Lecture "A History of Distant Reading in Japan" Hoyt Long, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Chicago Thursday, February 15, 2018 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures … [Read more...]
“The Many Lives of Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu)”
Lecture "The Many Lives of Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu)" Cam Nguyen, Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley Moderated by John Phan, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 424 No registration required. Nguyen Du’s "The Tale of Kieu" has long been considered the most widely … [Read more...]
Sept. 26 Event: “Luminous Memories: Bei Dao in Conversation with Eliot Weinberger:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the September 26, 2017 event "Luminous Memories: Bei Dao in Conversation with Eliot Weinberger." During the sold-out event in Jerome Greene Hall, Bei Dao, widely recognized as the foremost poet of his generation, engaged essayist and translator Eliot Weinberger in a conversation about his newly published book, City Gate, Open Up, … [Read more...]
“Luminous Memories: Bei Dao in Conversation with Eliot Weinberger”
Panel Discussion "Luminous Memories: Bei Dao in Conversation with Eliot Weinberger" Bei Dao, Poet and Author Eliot Weinberger, Essayist 6:10 PM - 8:00 PM Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 Registration required. Please register at https://luminousmemories.eventbrite.com Bei Dao, widely recognized as the foremost poet of his generation, will engage essayist and … [Read more...]
2017-18 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar Tyran Grillo to Give Book Reading at Kinokuniya NYC on Sept. 9
Tryan Grillo, who is joining the Weatherhead East Asian Institute as the 2017-2018 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in East Asia and the Americas, will be reading from his new translation of Yoshiki Tanaka's science-fiction novel Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Volume 4: Stratagem at the Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York City at 3:00 PM on Saturday, September 9, 2017. Please … [Read more...]
