It is my great pleasure to invite everyone to a late evening reception celebrating the creation of the new Asian literature forums at the MLA. Charlotte Eubanks is your host for the evening!

Saturday, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., 411-412, Philadelphia Marriott

Wine and appetizers generously provided by cosponsorship from Columbia UP, De Gru…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

An executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese since 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 3:30-4:45 p.m., room 309, in the Philadelphia Marriott. Please join us after the below panel, sponsored by Japanese since 1900!

311. Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination
1:45–3:00 p…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

An executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese since 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 3:30-4:45 p.m., room 309, in the Philadelphia Marriott. Please join us after this panel, sponsored by this forum!

311. Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination
1:45–3:00 p.m., room 406, P…[Read more]

Hi post-1900ers,

The executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese TO 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 12 noon-1:15 p.m., room 304, in the Philadelphia Marriott.

Come one, come all, and help plan pre-1900 Japan for MLA 2018!

All best,

Charlotte

Hi all,

The executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese to 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 12 noon-1:15 p.m., room 304, in the Philadelphia Marriott.

Come one, come all, and help plan MLA 2018!

All best,

Charlotte

I hope this message finds you enjoying a beautiful fall semester! I’m writing because I’m on the search committee for a new position in Chinese Literature at Penn State. Could you help spread the word amongst friends, colleagues, peers, grad students and the like? (Ad below.)

Thanks so much!
Charlotte

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Assistant Professor of…[Read more]

I hope this message finds you enjoying a beautiful fall semester! I’m writing because I’m on the search committee for a new position in Chinese Literature at Penn State. Could you help spread the word amongst friends, colleagues, peers, grad students and the like? (Ad below.)

Thanks so much!
Charlotte

Job #65648
Assistant Professor of…[Read more]

We are excited to present the following two panels at the next Annual Meeting, and hope to see you there! Sorry for cross postings.

311. “Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination” Friday Jan 6 1:45–3:00 p.m., 406, Philadelphia Marriott

Presiding: Karen Thornber, Harvard Univ.

1. “What about Animals? In the Wake of N…[Read more]

We are excited to present the following two panels at the next Annual Meeting, and hope to see you there! Sorry for cross postings.

311. “Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination” Friday Jan 6 1:45–3:00 p.m., 406, Philadelphia Marriott

Presiding: Karen Thornber, Harvard Univ.

1. “What about Animals? In the Wake of N…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Vanessa Joosen and I have proposed a children’s literature-related seminar for the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Utrecht July 7-9.

Here’s the CFP:

Children’s Literature Crossing Borders

Children’s literature has long been viewed as an agent for international peace. Fr…[Read more]

Hello all!

Information about the schedule for MLA 2017 has begun to circulate. I’ll post the titles, dates, and times for the Premodern Japan panels here. Hope you’ll join us!

#164 “Sounding the Premodern Sinosphere” Thursday 1/5, 7:00-8:15pm, 406 Marriott

#238 “Soundscapes of Premodern Japan” Friday 1/6, 10:15-, 406 Marriott

Also, if you have…[Read more]

<u>Sounding the Premodern Sinosphere</u>

How should we understand the aural dimensions of composing, performing, and appreciating Literary Sinitic texts in pre-modern East Asia? 250-300 word abstracts to Matthew Fraleigh (fraleigh@brandeis.edu) by 1 March 2016.

Longer abstract:

Several new forums of particular interest to scholars working in…[Read more]

The Japan to 1900 Division of the MLA invites you to submit paper proposals for either of the following panel, which we are planning for the January 2017 Modern Language Association annual conference, to convene in Philadelphia.

Collaborative Session (with the East Asia forum):

Sounding the Premodern Sinosphere

How should we understand the…[Read more]

Soundscapes in Premodern Japan (guaranteed panel) CFP

How do sound imaginaries in literature (the racket of the street and the warbling of birds) represent space? Who hears, listens in, or overhears, and what power do they enjoy in this sonic culture? What constitutes a sacred sound or its profane or transgressive counterpart? What role is…[Read more]

The Japan to 1900 group would like to propose a collaborative panel with the East Asia group, on the topic of

‘Sounding the Pre-Modern Sinosphere’

which would focus on Chinese-language compositions from across Asia (such as kanshi in Japan).

I’ll be interested in your thoughts, and will hope for a ‘go ahead’ from the leadership! 🙂

Charlotte…[Read more]