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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:A Conference in Honor of the Library of Chinese Humanities
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SUMMARY:A Conference in Honor of the Library of Chinese Humanities
DESCRIPTION:<h3><a href="https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/dufu/">Du Fu (712-770), China's Greatest Poet: A Conference</a></h3><p>The symposium brings together over twenty scholars in premodern and modern Chinese literary studies from North America and East Asia.&nbsp; The discussions focus on four aspects:</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="eac28d91af287e629dcf0642fc8c1cad4">Rethinking Du Fu in the context of the medieval world and poetics</li><li data-list-item-id="ef83ecf025423aa3fb2202a78202aa2c2">Dimensions of Du Fu’s works less explored in Du Fu studies, such as Buddhism, humor, self-exegesis, and everyday life</li><li data-list-item-id="eff8668ca00416210d820fe6af8c8c5e2">Reception of Du Fu from Song through Qing literature, literary criticism, and art</li><li data-list-item-id="e8a42e9ab9e720cc0feee6569c1eb70d6">The reinvention of Du Fu in modern times</li></ul><p>The conference is 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>
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