Monday, March 6th 2017
Panels take place in JRL 122 in the Joseph Regenstein Library (1100 E 57th St).
The poetry reading takes place at the Seminary Co-op (5751 S Woodlawn Ave).
11:30 Lunch
12:30-14:30 Collaboration and Community
| Jeffrey Angles – Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Language and Translation Studies, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Western Michigan University Steve Bradbury – Translator, contemporary Chinese poetry Itō Hiromi – Poet Silvia Marijnissen – Translator, Chinese literature Ye Mimi – Poet and Filmmaker MODERATOR: Michael Bourdaghs – Professor in Modern Japanese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago DISCUSSANT: Nicholas Y.H. Wong – Poet and Ph.D. candidate, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Chicago |
14:30-14:40 Coffee Break
14:40-16:30 On the Outside Looking In
| Peter Robinson – Author and Professor of English and American Literature, University of Reading Brother Anthony of Taizé – Translator; Emeritus Professor, Sogang University and Chair-Professor, Dankook University Eun-Gwi Chung – Associate Professor, Department of English Literature and Culture, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies MODERATOR: Haun Saussy – University Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, the Committee on Social Thought, and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago DISCUSSANT: Emily Jungmin Yoon – Poet, Translator, Poetry Editor, and Ph.D. candidate, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago |
17:00 Seminary Co-op Reading with Ito Hiromi and Ye Mimi
Tuesday, March 7th 2017
The panel and poetry slam take place in Room 110 in the Classics Building (1010 E 59th St).
The poetry reading takes place at International House in Coulter Lounge (1414 E 59th St).
9:00-11:30 Contemporary Interventions
| Young-mee Yu Cho – Associate Professor of Korean Language and Culture, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Rutgers University Jennifer Feeley – Writer, Editor and Translator, literature from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Marianne Tarcov – Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago MODERATOR: Paola Iovene – Associate Professor in Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago DISCUSSANT: Nicholas Lambrecht – Ph.D. candidate, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago |
11:30 Lunch + Poetry Translation Slam
| JUDGE: Susan Harris – Editorial director of Words Without Borders |
17:00 I-House Reading with Peter Robinson and Brother Anthony