14 Mar 2008 | 9:00am - 6:00pm | CRASSH |
- Description
Description
Convenor: Mary Jacobus (University of Cambridge)
This event is part of the AHRC-funded Network, Translations and Transformations: China, Modernity, and Cultural Transmission.
Invited speakers include:
Lydia Liu (Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Columbia University)
Haun Saussy ((Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University)
Michel Hockx (SOAS, University of London)
Susan Daruvala (University of Cambridge) tbc
Christopher Rosenmeier (University of Cambridge)
Red Chang (University of Warwick)
All day Workshop at CRASSH. Places for the Workshop must be booked in advance. To register please use the booking form.
Some suggested readings for the event are as follows:
Lydia Liu, Clash of Empires, Chapter 2: Birth of the Super-Sign and Chapter 3: Figuring Sovereignty
Lydia Liu iSpace,Critical Inquiry, Volume 32, Number 3, Spring 2006
The readings are available at the reception at CRASSH and at the AMES Library. The journal article can also be found here.
This event is being organised with support from the AHRC.
Please address any administrative enquiries to events@crassh.cam.ac.uk.