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Upcoming Lecture Announcement
by T'ang Studies Society 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Hello Friends of Tang Studies, Prof. Andrew Eisenberg has alerted us to the upcoming Roger E. Covey Distinguished Lecture in Pre-Modern China at the Institute for Advanced Study. This lecture will be given by Professor Stephen West on the topic of "The Philosopher and the Khan: The Diary of Daoist Changchun's Journey to the West." Further details and registration information are available here: [ https://mailchi.mp/ias.edu/roger-e-covey-distinguished-lecture?e=6d5cddba8f | https://mailchi.mp/ias.edu/roger-e-covey-distinguished-lecture?e=6d5cddba8f ] Best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi President T'ang Studies Society

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Medieval Academy of America 2023 CFP
by Skaff, Jonathan 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Dear Members and Friends of the T’ang Studies Society, The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) actively seeks to bolster participation by non-Europeanists at the 2023 Annual Meeting<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medie…>. There are a few co-sponsored sessions that will undoubtedly be of interest to scholars of Asia: a co-organized session with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, "Rethinking Global Medieval Art and Material Culture"; and another co-organized session with the American Council for Southern Asian Art, "The Mobile “Medieval” and Its Ramifications in Southern Asia." The deadline to submit<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medie…> paper or session proposals is June 1 of this year, and while membership is required to present, it is not required to submit. The conference closing reception will be held at the National Museum of Asian Art. TSS board member Michelle C. Wang (Georgetown University) is on the MAA 2023 Program Committee and is happy to answer any questions that interested TSS members may have regarding the conference. The two hyperlinks are: https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/2023AnnualMeeting<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.medievalacademy.org…> And attached is the revised Conference Travel Grant document. I've added the following sentence to the first paragraph using track changes, highlighted in yellow (attached): "In order to raise the academic profile of Tang studies generally, applications to support travel to non-China or non-Asian studies conferences, in addition to China or Asian studies conferences, are equally welcome." Would it be possible to circulate the MAA 2023 CFP and perhaps also the Conference Travel Grant CFP within the next week or so? Thanks so much! All the best, Michelle Michelle C. Wang Associate Professor Department of Art and Art History Georgetown University 1221 36th Street NW, Walsh 102 Washington, DC 20057-1210 email: mcw57(a)georgetown.edu<mailto:mcw57@georgetown.edu> cell: (202) 813-0848 (text/call)

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Tang Studies Publication
by T'ang Studies Society 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Hello Friends of T'ang Studies, We have just received notice from Prof. Bill Nienhauser of the imminent publication of the Biographical Dictionary of Tang Dynasty Literati that he and Dr. Michael Naparstek edited. Here is the link with information about the book and pre-ordering: [ https://iupress.org/9780253060266/biographical-dictionary-of-tang-dynasty-l… | https://iupress.org/9780253060266/biographical-dictionary-of-tang-dynasty-l… ] Congratulations to Bill and Michael. All best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi President T'ang Studies Society

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T'ang Studies Society AAS Reminders
by T'ang Studies Society 27 Mar '22

27 Mar '22

Dear Members and Friends of the T'ang Studies Society, If you are in sunny Honolulu today, please joins us tonight at the society's first in-person annual meeting in three years. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Tapa Conference Center, 2nd floor, Honolulu I from 9-11:00 pm (HST). The venue is particularly beautiful because the room opens to a porch with a view of the resort and beach. As usual, all guests are welcome to indulge in appetizers and an open bar. The business portion of the meeting will include annual reports from the president, treasurer, secretary and journal editors. We have decided not to broadcast the officers' reports on Zoom d ue to the late hour of the meeting and time differences with continental United States and other parts of the world. If you are attending AAS virtually, the good news is that one of the society's sponsored panels has switched to virtual delivery. The time on Sunday has changed too. The information is below: Vibrant Matters: Multiplying Fields of Buddhist Merit in Medieval China, Panel MV-17 Time: Sunday, March 27, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm HST (Hawaii) Location: Virtual If you are in Honolulu, I hope to see you tonight! Best regards, Jonathan Skaff Secretary T'ang Studies Society http://tangstudies.org/Membership.html

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Eide Center Lectures
by T'ang Studies Society 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

Hello Friends of the T'ang Studies Society, Matthew Wells of the Elling Eide Center would like to announce the following upcoming lectures that will interest us. His message appears below my signature. All best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi President T'ang Studies Society From Matthew Wells: The Elling Eide Research Library and Preserve in Sarasota, Florida, is hosting several upcoming talks of potential interest. Links for registration can be found on our homepage at: [ https://ellingoeide.org/upcoming-events/ | https://ellingoeide.org/upcoming-events/ ] . Please note that the events are free, but Eventbrite does charge a registration fee of $1.00. Titles, dates/times, and brief synopses of the events are listed below. All talks will be broadcast on Zoom. Title: "Diviners, Doctors, and Artisans in Medieval China: Imperial Traditions of Artisans and Technicians from the Histories of the Northern Dynasties" Time: April 21, 2022 11:00am EDT (online or in person) Speaker: Dr. Stephan Kory, University of Florida Brief Synopsis: This lecture will discuss the biographical traditions devoted to diviners, doctors, and artisans found in the standard histories of the Northern Dynasties (385-589) and Sui (589-618) and the way in which these historical works reveal collective representations of their contributions to the imperium, imperial testing of their abilities, and the transmission of technical and artisanal knowledge. Title: "The Reception of Zhuangzi in the West" Time: May 5, 2022 11:00am EDT (online or in person) Speaker: Dr. Richard John Lynn, University of Toronto Brief Synopsis: This lecture will discuss the reception of Zhuangzi in the West, beginning with the European encounter with South and East Asian religions in the 17th and 18th centuries through the ambitious imperialist projects of the 19th century, describing how these monumental events shaped Western perceptions of important Daoist texts like the Zhuangzi. Title: "Dress as a Political and Gendered Symbol in Accounts of Pre-Tang and Tang Women Rulers" Time: June 2, 2022 11:00am EDT (online or in person) Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Doran, University of Miami Brief Synopsis: This lecture describes how clothing and other forms of personal ornamentation were important markers of identity in early China, focusing on several case studies of pre-Tang and Tang women political figures to demonstrate the development of historical and omenological traditions that used gendered accusations of inappropriate or ominous dress to symbolize or criticize rule by women.

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T'ang Studies Lecture Announcement
by T'ang Studies Society 08 Mar '22

08 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the T'ang Studies Society, Professor Chen Zu-yan would like to announce that Binghamton University will host the following lecture, which you can attend via Zoom: Professor Tian Xiaofei, Harvard University "Poetry and Access to Power in the Court of Empress Wu Zetian (A.D. 624-705) Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Time: 7:30-9:30 EST Venue: Zoom See the attached flyer for registration and contact information. All best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi President T'ang Studies Society

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T'ang Studies Society Annual Meeting Poll
by T'ang Studies Society 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

Dear Friends of the T'ang Studies Society, As I mentioned in my annual letter, we are preparing for this year's Annual Meeting and Reception to return to an in-person format in Honolulu in conjunction with the upcoming AAS Annual Meeting. It would be very helpful for our planning if you could take a moment to let us know if you will be joining us at the meeting. To that end, we have put together a simple Doodle poll and would ask that you take a moment to indicate the likelihood of your attending. Here is the link to the poll: [ https://doodle.com/poll/v3z6ndximgwaffyi?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link | https://doodle.com/poll/v3z6ndximgwaffyi?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link ] We are still working on the possibility of conducting the meeting as a hybrid of in-person and online. Therefore, we have included an option ("Virtual, if available") for you to indicate your interest in that. Thanks in advance for both you interest in Tang Studies and your help in our planning. All best, Tony Anthony DeBlasi President T'ang Studies Society

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New Publication Announcement
by T'ang Studies Society 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Dear Friends of Tang Studies, Victor Mair sent in the following announcement of a new publication of potential interest to our membership: 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. [ https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp322_wan… | 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 [ https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.sino-platonic.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!Ay7p1m… | http://www.sino-platonic.org/ ] Thanks to Victor for sharing this news. All best wishes in the Year of the Tiger 萬事如意! Tony Anthony DeBlasi President T'ang Studies Society

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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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FW: [EXTERNAL] FW: Position in Medieval China at Oxford University
by Skaff, Jonathan 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

Dear Members and Friends of the T’ang Studies Society, Please see the position announcement below. Best regards, Jonathan Skaff Secretary T’ang Studies Society http://tangstudies.org/Membership.html Associate Professor, Classical Chinese and Medieval China China Centre, Canterbury Road, Oxford Grade 30S: £48,114 - £64,605 p.a. The Faculty of Oriental Studies and St. Anne’s College are recruiting an Associate Professor of Classical Chinese and Medieval China with outstanding research on China between the Han and Ming periods and a strong commitment to and experience in the teaching of Classical Chinese. You will have a doctorate in the study of medieval China, a strong publication record appropriate to your career stage and an ongoing research agenda in the study of medieval China. We welcome applicants working on all aspects of medieval China including its literature, history, culture, religion, philosophy, art etc. The number of academics, postdocs and doctoral students working on premodern China makes this a stimulating and supportive environment for research. You will have the ability to teach and advise students in the history and culture of medieval China. Much of this teaching is at the graduate level including options in the area of the post-holder’s research interests, research methods for premodern Sinology, and graduate courses on the wider East Asian world. You will also have the ability to train, guide and motivate research students. The holder of the post will also be responsible for the Faculty’s Classical Chinese teaching and text reading classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Classical Chinese is a core element of our undergraduate degree in Chinese and our Master’s degrees in Traditional China and Traditional East Asia. In addition, an important feature of the BA Chinese at Oxford is that undergraduates, who may not have studied any Chinese before they begin the program, must take Classical Chinese alongside Modern Chinese from the first year and continue the subject throughout their degree. The post-holder will be responsible for the first-year course which introduces them to Classical Chinese and should be able to inspire beginners with enthusiasm for the subject as well as teaching text reading to more advanced students. You will also have evidence of a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in research, teaching and/or your broader community, excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, and evidence of good citizenship and a willingness to undertake administrative duties (within reason) to support the smooth running of the College and the Faculty. This position is based in central Oxford. This is a full-time position from 1 October 2022, permanent upon completion of a successful review which is conducted during the first 5 years. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 10 February 2022. Link: Job Details (corehr.com)<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmy.corehr.com%2fpls%2fu…>

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