at the University of California, Berkeley
Friday, April 25, 2008
UCB Faculty Club, Heyns Room (directions)
9 am - 5 pm
Participants
Keynote speaker and roundtable moderator: Robert Alter
Classical Chinese: Paula Varsano and Jeffrey Yang
Modern Chinese: Andrew Jones and Karen Kingsbury
French: Nicholas Paige and Donald Nicholson-Smith
Indonesian, Dutch: Rudolf Mrazek and Jeroen Dewulf
Japanese: H. Mack Horton and Dennis Washburn
Vietnamese: Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Linh Dinh
Schedule
9-9:45 -- opening remarks and keynote address: Robert Alter
9:50-10:10 -- classical Chinese: Paula Varsano and Jeffrey Yang
Q&A 10:10-10:30
10-min. break
10:40-11 -- modern Chinese: Andrew Jones and Karen Kingsbury
Q&A 11-11:20
11:20-11:40 -- Dutch, Indonesian: Jeroen Dewulf and Rudolf Mrazek
Q&A 11:40-12:00
1:30-1:50 -- French: Nicholas Paige and Donald Nicholson-Smith
Q&A 1:50-2:20
2:20-2:40 -- Japanese: H. Mack Horton and Dennis Washburn
Q&A 2:40-3:00
15-min. break
3:15-3:35 -- Vietnamese: Nguyen Nguyet Cam
Q&A 3:35-4:00
4-4:45 -- Roundtable discussion moderated by Robert Alter
Q&A 4:45-5
Sponsored by:
Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Institute of East Asian Studies, Dutch Studies Program, Dept of Comparative Literature, Department of French, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies