Dear all,

I suggest the following topics:

Intercultural/trans cultural theater

Politics and theater

Shiao-ling Yu

Hi, Pamela,
We (Geraldine and I) missed you for the 2015 RMMLA at Boise ID back in October. We had you in one of the triple panels, if I remember correctly. I would love to hear your ideas for the paper since I’m in the process of collecting critical essays for an special issue on “Interfacing Humans and Nature” (neither anthropo-centrically nor…[Read more]

I would certainly be interested in a panel that dealt with Human/Nature Interface. I am developing a new course in Daoism and the Environment so I am exploring the idea of environmental aspects of the Daodejing and using it as an environmental text. I would consider a paper on that if it is appropriate. I know of course that the Daodejing is not…[Read more]

Human/Nature Interface: Agential Landscapes and Human Conduits

I’d like to expand the original intent of the panel by broadening its thematic range and invite more participants to attend the panel at MLA 2015.  One way to make that happen is to change the title to “Human/Nature Interface: Agential Landscapes and Human Conduits.” Another is to suggest this new theme as a topic area for MLA 2016.
Xinmin Liu

Congratulations, and looking forward to working together!

Very best,

Melek

Hello all,

We are still looking for panel ideas for the Austin convention. To get the discussion started, here are a couple of ideas. Feel free to reply here, and/or add new ideas!

1. Translation of East Asian literatures

2. Online literature and reading in East Asia

3………..?

Looking forward to your proposals!

Best,

Melek

I also support the idea of women’s presence and writing in the premodern canon. How about something like “women, agency, and literary production (“literary arts” if you think about music, drama, etc.) in premodern East Asia”???

Just a thought that we can discuss more in Vancouver.

Monika Dix

The above discussion about women’s presence and the premodern canon is very interesting to me as well. This will be a wonderful topic to draw scholars who specialize in women represented in poetry, fiction and drama in late imperial period as well as historical context for such representations.

All these are wonderful ideas! With regard to “women and the premodern canon” — why not “nimen” or “tamen” and the premodern canon? I feel that perhaps we need to clarify who we/you/they are, though an exciting topic this might be even in this somewhat ambiguous form. Alright, back to grading Chinese 101 exams…

I support forming the forum “East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900.”

Hi — sorry not to respond to this earlier — was out at a conference.

The “reading Asian religious texts as literature” is particularly attractive to me — I would have suggested that even if you didn’t bring it up! And I think it’s something we need to encourage more in the field.

“Women and the premodern canon” would be nice as well — I…[Read more]

Dear MLA members,

I totally support Chris’ Petition; it is high time we established a forum on modern and contemporary Chinese.

Xinmin Liu

Maybe it’d help to put some ideas out there? Let me know if any of these seem appealing, or propose others to be discussed at the Exec Committee meeting in Vancouver:

* Between page and stage: performance literature in premodern east asia

* women and the premodern canon

* music and literature

* reading asian religious texts as literature

other ideas?