Yu Hua and Alan Barr Public Reading and Q & A
Tuesday, Nov. 22
7:00pm
Silver Center (100 Washington Square East), room 405
Join acclaimed Chinese author, Yu Hua, as he gives readings from his recent book of essays, "China in Ten Words," and his 2006 novel "Brothers."
Translated by Allan Barr and Xudong Zhang
Yu Hua's new book of essays has been described by Salon as "the everyday stuff that conveys more understanding than a thousand Op-Eds." He'll be joined by his translator Allan Barr and NYU's own Xudong Zhang, Chair of the East Asian Studies department and director of China House, who will direct a Q & A session from NYU faculty, students, and audience members. The event will be from 7PM to 9PM on November 22 in room 405 of the Silver Center, 24 Waverly Place (aka 100 Wash Sq E). Copies of his most recent work, including both "China in Ten Words" and "Brothers" will be available for purchase.
For further information, contact Jacob Dreyer at (434)825-9848 or at jad575@nyu.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies and China House.
YU HUA PANEL DISCUSSION:
Fiction and Social Change: Symposium on Yu Hua's Brothers
Thursday, December 1, 2011
10:00am
The Kimmel Center (60 Washington Square South)
room 905
Join us for a one-day research workshop/symposium on Yu Hua's acclaimed novel Brothers, where Yu Hua himself will be joined by his translators, Carlos Rojas and Eileen Chow, as well as NYU professor Xudong Zhang, for an in-depth discussion of the novel. Additionally, NYU graduate students will showcase their research on issues of contemporary Chinese literature with respect to Yu Hua's authorial practice, the role of the writer in contemporary China, and other issues. The workshop will have both Chinese and English as working languages.
The workshop/symposium is open to the public.
For any questions, contact China House assistant Jacob Dreyer at jad575@nyu.edu or at (434) 825-9848.
Schedule
10:00 AM: opening remarks from Xudong Zhang, Chair, Department of East Asian Studies and Director, China House
10:05 AM: Introduction on Brothers, Yu Hua
10:30 AM: Presenter: Todd Foley, doctoral student in EAS
11:00 AM: Discussants: Shiqi Liao, Lecturer in EAS; and Xudong Zhang
11:30 Open Discussions
12:30pm: Lunch Break
1:30 PM: Presenters: Carlos Rojas & Eileen Chow, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University, and co-translators of Brothers
2:30 PM: Presenter: Jun Xie, doctoral student in EAS
3:00 PM: Response by Yu Hua
3:30: Coffee break
3:45-5:15PM: Concluding roundtable: Yu Hua, Eileen Chow, Carlos Rojas, Todd Foley, Jun Xie, Zhuo Liu, Pu Wang, and Xudong Zhang. Moderated by Peter Button (Professor, EAS). Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies and China House.
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies and China House.
PAST AND PRESENT IN CHINA
Dec. 2nd 9:30-6:30 and Dec. 3rd 10:00-6:30:
This two-day conference is focused on Chinese history, specifically the way in which the new Qing history which has made the historiography of the 17th-19th century so dynamic in the last few years, seems to have had almost no impact on 20th-century history. Interdisciplinary in nature, it will include discussions of the New History movement, border crossings, health and the body, the environment, consumption and material culture, and religion. Organized by NYU history professor Joanna Cohen-Waley, at the Humanities Initiative, 20 Cooper Sq. 5th Floor. Sponsored by China House, FAS Dean of Humanities, NYU Humanities Initiative, NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU Institute of Fine Arts, and the NYU Departments of History and Religious Studies.
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Co-sponsored by the Department of Cinema Studies. With generous support from China House.
Getting the Past Out Loud: Memory Projects with Wu Wenguang
December, 3 2011 | 12:00 - 1:00pm
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
A five-film weekend with documentary director and artist Wu Wenguang where he will present films from The Memory Project, based at Coachangdi Workstation in Beijing. From there, young filmmakers fanned out to return to family villages and their own pasts, real and imagined, to inquire about The Great Famine of 1959-61 - a disaster of which memories have been actively abandoned by the state. But the films reveal as much about the wish for memory as of memory itself and of the interesting role of film in such projects of retrieval. Two of Wu's works will be featured. Program: Saturday, December 3 12 pm Treatment (2010, 80 min) Directed by Wu Wenguang 1:30 Q&A with the filmmaker 2:15 Luo Village: Me and Ren Dingqi (2011, 79 min) Directed by Luo Bing 3:45 Self-portrait with Three Women (2010, 70 min) Directed by Zhang Mengqi 5 Discussion with director and curator Wu Wenguang, Angela Zito and Zhang Zhen Sunday, December 4 1 pm Fuck Cinema (2005, 120 min) Directed by Wu Wenguang 3 Satiated Village (2011, 88 min) directed by Zou Xueping 4:45 Discussion with Wu Wenguang, Angela Zito and Zhang Zhen For more information, go to: http://www.crmnyu.org/event/239/
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