On Wednesday, February 26th, writer and translator Mike Fu spoke with a group of students from the East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALAC) department and the MA in Regional Studies – East Asia (MARSEA) program about his process of translating Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao. Born in Chongqing in 1943 and raised in Taiwan during an era in which few women traveled … [Read more...]
Exploring Hybrid Identities with Writer and Filmmaker Xiaolu Guo
WEAI Writer-in-Residence Xiaolu Guo explored the concept of hybrid identities in a dialogue on February 25, 2020, with Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Columbia School of Social Work. Guo, who is a novelist, essayist, and filmmaker, read passages from her published works, weaving her vividly descriptive writing into the discussion centered around identity … [Read more...]
Alumni Feature: Mike Fu, translator of Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao
In 1973, a Taiwanese woman by the name of Sanmao made her way to the turbulent Spanish Sahara. She trekked through cultural and linguistic barriers, romance, solitude, and mirages, before publishing her experiences of the desert in the form of a book. Now, more than four decades after its original publication in Chinese, Sanmao's groundbreaking 1976 debut Stories of the Sahara … [Read more...]
Splicing cultures: Xiaolu Guo on novels and filmmaking, in conversation with Carol Gluck
Maison Francaise and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination Event Part of the Institute at the Maison Series Please join us for a lecture with: Xiaolu Guo, Writer-In-Residence, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University Moderated by: Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of … [Read more...]
Hybrid Identities: A Dialogue with Xiaolu Guo
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Please join us for a conversation with: Xiaolu Guo, Writer-In-Residence, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures Columbia University Moderated by: Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Columbia School of Social Work About the … [Read more...]
