Dear Members and Friends of the T’ang Studies Society, See the reminder below and attached poster from society member, Thomas Mazanec. Best regards, Jonathan Skaff Secretary T’ang Studies Society http://tangstudies.org/Membership.html Join us for phase two of "The Worst Chinese Poetry: A Virtual Workshop." This will be a two-day roundtable discussion open to the public, following up on phase one, which was a series of fourteen miniature workshops held in early April. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/WorstPoetry Organized by UC Santa Barbara's three Chinese literature specialists (Thomas Mazanec<https://eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/thomas-mazanec/>, Xiaorong Li<https://eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/xiaorong-li/>, and Hangping Xu<https://eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/hangping-xu/>), the goal of this project is to rethink Chinese literary history through negative examples. It seeks to interrogate the aesthetic, social, moral, and political criteria by which Chinese-language poems were considered "bad" in different times and places. Selected contributions will be compiled to create a book, The Worst Chinese Poetry: A Critical Anthology. · Day 1 (June 1) will feature four thematic roundtables based upon our larger workshop held in April. · Day 2 (June 2) will begin with a reflection on the workshop by our three headliners, then will shift to a free-form discussion open to all. Detailed schedule: June 1 · 5:00–5:05: Opening Remarks by Thomas Mazanec · 5:05–5:30: Vulgarity and Frivolity, featuring Xiaorong Li, Keith McMahon, and Jason Protass · 5:30–5:55: Commenting, Framing, and Judging, featuring Richard John Lynn, Maddalena Poli, Hangping Xu, and Yunshuang Zhang · 5:55–6:05: Break · 6:05–6:30: Appropriations and Aesthetics, featuring Graham Chamness, Soohyun Lee, Michelle Yeh, and Meimei Zhang · 6:30–6:55: Foreignness and Chineseness, featuring Nick Admussen, Angie Chau, and Sixiang Wang June 2 · 5:00-5:05: Welcome by Thomas Mazanec · 5:05-5:35: Reflections by Ronald Egan, Richard John Lynn, and Michelle Yeh · 5:35-5:55: Discussion between Egan, Lynn, and Yeh · 5:55-6:05: Break · 6:05-6:55: Open Discussion moderated by Thomas Mazanec, Xiaorong Li, and Hangping Xu We hope to see you there! Sponsored by UCSB's Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies. Poster designed by Q. Z. Lau. *** Thomas Mazanec 余泰明 Assistant Professor, Premodern Chinese Literature Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies Affiliate of Comparative Literature and Religious Studies University of California, Santa Barbara http://tommazanec.com<http://tommazanec.com/>
