Posted in Presentations on Jan 21st, 2009
To download the outline of the talk, click here: the-cultural-significance-of-peking-opera-and-mei-lanfang
4:30pm | Harper Memorial | Room 145
Fu Jin 傅谨
Visiting Professor at the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
Professor in Chinese music drama at the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts 中国戏曲学院
“京剧与梅兰芳的文化意义”
(“The Cultural Significance of Peking Opera and Mei Lanfang”)
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Posted in Presentations on Jan 14th, 2009
To download the paper, click here: widmer_jan-20
4:40PM | Regenstein Library | Room 523
Ellen Widmer
(Professor at the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Wellesley College)
The Saoye Shanfang of Suzhou and Shanghai:An Evolution in Five Stages
Abstract: The paper details the evolution of a Suzhou bookshop, Saoye shanfang 掃葉山房, through four main stages. Saoyeshanfang started in late [...]
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Posted in Presentations on Jan 14th, 2009
4:00pm | CWAC | Room 156
Quincy Ngan
(Ph.D. student, Art History Department, University of Chicago)
“Eating Azurite and Malachite: The Age-Defying Connotation of the Blue-and-Green Style”
Abstract:
I look at paintings which represent “the realm of the immortals” and, interestingly, all are painted with azurite and malachite, the two pigments which constitutes “the “blue-and-green style.” My presentation questions why [...]
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