Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
The Fate of a Novel Amid China's Reform
Xue Yiwei is an acclaimed author of twenty books in Chinese, including five novels, five collections of short stories and novellas, and five literary essays.
When:
May 2, 2019 3:00pm to 5:00pm
薛忆沩生于郴州、长于长沙，现居蒙特利尔。他曾获计算机科学学士学位，英美文学硕士学位，语言学博士学位。他已经出版二十部作品，包括《遗弃》、《空巢》等五部长篇小说，《深圳人》、《首战告捷》等五部中短篇小说集和《文学的祖国》、《与马可波罗同行》等五部文学随笔集。他的作品已经被译成英、法、瑞典、德、意等文字。
Born in Chenzhou and growing up in Changsha, Xue Yiwei has been living in Montreal since 2002. He has received a BA in Computer Science, a MA in English Literature, a PhD in Linguistics. “A maverick in contemporary Chinese literature” (to quote Ha Jin), he is acclaimed author of twenty books in Chinese, including five novels, five collections of short stories and novellas, and five literary essays. His works have been translated into English, French, Swedish, German and Italian.
This talk will be presented in Chinese.
Cost:
Free
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Phone Number:
310-825-8683
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