debra J. Kraus Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light) : An Artistic Dialogue about Agent Orange
Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh Agent Orange : U.S. and Vietnamese Perceptions, Discourse, and Reality Screening : A Story of the Corner in the Park 7:00 pm [Chuyện Từ Một Góc Công Viên]
Discussion with Director Trần Văn Thủy
Saturday May 9
Panel (morning session) : BODY
Diane Fox Agent Orange as ‘Social Fact’ : Stories, Sciences, Laws, Environments, and Human Health
Mike Boehm Hope Rises from the Ashes of My Lai
Charles R. Bailey Mobilizing Resources for Solutions
Leonard Tran Agent Orange : Perspectives from Vietnam America
Chun Kyung-soo Agent Orange : Perspectives from Korea
Roundtable and Conference Closing (early afternoon)
Organizers : Christina Schwenkel (cschwenk@ucr.edu), David Biggs (david.biggs@ucr.edu), Lan Duong (lan.duong@ucr.edu)
Sponsors : SEATRiP ; UC Pacific Rim Research Foundation ; Center for Ideas and Society ; Department of Media and Cultural Studies