Stanford Sinologist Ronald Egan to Lecture on Compiling Su Dongpo in Santa Clara on Nov 1, Free and on Zoom
The 1Plus Institute humanities lecture series will present Stanford sinologist Ronald Egan on Sunday, November 1, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., on the fourth floor of the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California. Egan, a chaired professor in Stanford University's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, will speak on "The Challenges and Discoveries in Compiling Su Dongpo's Writings." The lecture is free and open to the public, with simultaneous participation available on Zoom.
Egan has long worked on the study and compilation of Su Shi's writings. Reading Su's poems, ci lyrics, fu, prose, and letters of all genres in chronological order, he is compiling a bilingual selected edition of Su Shi; in this lecture he will share the methods, challenges, and discoveries involved in compiling Su Dongpo's collected writings. The lecture poster also features his English monograph Exile and Invention in the Prose Writings of Su Shi and his selected edition of Su Shi's fu.
Egan is a chaired professor in Stanford's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He received his Ph.D. in Chinese literature from Harvard University and formerly chaired the Stanford department. He translated selections of Qian Zhongshu's Guan Zhui Bian into English (Limited Views) and contributed to The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature; his other books include works on Ouyang Xiu and on the poet Li Qingzhao.
The venue is the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center, 3777 Stevens Creek Blvd, 4th Floor, Santa Clara, CA 95051. Those unable to attend in person may join via the Zoom meeting link (meeting ID 853 9102 9199, no passcode required). The lecture is presented by the 1Plus Institute and the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：壹嘉文学社人文讲座海报（主办方发布；原海报右下角的参会二维码已按本站规范裁去）。 / Poster for the 1Plus Institute humanities lecture, released by the organizer; the QR code in the original poster's lower-right corner has been cropped out.
