Immigrant Workers, Roads, and Nation Building: Legacies of the Transcontinental Railroad on its 150th
CAS Event
Wednesday, October 30, 1PM to 6:30PM
British and Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library
Please Register Below
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Center of the American West, the Center for Asian Studies, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØArt and Art History, and the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØHistory Department are hosting a conference exploring the issues of labor and transportation in the creation of the railroad.
Schedule
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Empire, Infrastructure, and Labor
Taylor Jaworski – Economics, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Patty Limerick – Faculty Director and Chair of the Board, Center of the American West, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Tim Oakes – Director of the Center for Asian Studies, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
2:45 – 4:15 p.m. – Art and the Transcontinental Railroad
Screening: Chinese Ghost Story: A Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino film
Dan Boord – Professor Emeritus, Critical Media Practices, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Zhi Lin – Chair of the Painting and Drawing Program at the University of Washington
Stephanie Su – Art and Art History, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
Luis Valdovino – Art and Art History, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder
William Wei – History, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and Colorado State Historian
4:15 – 5:15 p.m. – Light Reception
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Working on the Railroad: Chinese Workers and America’s First Transcontinental Line - CANCELLED due to weather
Gordon Chang, Professor of American History & Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities, Stanford University, Athearn Lecturer
6:30 – 7:15 p.m. – Book Signing
Gordon Chang of Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEU4o4jp2j0&feature=emb_logo]