All events will meet from 3:00 to 5:00pm at the Center for East Asian Studies 319 (1155 E. 60th St.) unless otherwise specified. As usual, we will send reminder emails with information for the exact time and location prior to every workshop session, along with the link to the pre-circulation materials. For meetings via Zoom, we will send the registration link prior to the workshop session.
Our schedule is always subject to change. Please check this page for the latest updates.
Fall 2024 Schedule
October 4th (in-person)
Simon Lenoe, Ph. D. Student, EALC
“Reading Race Across Languages and Disciplines in the Early Works of Mori Ogai”
Discussant: Hoyt Long, Professor of Japanese Literature, EALC
Location: Center for East Asian Studies 319 (1155 E. 60th St.)
ACCESS PAPER HERE with password Mori
November 8th (in-person)
Shiqi Lin, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
“Digital Soundscapes of In-Betweeness: Crisis Documentation Through Global Chinese Podcasting”
Discussant: Lilian Kong, Ph. D. Student, EALC & CMS
Location: Center for East Asian Studies 319 (1155 E. 60th St.)
★This event is co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies as well as the Digital Media Workshop ★
NOVEMBER 15TH (!!THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!)
Nicole Huang, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong
(!!THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!)
November 22nd (in-person) 3PM-7:30PM***
“Translating the Multilingual” Symposium
Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, Associate Professor for English Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University, & founding co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Jennifer Feeley, scholar and translator of Chinese and Hong Kong literature, whose recent translations include Mourning a Breast by Hong Kong writer Xi Xi and Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa.
May Huang, UChicago alumna and translator of the collection A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist by Hong Kong poet Derek Chung
Moderator: Nicole Liu, Ph. D. Student, EALC
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3PM: 90-min panel conversation with all panelists
5PM: Keynote lecture by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
(There will be a coffee break between events, as well as a reception following the lecture)
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Location: TBD
★ This event is co-sponsored by Associate Professor Paola Iovene (EALC) with support from the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies★
December 5th (in-person)***Thursday Event!
Siting Jiang, Ph. D. Candidate, EALC
“Vocalizing literature in modern Chinese classrooms, 1912-1936.”
Discussant: TBD
Location: Center for East Asian Studies 319 (1155 E. 60th St.)
Coordinators: Lilian Kong and Nicole Liu, EALC
Faculty Sponsors: Professor Michael Bourdaghs and Professor Paola Iovene