June Conferences in China
June 20-21, 2008 "International Conference on Modern Chinese
Literature and Its Pedagogy"
Organized by Fudan University, Washington University, and Harvard University,
in collaboration with Shanghai University
A conference on the curriculum and teaching/learning materials of modern Chinese
literature.
June 20: at Shanghai University
June 21: at Fudan University (guests will stay on the Fudan campus for 3
nights: 6/19, 20, 21)
June 22, 2008 "Symposium on the History of Modern Chinese Literature and Popular Culture"
Organized by Fudan University
A conference to honor Professor Fan Boqun with special attention paid to his
recent publications on the history of modern Chinese literature and popular
culture.
June 23-24, 2008 Suzhou Visit
June 23: depart for Suzhou; June 24: return to Shanghai
June 23-24: A forum on overseas Chinese literature at Suzhou University.
A tour to the city will be arranged at the end of the forum.
Syllabi for "International Conference on Modern Chinese Literature and Its
Pedagogy"
(click on links to open PDF files in new window)
Yvonne Chang: Chinese Film and Literature
Letty Chen: Envisioning a New China: The May Fourth Era (1919-1949), After the May Fourth Era (1950-present)
Theodore Huters: Debating Globalization, Modern Chinese Literature in Translation, Contemporary Chinese Literature in Translation
Charles Laughlin: Contemporary Beijing Culture, The Revolutionary Tradition in Modern Chinese Literature
Jianmei Liu: Contemporary Chinese Cinema, Modern Chinese Literature, Modern Chinese Fiction, Literary and Filmic Representations of Women
Mingwei Song: The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film, The Chinese Literary Imagination
Weijie Song: Cities in Modern Chinese Literature and Film
Xiaobing Tang: On the Course of Modern Chinese Literature
Jing Tsu: Persons, Places, and Objects in Modern Chinese Literature
Robin Visser: The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film, Narrative Ethics in Modern China
David Wang:
Michelle Yeh: Modern Chinese Literature
Enhua Zhang: Modern Chinese Literature
For Panel Sessions and Abstracts click here
Contact:
Letty Chen, director of East Asian Studies:
llchen@wustl.edu
Krystel Mowery, EAS administrative assistant:
eas@artsci.wustl.edu