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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Fairbank Center: Du Fu (712-770): China’s Greatest Poet: A Conference in Honor of the Library of Chinese Humanities
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center: Du Fu (712-770): China’s Greatest Poet: A Conference in Honor of the Library of Chinese Humanities
DESCRIPTION:<p> </p><p>Website: <a href="http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/dufu/home" target="_self">http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/dufu/home</a></p><p>The symposium brings together over twenty scholars in premodern and modern Chinese literary studies from North America and East Asia.  The discussions will focus on four aspects:</p><ul><li>Rethinking Du Fu in the context of the medieval world and poetics</li><li>Dimensions of Du Fu’s works less explored in Du Fu studies, such as Buddhism, humor, self-exegesis, and everyday life</li><li>Reception of Du Fu from Song through Qing literature, literary criticism, and art</li><li>The reinvention of Du Fu in modern times</li></ul><p>The conference will be conducted in English and Chinese. It is open to the public.</p><p>Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard-Yenching Institute, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.</p><p><strong>Organizer: Xiaofei Tian</strong>, Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University</p><p> </p>
LOCATION:CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, 1730 Cambridge St.  Cambridge, MA
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