Literature

Prof. Tomiko Yoda Receives Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award

May 20, 2015

Professor of Chinese Literature, Emeritus Wilt Idema Receives Special Book Award of China

August 22, 2015

China Humanities Seminar: Poetry and Empire

April 24, 2015

Prof. David Wang's The Lyrical in Epic Time Published by Columbia University Press

March 2, 2015

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Wilt L. Idema

Professor of Chinese Literature, Emeritus

Wilt L. Idema obtained his BA and MA from Leiden University (The Netherlands). Following continued study and research in Japan and Hong Kong, he returned...

New Book by Prof. Wai-yee Li

July 23, 2014

Women and National Trauma in Late Imperial Chinese Literature

Wai-yee Li

From Harvard University Press:

The Ming–Qing dynastic transition in seventeenth-century China...

Si Nae Park

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
On Leave Fall 2023

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Korean Literature Symposium: Crossing Borders

8:50am to 5:30pm

Location:

Harvard Faculty Club Reading Room, 20 Quincy St.

In honor of Professor David McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature

Sponsored by Korea Institute, Harvard University
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Harvard University Asia Center

Schedule:
8:15 – 8:45  Breakfast & Registration

8:50 – 9:00  Introductory Remarks by Professor Sun Joo Kim

9:00 – 10:45   Session I: Form and Freedom in Korean Literature
Moderator: Sun Joo Kim (Harvard University)
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2014 Apr 01

Kyōgen (狂言) Lecture and Performance

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Yenching Auditorium - 2 Divinity Ave. 1st Floor

Kyōgen is the name for a dramatic style and repertoire of short comic plays that form one of the oldest theatrical traditions in Japan. Though developed in the 14th century, kyōgen is still performed today: both as an independent form (hon-kyōgen) and as an interlude during the more...

Chinese Language Program hosts Second Annual Chinese Poetry Recitation Contest

December 5, 2013

On November 6^th the basement of Northwest Labs was bustling with a crowd of student performers eager to participate in the second annual Chinese Poetry Recitation Competition. The contest, organized by the Chinese Language Program within Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, brought together students from basic, intermediate, and advanced courses to engage with traditional and contemporary verse. This year’s competition featured a dazzling display of PowerPoint slides complete with musical accompaniment introducing categories and poems. As...

Tomiko Yoda

Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities
Director of Graduate Studies, 2022-23

Tomiko Yoda received her B.A. in Religion from Wesleyan University, M.A. in Oriental Philosophy at Nagoya University, and her M.A. and...

David Wang

Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature

David Der-wei Wang holds a joint appointment in Comparative Literature. He is Director of CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for...

Xiaofei Tian

Professor of Chinese Literature
On Leave AY 2023-24

After teaching at Colgate University and Cornell University, I joined the Harvard EALC faculty in 2000. My principal...

Stephen Owen

James Bryant Conant University Professor, Emeritus

Stephen Owen is a sinologist specializing in premodern literature, lyric poetry, and comparative poetics. Much of his work has focused on the middle...

Melissa McCormick

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture
Harvard College Professor
On leave 2023-24

Melissa McCormick earned a dual B.A. in art history and Japanese language and literature from the University of Michigan (1990), her Ph.D. in Japanese Art...

Women and National Trauma in Late Imperial Chinese Literature

Wai-yee Li

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