MLA Commons | LLC Ming and Qing Chinese | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/ Activity feed for the group, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:31:18 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e4394fcd163c828984327d03a1e601af Heng Du started the topic CFP: Permutations of the “Imagination”; Grappling with Absence in the forum LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/cfp-permutations-of-the-imagination-grappling-with-absence-2/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:11:09 -0500 The MLA Pre-14th c. Chinese Lang Lit & Cul Forum is inviting proposals for the following two panels:

<b>Permutations of the “Imagination” in Early and Medieval Literary and Visual Art</b><b></b>

This panel will explore the idea of the “imagination” as manifest in the literary and visual arts of early and medieval China – and beyond.…[Read more]

]]> 0 6c2c8a824a5d5871288a361299ba23e8 Maria Franca Sibau started the topic Forum Executive Committee Invites Self-Nominations in the forum LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/forum-executive-committee-invites-self-nominations/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:03:27 -0500 The Ming and Qing Chinese forum executive committee invites self-nominations for a new member to join the executive committee for a five-year term beginning in January 2027. Please send all nominations, and any questions you might have about the position, to Maria Franca Sibau at maria.sibau@emory.edu, by February 10, 2026. Many thanks!

]]> 0 e4a9b2e4b2aebe5a84665701bc938579 Heng Du started the topic Panels on Chinese Lit and EA at the MLA in the forum LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/panels-on-chinese-lit-and-ea-at-the-mla/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:05:42 -0500 Dear Colleagues, please find in this Google Doc a compilation of panels related to the study of China and East Asia at the MLA. We hope to see you there!

Warmly,

MLA Committees on Ming and Qing China & Pre-14th Century China

]]> 0 b56eb8a086b70ab1c301b706c838c77e Rania Huntington started the topic Soliciting ideas for panel sessions, MLA 2025 in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/soliciting-ideas-for-panel-sessions-mla-2025/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:42:41 -0500 As you may know, every year our forum has two guaranteed panel sessions for the MLA convention. The Executive Committee of the forum would like to consider ideas from as broad a range of our membership as possible. Please share your ideas for these sessions for the 2025 convention in New Orleans. At this stage it can be a general idea, without a…[Read more]

]]> 0 2ee1285e956eda99e08e50d39039c0b2 Rania Huntington started the topic Suggestions for Executive Committee membership in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/suggestions-for-executive-committee-membership/ Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:39:34 -0500 The Ming-Qing forum Executive Committee welcomes member suggestions, including self-nominations, for a new members of the Committee with a term beginning in 2024. Committee members must be MLA members, not a member of another forum’s Excutive Committee unless that position ends in 2024, and have not been an executive committee member of our forum…[Read more]

]]> 0 bb6c448bbb0739c69cd3a941f2bf48fc Rania Huntington started the topic Chinese and East Asian Literature reception, Friday January 5, 2024 in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/chinese-and-east-asian-literature-reception-friday-january-5-2024/ Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:26:51 -0500 Please join us for the Chinese and East Asian Literature reception at MLA 2024 in Philadelphia, co- sponsored by the forums on Ming and Qing Chinese literature, pre-1400 Chinese literature, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, and East Asian Literature.

Time: Friday, January 5, 7:15-8:30 PM

Location: Marriott Grand A

Thanks to the…[Read more]

]]> 0 2b7883537352a3f0a4250eee1ffe1979 Rania Huntington started the topic Geiss-Hsu Travel Grant for MLA 2024 participants in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/geiss-hsu-travel-grant-for-mla-2024-participants/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:07:33 -0400 Thanks to the generous support of the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu  Foundation, the Executive Committee of the Ming-Qing Forum of the Modern Languages Association is pleased to announce the Geiss-Hsu Travel Grant to support participation in the 2024 MLA annual convention by scholars of the Ming and adjacent periods. Convention participants (…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5285120491730ac8ea449fefe2e7807 Ari Borrell deposited Ko-wu or Kung-an? Practive, Realization and Teaching in the Thought of Chang Chiu-cheng in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1788301/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 03:49:44 -0400 Examines the intersection between Chan Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism during the Southern Song dynasty period (1126-1279) in China.

]]> 0 913c8d4b2fd25af72b7ec5c764d44605 Guojun Wang started the topic Deadline for 2023 MLA is 4/1 in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/deadline-for-2023-mla-is-4-1/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 01:44:11 -0500 Dear Colleagues, I’d like to remind you that the deadline for proposing sessions for the 2023 MLA convention (1/5-8 in San Francisco) is April 1.  Any MLA member may propose a special session. The 75-minute session usually includes 4 papers or 3 papers plus response, but the format can be flexible. For more information about proposing a special…[Read more]

]]> 0 4436fdb76c670c9ea1df2999267e9302 Maria Franca Sibau started the topic LLC Ming and Qing Forum Executive Committee Election Candidate Statement (2021) in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/llc-ming-and-qing-forum-executive-committee-election-candidate-statement-2021/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:46:28 -0400 Dear Members of the LLC Ming and Qing Forum,

I am Maria Franca Sibau, and I was also nominated for the executive committee elections. I am an associate professor of Chinese literature at Emory University. My research interests are in vernacular fiction, drama, and Confucian cultures of the late imperial period. I am also interested in the history…[Read more]

]]> 0 49978e729cb1522f2e1fccba1d9d242d Li Guo started the topic Invitation to LLC Ming Qing Chinese Social Event, Session 11077 in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/invitation-to-llc-ming-qing-chinese-social-event-session-11077/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:11:23 -0500 Invitation to MLA 2021 LLC Ming and Qing Chinese Social EventSession 11077: January 7th, TR, 8:45pm-10:00pm EST

Event in the program: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/11077

Dear colleagues attending the upcoming MLA,

Please join us for lively conversations and networking with colleagues at MLA.

Forum members: Rania…[Read more]

]]> 0 129c982fe26ba66d16a1faf5fb8ed9cf Patricia Sieber started the topic LLC Ming and Qing Forum Executive Committee Election Candidate Statement (2020) in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/llc-ming-and-qing-forum-executive-committee-election-candidate-statement-2020/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:27:53 -0400 PATRICIA SIEBER

sieber.6@osu.edu

CANDIDATE STATEMENT FOR THE LLC MING AND QING CHINESE (G202) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION

I am an associate professor of Chinese literature and the inaugural director of the Translation and Interpreting Program at The Ohio State University. My research interests encompass traditional Chinese theater and song…[Read more]

]]> 0 8522807d1365c4e54337ac1b4aaf7e9d Patricia Sieber created the doc LLC Ming and Qing Chinese Candidate Statement (Fall 2020 Election) in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1714629/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:21:35 -0400 0 03ab6ee6619ef36476487c1f986b59e7 Thomas Mazanec deposited Review: The Halberd at Red Cliff: Jian'an and the Three Kingdoms, by Xiaofei Tian in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1707442/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 02:28:57 -0400 Review of The Halberd at Red Cliff: Jian’an and the Three Kingdoms, by Xiaofei Tian (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2018)

]]> 0 19b88bc4bdeedad95972e242e916e68a Ari Borrell deposited Criticisms of Buddhism, Daoism, and the Learning of the Heart-Mind (in Zhu Xi: Selected Wrtings) in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1681987/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:27:01 -0400 Abstract and Keywords
Part of this chapter deals with Zhu Xi’s critique of Buddhism and Daoism: his distinction of the neo-Confucian concept of pattern-principle and virtuous governance from seemingly similar Buddhist and Daoist ideas, his concern with what he saw as both schools’ lack of social and political engagement and their rejection of eth…[Read more]

]]> 0 7848bce18cf506597f2e31c4f71fc20d Benjamin Ridgway started the topic 2021 MLA Conference, LLC Pre-14th Century Chinese: Open Call for Panel Topic in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/2021-mla-conference-llc-pre-14th-century-chinese-open-call-for-panel-topic-3/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:07:06 -0500 The Pre-14th Century Chinese Literature Forum is making an open call for panel proposals on a topic of broad appeal to scholars of literary history, comparative literature, or language and literary pedagogy. MLA sessions can be either roundtables or panels with 3-4 short papers and a discussant.  Panel organizers would have the opportunity to c…[Read more]

]]> 0 743c90be290f932f16fae0df4e0d8cf0 Li Guo started the topic Support forum colleagues' presentations at AAS in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/support-forum-colleagues-presentation-at-aas/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:11:06 -0400 Hi all,

Forgive me for being chatty. A quick note that if you are attending AAS, couple of our forum members are presenting in panels as below. Please come to give support thanks.

  • March 22 F, 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM Queer Renditions: From Late Imperial China to Contemporary Sinophone World Location: Room Governor’s Square 11, Plaza Bldg., C…

[Read more]

]]> 0 dde8212f29098d97add11f6c0298402a Li Guo started the topic Syllabi and teaching materials share on Ming Qing literature in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/syllabi-and-teaching-materials-share-on-ming-qing-literature/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:50:19 -0400 Dear colleagues,

To warm up the discussion board here a bit, I would like to ask if colleagues who teach courses in Ming Qing fiction and drama could kindly share thoughts, questions, open access materials that are effective in classroom settings for both advanced undergraduate courses, and graduate seminars. Affiliated questions would also be…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3bd2cd0b754aef0405318bc0f4a55e3 Nathan Faries started the topic CALL FOR CALLS FOR PAPERS in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/call-for-calls-for-papers/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:53:19 -0500 The executive committee for the forum strongly encourages all of our forum members to post their Calls for Papers session proposals on Ming/Qing topics by February 28!

https://apps.mla.org/cfp_main

Feel free to contact me (nfaries@bates.edu) or any other committee member if you want your proposal to be considered for official forum sponsorship…[Read more]

]]> 0 d0e39b164f40ad7006acb685b526ad74 Tom Mazanec deposited Chinese 211: Bibliography and Research Methods in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1628002/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:36:11 -0500 The purpose of this course is to introduce graduate students to the tools, methods, and history of sinology. Sinology refers to the study of China as performed in a philological manner. Philology refers to the historical study of language and literature in its fullest context. It is inherently interdisciplinary. It draws on the fields of…[Read more]

]]> 0 ddefbb14643545cd8786d2f61b88c5f8 Nathan Faries replied to the topic 2020 COLLABORATIVE SESSION BRAINSTORM: PRE-14TH C. CHINA and MING/QING CHINA in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/2020-collaborative-session-brainstorm-pre-14th-c-china-and-ming-qing-china/#post-1019158 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:26:52 -0500 Sorry about that. Try again now. I hope the settings are fixed

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14cJFY-3yhgnR_iOba0GUjYNXjnW1VBpRilt_y7ZGJO4/edit?usp=sharing

]]> 0 5316d8dfe705f7eba8f067b8fdd01a4a Nathan Faries started the topic MING/QING FORUM PLANNING MEETING: THURSDAY, JAN. 3--8:00 p.m., Sheraton Old Town in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/ming-qing-forum-planning-meeting-thursday-jan-3-800-p-m-sheraton-old-town/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:31:34 -0500 All Ming/Qing Forum members and prospective members are welcome to bring their ideas and join the conversation on Thursday evening just before the East Asia Social Event. (8:00-8:30 p.m., and we can walk over to the social event together.)

We will meet for 30 minutes in the Old Town Room at the Sheraton Grand. Agenda items: session topics for…[Read more]

]]> 0 c06ac426c9f196318df1766147980fec Guojun Wang replied to the topic 2020 COLLABORATIVE SESSION BRAINSTORM: PRE-14TH C. CHINA and MING/QING CHINA in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/2020-collaborative-session-brainstorm-pre-14th-c-china-and-ming-qing-china/#post-1019152 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:29:05 -0500 Hi Nathan, you google doc seems to be view-only. needs permission to edit. Maybe you want to change the setting.

]]> 0 c3f7c4d42655810bc0c7f110307ae5b5 Nathan Faries started the topic 2020 COLLABORATIVE SESSION BRAINSTORM: PRE-14TH C. CHINA and MING/QING CHINA in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/2020-collaborative-session-brainstorm-pre-14th-c-china-and-ming-qing-china/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:23:50 -0500 We need to start planning our 2020 Forum Collaborative Session Proposal now. If you have any ideas about session topics and/or interested participants, please post to the brainstorm Google-doc below. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14cJFY-3yhgnR_iOba0GUjYNXjnW1VBpRilt_y7ZGJO4/edit?usp=sharing

 

]]> 0 63de8210762a223676c7d4f78486a5f3 Radovan Škultéty replied to the topic WELCOME! EAST ASIA SOCIAL EVENT: THURSDAY, JANUARY 3--8:45 p.m.-10:00 p.m. in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/welcome-east-asia-social-event-thursday-january-3-845-p-m-1000-p-m/#post-1019148 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:06:26 -0500 Thank you, Nathan! I was just thinking whether I needed an invite for this event. Now you have dispelled all my worries 🙂 See you in two weeks in Sheraton!

]]> 0 609af38969b23b6410a030d2cb62d691 Nathan Faries replied to the topic WELCOME! EAST ASIA SOCIAL EVENT: THURSDAY, JANUARY 3--8:45 p.m.-10:00 p.m. in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/welcome-east-asia-social-event-thursday-january-3-845-p-m-1000-p-m/#post-1019143 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:58:54 -0500 Hope to see you all there! Please share this with all your colleagues.

First 60 people receive a free drink ticket. Everyone has a chance at door-prize raffle for new books.

Thanks!

Nathan

]]> 0 882c87582acf5a0dca072b9121ce5b8c Nathan Faries started the topic WELCOME! EAST ASIA SOCIAL EVENT: THURSDAY, JANUARY 3--8:45 p.m.-10:00 p.m. in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/welcome-east-asia-social-event-thursday-january-3-845-p-m-1000-p-m/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:57:09 -0500 177: Social Hour for East Asianists, Hosted by LLC East Asian, LLC Japanese since 1900, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, LLC Pre-14th-Century Chinese, LLC Japanese to 1900, and LLC Korean<i></i> 8:45 PM–10:00 PM Thursday, Jan 3, 2019<i></i> Sheraton Grand – Chicago Ballroom VIII

]]> 0 35d10a2ee63fb99ac2ec9462be1c7870 Guojun Wang started the topic Candidate Statement in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/candidate-statement-5/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:43:34 -0400 Dear Members of the Ming-Qing Forum,

My name is Guojun Wang. I am an assistant professor of Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University; and I am running for the LLC Ming and Qing Chinese group Executive Committee. Below is a brief introduction about myself and my participation in the Ming/Qing group.

  1. My Research

I specialize in late imperial…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c746333dbe77d47d08d7ae649add7d7 Yuanfei Wang started the topic Candidate Statement: 2018 MLA Forum Executive Committee in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/candidate-statement-2018-mla-forum-executive-committee/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:49:01 -0400 Dear Members of the LLC Ming and Qing Chinese Forum,

I am honored to be nominated as a candidate of the executive committee of the LLC Ming and Qing Chinese Forum in 2018. My name is Yuanfei Wang, an assistant professor of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of Georgia. I obtained my Ph.D degree from the department of East Asian…[Read more]

]]> 0 aa516df285b8dcb592342bac782df177 Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2019 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2019-forum-delegate-election-32/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:36:08 -0400 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]

]]> 0 6b352c4db4175c6946552b805f788bbf Tom Mazanec deposited Lyricism, the Veneration of Feeling, and Narrative Techniques in the Poetry Talks of the Southern Society in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1617219/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 16:40:30 -0400 This paper examines the voluminous “poetry talks” (shihua) written by Southern Society (Nanshe) members and focuses on two tendencies in these discourses: The general cult of sentimentality and the narrative strategy on women’s poetry. These poetic discourses succeeded the language of traditional literary criticism, but also exhibited ideals of th…[Read more]

]]> 0 e423605e776b17e14b78e42b1fa67e51 Tom Mazanec deposited From Poetic Revolution to the Southern Society: The Birth of Classicist Poetry in Modern China in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1617216/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 16:33:10 -0400 This paper examines the birth of classicist poetry by paying attention to the Southern Society’s (Nanshe) diachronic succession of the late Qing Poetic Revolution. It provides a careful analysis on the novelty of Huang Zunxian’s poetry and shows how the Southern Society transformed Huang’s Europeanized innovation into something that was roote…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0c5c366eef83481c03fb60c84fc25fb Liana Chen started the topic MLA 2018: Ming/Qing LLC Forum Informal Gathering THURSDAY in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/mla-2018-mingqing-llc-forum-informal-gathering-thursday/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:24:57 -0500 Dear friends and colleagues, hope this find you well. There will be an informal gathering for all the LLC Ming/Qing Chinese forum members on

Thursday, Jan. 4, 8:45-10:00 p.m. in the New York Hilton Midtown, room Conference C.

All are welcome to join us to discuss proposals and session ideas for the 2019 MLA convention.

Looking forward to seeing…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a0a667672f8342f91323da8f4eeca66 Ariel Fox started the topic Candidate Statement in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/candidate-statement/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:49:19 -0400 Dear Ming-Qing colleagues,

Greetings! I was also nominated for the Ming and Qing Chinese Forum Executive Committee. I would love to be more involved in the Ming and Qing Chinese Forum, as I think that it has a vital role to play in both the broader direction of the MLA and the future of our field. The creation of a Ming and Qing Chinese Forum…[Read more]

]]> 0 338c7fd15795b0003361d7dd8b2f6021 Guojun Wang started the topic Candidate Statement for Ming and Qing Forum Executive Committee Member Election in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/candidate-statement-for-ming-and-qing-forum-executive-committee-member-election-2/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:00:42 -0400 Dear Members of the LLC Ming and Qing Chinese Forum,

My name is Guojun Wang. I am an assistant professor of Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University, and I am a candidate running for the LLC Ming and Qing Chinese group Executive Committee. Below is a brief introduction about myself and my participation in the Ming/Qing group.

Research…[Read more]

]]> 0 654a15f08fdfdafe6176e1498899cb7f Thomas Mazanec deposited The Medieval Chinese Gāthā and Its Relationship to Poetry
 in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1580795/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:16:37 -0400 Abstract: This paper investigates the shifting definitions of the term gāthā (Ch. ji) over an 800-year period, from the earliest sūtratranslations into Chinese until the mid-tenth century. Although the term originally referred to the verse sections of scriptures, gāthās soon began to circulate separately, used in ritual, contemplative, and peda…[Read more]

]]> 0 be311fd838a1b18a7ccffc7393062bba Daniel Alan Fried started the topic Please help endorse the formation of an early & medieval Chinese lit forum! in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/please-help-endorse-the-formation-of-an-early-medieval-chinese-lit-forum-2/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:37:20 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

As many of you may be aware, while the MLA forums on modern Chinese lit and Ming-Qing lit were successfully established in 2014, a third forum, on pre-14th century literature, never quite got off the ground.  I’ve been encouraged to try to change this, and I need your help!

Could you please go to the prospective forum en…[Read more]

]]> 0 f46c5d2aece5f4ba82442027e79ec4dd Nathan Faries started the topic Ming/Qing LLC Forum Meeting Notes (Jan. 6, 2017) in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/mingqing-llc-forum-meeting-notes-jan-6-2017/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:54:59 -0500 Ming/Qing China LLC Forum

MLA 2017 Meeting Notes, Philadelphia

January 6, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

 

Chair, Prof. Tina Lu presiding, started at 7:35 p.m.

12 colleagues in attendance (attendance/e-mail sign-up page passed around)

 

How do we increase representation and build community of Chinese scholars at MLA?

Encourage panel proposals, direct…[Read more]

]]> 0 41b9a36089451501466a4df85b644a2f Nathan Faries started the topic Ming/Qing China Forum Meeting Tonight: ALL WELCOME! in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/mingqing-china-forum-meeting-tonight-all-welcome/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:51:33 -0500 The Ming/Qing China Forum is meeting tonight, Friday, 7:30 p.m. in Marriott 303.

ALL ARE WELCOME, whether you are officially in the Forum or not!

If you are interested in seeing more China sessions at the MLA please come contribute to the conversation. Thanks!

Here are some topics we’ll discuss:

What is the ideal schedule for Asia/China…[Read more]

]]> 0 f5fe5e3325ab0120b6706aedeb3814e8 Nathan Faries started the topic I second Charlotte's post! Hope to see you all Saturday night! in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/i-second-charlottes-post-hope-to-see-you-all-saturday-night/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:53:10 -0500 You are invited! Social Gathering and Networking Event Arranged by the Forums LLC Asian American, LLC East Asian, LLC Korean, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, and LLC Japanese to 1900
<span class=”aBn” tabindex=”0″ data-term=”goog_1575449218″><span class=”aQJ”>Saturday, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m.</span></span>, 4…[Read more]

]]> 0 27f8f7c027bec020e74635ef615005db Nathan Faries started the topic Invitation: Ming/Qing LLC Forum Meeting FRIDAY in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/invitation-mingqing-llc-forum-meeting-friday/ Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:50:52 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

Thank you very much for supporting the LLC Ming/Qing Chinese forum!

We hope to see you all at our second forum meeting on

Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, room 303.

Please join us to talk about plans for promoting more China scholarship at the MLA.

Because of your participation in this forum, this year we will…[Read more]

]]> 0 64ae53677cb4d2767cf7561ab7394e68 Li Guo started the topic Candidate Statement for Ming and Qing Forum Executive Committee Member Election in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/candidate-statement-for-ming-and-qing-forum-executive-committee-member-election/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:02:21 -0400 Dear Members of the Executive Committee of MLA Ming and Qing LLC Forum,

My name is Li Guo. I am an associate professor of Chinese at Utah State University and a candidate running for the MLA Ming and Qing Chinese Studies Executive Committee. Below I offer a brief review of my research interests, my previous and ongoing organizational work for MLA…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc22ae1890eda492541a6162cfe37887 Ari Borrell deposited Ko-wu or Kung-an: Practice, Realization and Teaching in the thought of Chang Chiu-ch'eng in the group LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/552498/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:09:36 -0400 An overview of Zhang Jiucheng’s 張九成 (1092-1159) thought on mind-cultivation and Zhu Xi’s 朱熹 critique of Zhang and other Buddho-Confucians of the early Southern Song dynasty (1126-1279).

]]> 0 a16307ef5746e4d18160c3a4654328e5 Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Chinese Lit Position/ Penn State in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/chinese-lit-position-penn-state/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:09:01 -0400 I hope this message finds you enjoying a beautiful fall semester! I’m writing because I’m on the search committee for a new position in Chinese Literature at Penn State. Could you help spread the word amongst friends, colleagues, peers, grad students and the like? (Ad below.)

Thanks so much!
Charlotte

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]]> 0 ff8d3939522462831ba0551a799a4800 Nathan Faries started the topic Invitation: First Ming/Qing LLC Forum Organizational Meeting in the discussion LLC Ming and Qing Chinese https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ming-and-qing-chinese/forum/topic/invitation-first-mingqing-llc-forum-organizational-meeting/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 05:11:04 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

Thank you very much for supporting the formation of the LLC Ming and Qing Chinese forum. Because of your participation, the forum was approved and opened this past November.

Please join us for our first organizational meeting this week at the conference in Austin, led by our Chair, Professor Tina Lu.

Hope to see you all at the…[Read more]

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