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T'ang Studies Society Panel Sponsorships at the 2022 AAS Annual Meeting
by T'ang Studies Society 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Dear Members and Friends of the T'ang Studies Society, The Society is happy to announce that it will sponsor one or more deserving panels on topics related to the study of the Tang dynasty at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Honolulu and online. The sponsorship includes small subventions for individual panelists. The funding is intended to defray some of the costs of society members presenting Tang-relevant research at the AAS Annual Meeting, including travel and registration expenses. Funding levels are determined during the review process. Scholars at any stage of their careers are eligible. Papers intended for future submission to the Tang Studies journal will receive priority. The application deadline is November 10, 2021. The full call for applications is linked to the society website: [ http://tangstudies.org/Announcements.html | http://tangstudies.org/Announcements.html ] Jonathan Skaff Secretary T'ang Studies Society http://tangstudies.org/Membership.html

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Wang Fanzhi
by vmair 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

Colleagues, If the Society has a newsletter, here's an announcement that might be of interest. Best, Victor ======================= ==================================== /Sino-Platonic Papers/ is pleased to announce the publication of its three-hundred-and-twenty-second issue: "Self-Reflexive Vulgarity in Wang Fanzhi's Poetry," by Zihan Guo. http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp322_wang_fangzhi_poetry.pdf ABSTRACT A great number of poems unearthed from the Dunhuang manuscripts in the early twentieth century bear the name of a certain Wang Fanzhi. He was praised as an enlightened vernacular poet in multiple literary references from the Tang and Song dynasties. The exact author of these poems remains an enigma, yet the whole corpus speaks for a collective voice of a group of anonymous vernacular poets. This paper explores the sensitive interiority filled with dramatizations behind Wang Fanzhi’s corpus, whose persona is portrayed as unabashedly ignoble by a sarcastic brush. Reading Wang’s corpus along with that of contemporary Hanshan reveals its eccentricity: its poetic voice blatantly identifies with the vulgar without any protestation of a noble or morally superior mind. While its sarcasm fires at all walks of life, it is also directed against itself. Keywords: Wang Fanzhi, 王梵志, vernacular poetry, satire, Hanshan, Tang dynasty, Dunhuang manuscripts This and all other issues of /Sino-Platonic Papers/ are available in full for no charge. To view our catalog, visit http://www.sino-platonic.org/ -- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations 847/9 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania 255 South 36th St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 USA Tel.: 215-898-8432 (**please leave a message!**) Dept. office: 215-898-7466 (for messages and inquiries) Fax: 215-573-9617 (mark for the attention of Prof. Victor H. Mair) e-mail:vmair@sas.upenn.edu (read infrequently) ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SPAM / JUNK FILES / FOLDERS!! MUCH LEGITIMATE E-MAIL ENDS UP THERE AND GETS LOST UNLESS YOU RETRIEVE IT. For a complete catalog of SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS (SPP) and information about ordering, go to: www.sino-platonic.org New issues published regularly on the Web; all back issues still in print. LANGUAGE LOG: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/

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