Friday, May 12, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. in CEAS 319 (1155 E. 60th St.)
Robert Tierney, “Terminal Time, Authenticity, and Looking Back at Meiji”
This Friday, in conjunction with the East Asia: Transregional Histories workshop and the Midwestern Japanese Studies Workshop, we are pleased to host Robert Tierney (Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Professor Tierney will be presenting a chapter draft from his current book project. The chapter is an exploration of the writing of Nakae Chōmin’s One Year and a Half and its sequel, composed in 1901 after Chōmin was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In the chapter, Professor Tierney explores the concept of “terminal time,” and how Chōmin both reacted to and learned to live with his death sentence as reflected in the two novels.
The paper is available at this link. If you do not have the password, or if you have concerns about accessibility, please contact Alex Murphy at murphya1@uchicago.edu.
