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MLA Panel Call for Paper
by T'ang Studies Society 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Dear Colleagues, We are fortunate in having a third panel for the Pre-14 th century Chinese Literature forum of the MLA for the 2020 Annual Convention. Please see the attached description for information on this panel. If you would like to contribute a paper to this panel on "The Classical Chinese Cosmopolis," please contact Benjamin Ridgeway (bridgwa1(a)swarthmore.edu) by March 15. Thanks to Xu Xiaowen for passing this information on to us. Best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi Secretary-Treasurer T'ang Studies Society

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MLA Panel Calls for Papers
by T'ang Studies Society 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce two panels for the Pre-14 th century Chinese Literature forum of the MLA for the 2020 Annual Convention and are soliciting papers for the panels. Please see the attached descriptions for more information. We hope the panels look interesting, and if you would like to contribute a paper to one of them, please contact either Daniel Fried (dfried(a)ualberta.ca) for the "Posthumanism and Premodern China" panel or Jack Chen (jwc8v(a)virginia.edu) for the "What is (Chinese) poetry?" panel by March 15. Thanks to Michael Fuller for passing this information on to us. Best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi Secretary-Treasurer T'ang Studies Society

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T'ang Studies Society AAS Sponsored Panels
by T'ang Studies Society 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Dear Friends of Tang Studies, I am very happy to alert you to an exciting new dimension of the T’ang Studies Society’s academic work. This year, for the first time, the Society is sponsoring two panels at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Denver. If you plan to attend the conference, I encourage you to put them on your conference schedule. Friday, March 22, 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Panel 140: Problematizing the Periodization of Tang Poetry Governor’s Square 15, Plaza Building Chaired by Paul W. Kroll, University of Colorado Boulder “Periodizing Tang Poetry in the Song Dynasty” Xiaoshan Yang, University of Notre Dame “Reading Tang Shi Poems as Classical Chinese Poems” Nicholas M. Williams, University of Hong Kong “The Making of ‘Tang Poetry’” Chunxiao Liu, University of Zurich “Historicizing 'On Historical Themes': Yongshi as a Poetic Category in the Tang” Su Fu, Princeton University Discussant: Anna M. Shields, Princeton University Saturday, March 23, 9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Panel 211: De-Centering Buddhist Kingship Tower Court D, Tower Building Chaired by April D. Hughes, Boston University “Ideal Ruler: The Wheel-Turning King in the Maitreya Buddha Murals at Dunhuang” April D. Hughes, Boston University “Mah ā may ū r ī and Buddhist Statesmanship on the Silk Road” Michelle C. Wang, Georgetown University “Recentering Buddhist Kingship: The Scripture for Humane Kings in Dali-Kingdom Images and Texts” Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Discussant: Brandon Dotson, Georgetown University All best, Anna M. Shields President T'ang Studies Society

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Available Position
by T'ang Studies Society 02 Feb '19

02 Feb '19

Hello friends of the T'ang Studies Society, Michael Hoeckelmann sent the following announcement for a position at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg: [ https://www.sinologie.phil.fau.de/2019/02/01/call-for-applications-full-pro… | https://www.sinologie.phil.fau.de/2019/02/01/call-for-applications-full-pro… ] Best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi Secretary-Treasurer T'ang Studies Society

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