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    Research Lectures Series December 2019

    on campus

Research Lectures Series of the Teaching and Research Office for Chinese Culture would like to invite you to the following lectures.

Due to the limit of classroom capacity, you can express your interest by filling in the application form through ‘Lecture Topics’(click on the lectures’ name in the form).

Please pay attention to the following points during your registration:

  • The application deadline will be at 15:00 on Friday December 6, 2019.
  • Because of the limitation requirement, application will be considered on a first-come-first-served basis.
  • All the applicants will be allowed to enter 30 minutes before the lecture.
  • Reservation seats are reserved until 5 minutes before the beginning of the lecture.
  • Please be prompt, entry will not be permitted 10 minutes after the lecture starts.
  • Registration is a necessary way to participate in the course.
  • If you submit your application more than once, only the latest one will be considered. However, we do strongly recommend you to submit for only one time.
  • The one-to-one paraphrasing interpretation provided by student volunteer for audience will be offered. With consideration of classroom order and efficacy of teaching and learning, the service is provided with the condition of agreement from the speaker. And please fill in the application.
  • Please notice that only registration through the said link is acceptable.

 

Lectures information:

Time

Topic

Language

Room

Speaker

2019.12.9

Monday

18:30-20:00

The National Influence of Book Collection—The Whole Story of the Royal Book Collection of the Qing Dynasty

Chinese

DB-A05

Dr. ZHAO Shuyang

Associate professor

Nanjing University

2019.12.10

Tuesday

14:00-15:30

Dissemination and Influence of Tang Poems

Chinese

TB-404

2019.12.10

Tuesday

18:30-20:00

The Relationship between Material Civilization and Tang Poems

Chinese

DB-A06

2019.12.11

Wednesday

14:00-15:30

Decoding the Place Names of Ancient Ningbo

Chinese

DB-C06

ZHOU Dongxu

China Society for the Study of Folk Literature and Art

2019.12.13

Friday

14:00-15:30

Aesthetic Politics of Shen Congwen(II): Border Town and the Wholesome National Spirit

Chinese

PMB-115

Dr. HUANG Tao

Associate professor

East China University of Political Science and Law

 

About the Speaker:

Dr. ZHAO Shuyang

Mr. ZHAO has a doctoral degree in literature. He is now associate professor of School of Arts of Nanjing University.

Research Interests:

Literature of Tang and Song Dynasties and the Complete Library in The Four Branches of Literature.

Publications:

Proof-reading and Correction of Wang Yinglin’s Yu Hai Yi Wen(《玉海艺文校证》); Research on the Geography Section of the New History of the Tang Dynasty(《新唐书·地理志研究》).

Abstract for the lectures:

The National Influence of Book Collection—The Whole Story of the Royal Book Collection of the Qing Dynasty

The period of Qianlong(乾隆) was a golden age of the royal book collection in the Qing Dynasty, gathering a maximum quantity of rare books from the Song to the Ming Dynasty, under the unremitting effort of Hongli(弘历),aka Qing Gao Zong(清高宗) by later generations. With the fall of Qing Dynasty, especially the period before and after Pu Yi(溥仪), the last Emperor who was driven out of the Forbidden City, the collection of rare books was scattered. This process was closely related to China’s modern history.

Dissemination and Influence of Tang Poems

The process of communication and reception of Tang Poems among elite intellectuals used to be considered the only channel. Thanks to the discovery of old manuscripts in Dunhuang and other important archaeological achievements, we are able to understand how popular Tang Poems were among ordinary people at that time.

The Relationship between Material Civilization and Tang Poems

It is well-known that the development of material civilization of the Tang Dynasty topped the then world. It greatly enhanced the prosperity of poems, which were imbued with the characteristics of the Dynasty. Correspondingly, the poems also recorded all aspects of life in the Tang Dynasty, which provide the best evidence for us to fathom the material civilization back then.

 

Mr. Zhou Dongxu

Mr. Zhou was born in Xiangshan, Ningbo in September, 1984. He is a member of China Democratic League. As a young scholar, he is currently a member of China Society for the Study of Folk Literature and Art, a member of the Dramatist Association of Zhejiang Province, and a council member of Ningbo Culture Society. In 2017, he was elected as a committee member of the Fifth CPPCC Haishu, Ningbo.

Publications:

His monographs include Annotation of Zhang Cangshui’s Poems, Bell Tolls of the Drum Tower: Traces of Traditional Ningbo City Proper and Ningbo Operas and Ancient Opera Stages. He also participated in the production of Ningbo TV programmes such as Millennial Haishu and Stories in the South of the Yangtze River.

Abstract for the lecture:

Every city is full of life, and boasts its unique name and alias. What is the origin of Ningbo as a place name? Why is it called Yong for short? What about Siming? How many times have the city changed its name? Why was the traditional city proper located in the Sanjiang Estuary? What kind of rituals and regulations were conducted in the city proper? Some place names endured long after the city walls disappeared, preserving the memories of the city. We will explore the imprints of the county hall, the city hall, ancient universities, ancestral halls and temples.

 

 

Dr. HUANG Tao

Mr. Huang received his Ph.D. in science of management, and served as a postdoctoral fellow in literature and art theory. Currently, he works as an associate professor in ECUPL (East China University of Political Science and Law).

Research Areas:

Political and legal philosophy, specialising at idealist tradition in political and legal thought.

Publications:
He is the author of two books: Theatre, Aesthetics and Community and Eros and Community. He has published about 30 articles on legal and political philosophy.

Abstract for the lecture:

Border Town occupies a special position in Shen Congwen’s works, as it is widely accepted as the most prominent representative of rural novels in Modern China’s history of literature. Meanwhile, it can be regarded as a description of a Utopia hidden in the early 20th century China under transformation. Shen Congwen committed himself to an ideal political world through his writing of Border Town by expressing his concerns on the revival of a Great Nation. We can observe a wholesome national spirit embodied in the limited characters. Border Town harbours an aesthetic political world dominated by an ideal personality.

This series of lectures attempt to illuminate the inner world of Border Town through intensive reading and interpreting.