Christopher Laing Hill (Northwestern University Press, 2020) For information from the publisher, please click here. An open-access digital version is available here. Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form overturns Eurocentric genealogies and globalizing generalizations about “world literature” by examining the complex, … [Read more...]
The Cultural Turn in Arabic Literary Production
Conference Events will be held over the course of three days in Faculty House, Garden Room 2 and Knox Hall, Room 509. For a detailed schedule of events, click here. Sponsored by: Columbia University’s MESAAS Department, Middle East Institute, SoF/Heyman Center, Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Division of Humanities/ … [Read more...]
“Making Confucians in Confinement: Imprisoned Officials in Ming China (1368-1644)”
Lecture “Making Confucians in Confinement: Imprisoned Officials in Ming China (1368-1644)” Ying Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ohio State University Dorothy Y. Ko, Professor, Department of History, Barnard College Monday, December 4, 2017 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs Building Room 918 No registration required Co-sponsored by the … [Read more...]
“Frankenstein in China: A Chinese Diplomat, an Indian Automaton, and the Characterization of China as a ‘Sleeping Lion'”
Lecture "Frankenstein in China: A Chinese Diplomat, an Indian Automaton, and the Characterization of China as a ‘Sleeping Lion’" Ari Larissa Heinrich, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Literature, Comparative Literature, and Cultural Studies, University of California San Diego Thursday, November 9, 2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 This talk explores … [Read more...]
February 24 Event “Sound and Image: Chinese Poets in Conversation with Artist Xu Bing:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the February 24, 2015 event "Sound and Image: Chinese Poets in Conversation with Artist Xu Bing." The standing-room only event featured a stimulating discussion between internationally acclaimed artist Xu Bing and five renowned Chinese poets: Bei Dao, Ouyang Jianghe, Xi Chuan, Zhai Yongming, and Zhou Zan. Their conversation was … [Read more...]
