DATE
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
TIME
4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
COST
Free
REGISTRATION
Graphic by Anh Luu.
Image credits: “The Landscape of Suzhou” by Shen Zhou (Ming Dynasty) 明沈周蘇州山水全圖 卷 , “Landscape in Snow” by Shen Zhou 明沈周雪景山水
2020/21 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture: Elegance and Vulgarity: The Promise and Peril of Things in Ming-Qing Literature
The Department of Asian Studies presents their annual Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture featuring guest speaker Professor Wai-yee Li (Harvard University) on Wednesday January 20th at 4pm PST, virtually.
How is value assigned to things? What is the line between the refinement of good taste and the force of obsession? Professor Li will discuss the figure of the vulgar connoisseur in Jin Ping Mei, the contradictions of elegance in a story by Li Yu (1611-1680), and the implications of redefining elegance and vulgarity in The Story of the Stone, in her presentation titled “Elegance and Vulgarity: The Promise and Peril of Things in Ming-Qing Literature” 雅俗分際：明清文學的物情與物累.
Dr. Li will also present a Research Seminar on Friday, January 22nd, at 12:30pm PST, on the topic of “Objectifying People and Humanizing Things in Chinese Literature“.
To register for both of these events and to find out more information about the Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lectures, please follow this link.
(Page retrieved from: https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/2020w-yip-so-man-wat-memorial-lecture/ on Jan 13th, 2021)