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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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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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