Summaries of Scholarly Symposia 1.1

The Trans-Asia Photography Review is pleased to publish summaries and reviews of symposia, conferences, panels and workshops on topics related to photography in Asia. In addition to the symposia summarized here, summaries of the symposia on 19th Century photography in India held at the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts can be found via their website at www.acparchives.com and abstracts from the Facing Asia conference (National Gallery of Australia, August 2010) can be downloaded at http://hrc.anu.edu.au/events/facing-asia. Please send information on other meetings that could be summarized to the Editor at asianphotography@hampshire.edu. This issue features three symposia: The Role of Photography in Shaping China's Image, 1860-1945 (Northwestern University, April 24-25, 2009) China Seen by the Chinese: Documentary Photography, 1951-2003 (Princeton University, October 24, 2009) Photographic Practices, Visual Transgression, and National Identity in Meiji Japan and Early Republican China (Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, March 2009)