Panel Discussion "Ge Fei in New York: On the Translation of His Novel 'The Invisibility Cloak'" Ge Fei, Author Canaan Morse, Translator Moderated by Lydia H. Liu, Director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 Registration … [Read more...]
March 21 Event: “Woman and City: A Conversation with Wang Anyi:” Photos
Photographs are now available from the March 21, 2016 event "Woman and City: A Conversation with Wang Anyi" The sold-out event featured acclaimed author Wang Anyi in conversation with Lydia H. Liu, Director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities. Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and … [Read more...]
Study of the WEAI “The Age of Irreverence” is featured in the media
Christopher Rea's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (University of California Press, 2015) has recently been the focus of media attention. Rea, an associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, discussed his book with host Carla Nappi on the New Books in East Asian Studies … [Read more...]
April 24 ‘Jin Ping Mei’ Event: Photos and Audio
Photographs are available here from the April 24, 2014 event A Contemporary Conversation on a Chinese Erotic Classic: David Roy's Translation of 'Jin Ping Mei' and New Scholarly Directions, which featured Weatherhead East Asian Institute professor Wei Shang and Princeton professor Paize Keulemans. WEAI professor Eugenia Lean moderated the discussion. The standing-room … [Read more...]
