China Humanities Seminar
The China Humanities Seminar (CHS) is a long-standing lecture series on topics in Chinese art, history, literature, thought, and religion, with a primary focus on the premodern period. It is sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Lecture Series page HERE.
OCTOBER 26, 2026, 4:00 P.M. EST
Location: Yenching Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., #136
"Modularity and Vernacular Knowledge: The Career of "Tao" 套, 11th–17th Centuries"
HUAN JIN
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NOVEMBER 09, 2026, 4:00 P.M. EST
Location: Yenching Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., #136
"Writing on Bamboo and Wood: Text Technologies in Early China"
YUNXIAO XIAO
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
NOVEMBER 30, 2026, 4:00 P.M. EST
Location: CGIS South S354
"Old Age and Aging in Medieval Chinese Poetry"
KERSTIN STORM
UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER
DECEMBER 07, 2026, 4:00 P.M. EST
Location: Yenching Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., #136
"Literary Creativity and “The Use of the Mind” in Early Medieval China"
WENDY SWARTZ
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY