by admin | Feb 11, 2018 | Forum News, HTRCL Series, Member Publications, News, Sliders
How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty (618-907). It aims to break down barriers—between language and culture, poetry and history—that have stood in the way of...
by admin | Jan 11, 2018 | Forum News, Member Publications, News
Mapping Modern Beijing investigates five methods of representing Beijing–a warped hometown, a city of snapshots and manners, an aesthetic city, an imperial capital in comparative and cross-cultural perspective, and a displaced city on the Sinophone and diasporic...
by admin | Dec 18, 2017 | Member Publications
“The Poet as Scholar: Essays and Translations in Honor of Jonathan Chaves ” is a tribute to our forum member, Jonathan Chaves, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at George Washington University since 1979. In this volume, there are essays and...
by admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Member Publications
The George Wittenborn Award for best art book of the year goes to 17th-Century Chinese Paintings from the Tsao Family Collection, edited by Stephen Little (Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Prestel, 2016). Our forum member, Jonathan Chaves authored one chapter of...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Member Publications
WEN TONG (1019-1079) is considered the supreme master of bamboo painting in the history of Chinese art. According to his friend and admirer, Su Shi (Dongpo), the greatest poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), “When Wen Tong painted bamboo, he himself became...
by admin | Apr 2, 2016 | Member Publications
Please click here to read a new article on English translation of East Asian poems. This beautiful essay on sleeplessness in East Asian poetry is written by our forum member, Professor Jonathan Chaves....