Tradition and Challenge of Modernity

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

Symposium/Workshop,March 7-9, 2003RiceUniversity

Talks on March 8, 9-12 am2-5 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

NanxiuQianRiceUniversity

HaunSaussyStanfordUniversity

Ellen WidmerWesleyanUniversity

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