Tradition and Challenge of Modernity

Politics, Poetics and Gender in Late QingChina, 1840-1911

Symposium/Workshop,March 7-9, 2003, RiceUniversity

Talks on March 8, 9-12 am & 2-5 pm, Humanities 117, are free and open to the public

Organizers:

NanxiuQian, 713-348-5945, nanxiuq@rice.edu

Grace S. Fong, 514-398-5885,grace.fong@staff.mcgill.ca

Sponsors:

Rice University:

Center for the Study of Cultures

The Presidentís Office, Dean of Humanities

Asian Studies, Women and Gender Studies

Speakers:

Grace S. Fong, McGillUniversity

Joan Judge, University of California at Santa Barbara

Richard John Lynn, University of Toronto

Susan Mann, University of California at Davis

NanxiuQian, RiceUniversity

HaunSaussy, StanfordUniversity

Ellen Widmer, WesleyanUniversity

Contact: Sandra Gilbert, 713-348-2770, culture@rice.edu
WWW:  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~culture/center.html