
September 25, 2009 - 9:00am
The Stanford Humanities Center
Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford Humanities Center, and Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Free and open to the public.
**Please note the 2-day forum will be conducted PRIMARILY in Chinese.**
SEPTEMBER 25, FRIDAY
1:00 p.m. -- Opening Remarks
Chaofen Sun, Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford University
Richard Saller, Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
1:30 p.m. -- Keynote Speech
"Let Forest be Forest -- Together We Enjoy Diversity, Understanding, Harmony and Progress"
Madame Tie Ning, President, Chinese Writers' Association
2:00 p.m. -- English Summary of Keynote and Q&A
Ban Wang, Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford University
2:30 p.m. -- Tea Break
2:50 p.m. -- Panel I: Globalization and Literature
Panel Chair: Haiyan Lee, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford University
The Situation and Predicament of Chinese Poems at Current Times
Li Licong , Vice President of Hebei Provincial Writers' Association
Chinese Writers on Writing
Arthur Sze, Professor Emeritus, Institute of American Indian Arts
Ripe Crops, Silk Making and Yellow Loquat
Tang Xiaoling, Professor, Suzhou University
Changing Our Minds
Eavan Boland, Professor, English, Stanford University
4:30 p.m. -- Q&A
Moderator: Ban Wang, Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford University
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SEPTEMBER 26, SATURDAY
9:00 a.m. -- Panel II: National Literature, Politics, and the World
Panel Chair: Michael Berry, Associate Profesor, University of California, Santa Barbara
From The East is Red to The Sun Rises from the East-- The Return of A Founding Father
Xiaomei Chen, Professor, University of California, Davis
National Literature in Language Globalization
Wang Yueli, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Suo Fang Magazine
Denationalizing Literature
Robin Visser, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:15 a.m. -- Q&A
10:45 a.m. -- Panel III: Translation, Cultural Exchange, and International Community
Panel Chair: Xiaomei Chen, Professor, University of California, Davis
Translation, Transcription, and Being Translated: Reflections on the Challenges of Chinese-English Literary Translation
Michael Berry, Associate Profesor, University of California, Santa Barbara
What Americans See: Chinese Fiction in Translation
Sabina Knight, Associate Professor, Smith College
Internet Literature vs. Traditional Writing
Deng Xian, Vice President of Sichuan Provincial Writers' Association
12:00 p.m. -- Q&A
12:30 -- Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. -- Panel IV: Reading, Writing, and the Public Sphere
Panel Chair: Robin Visser, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
What Good is Literature? Reflections on Aesthetics, Politics, and Ethics
Haiyan Lee, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford University
The Role of Literature in Social Progress--Writers' Social Responsibility
Wu Yiqin, Vice Curator of China Modern Literature Museum
Looking at the Librarie Avant-Garde: Bookstores and the Chinese Public Sphere from Mao to Now
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor, University of California, Irvine
The Development of Native Literature
Sun Huifen, Vice President of Liaoning Provincial Writers' Association
3:40 p.m. -- Q&A
4:10 p.m. -- Tea Break
4:30 p.m. -- Round Table Discussion: What Can Literature Contribute to a More Open Global
Society?
Moderator: Ban Wang, Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford
University
-Deng Xian, Vice President of Sichuan Provincial Writers' Association
-Sun Huifen, Vice President of Liaoning Provincial Writers' Association
-Wu Yiqin , Vice Curator of China Modern Literature Museum
-Eavan Boland, Professor, English, Stanford University
-Xiaomei Chen, Professor, University of California, Davis
-Sabina Knight, Associate Professor, Smith College
5:30 p.m. -- Closing Remarks
Free and open to the public.
Event Sponsor:
Center for East Asian Studies, The Stanford Humanities Center and the Department for East Asian Languages and Cultures
Contact Email:
hlee17@stanford.edu
Contact Phone:
723-3363
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