News and Events Archive

Note that the Asian Studies program may offer additional events of interest to students of Chinese culture.

It was evident to my friends, teachers and myself that the core around which my academic (and often social) life revolved at school was studying Chinese and the department which taught it.

— Ron Jarus ('97)

The Peace Corps in China: A Case Study of U.S. Interaction with the World

Lecture by Dr. William M. Speidel
Wednesday, March 23 • 4:15 PM • Kohlberg 115

Dr. William Speidel headed the creation of the Hopkins-Najing Program for Chinese and American Studies from 1984 to 1992 before working with the Peace Corps. He also spent a number of years in Taiwan, as English instructor (1957-59) and Director of IUP (1975-80). He holds a B.A. from Oberlin, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale.

This event is cosponsored by the Chinese Section of Modern Languages and Literatures, Asian Studies, and the Foreign Study office. It is open to the public.

Lu Xun's Unread Legacy

Lecture by Dr. David Der-wei Wang.

Friday, February 25, 3:30pm, Science Center 183

David Der-wei Wang is, Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, and Academician Professor of Academia SINICA in Taiwan. He is one of the leading scholars in the field of Chinese literature. He is the author of The Monster That is History (California, 2004), Fin-de-Siècle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911 (Stanford, 1997), Fictional Realism in Twentieth-Century China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen (Columbia, 1992), besides numerous articles and books in both Chinese and English.

This event is cosponsored by the Chinese Section of Modern Languages and Literatures and Asian Studies.