Image credits: Cover image for
Ban Wang's monograph China in the World (forthcoming 2022 by Duke
UP)\, designed by Aimee Harrison\, based on a painting in the series “Land
scape Relativities” by Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney[/caption]The 2
021/22 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture
with guest sp
eaker Professor Ban Wang (Stanford University)
[caption id="attachment_53760" align="aligncenter" width
="620"] Image credits: Cover image for
Ban Wang's monograph China in the World (forthcoming 2022 by Duke
UP)\, designed by Aimee Harrison\, based on a painting in the series “Land
scape Relativities” by Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney[/caption]
The recording of the main lecture is now made available:
[embed]https:// youtu.be/ZLd9gLA4hjQ[/embed]
Focusing on tensions and connect ions between national formation and international outlooks\, this talk show s how ancient visions persist even as Chinese modernizers and revolutionari es adopted and revised the Western nation-state form. The concept of ti anxia (all under heaven) and datong (great harmony) have been updated into outlooks of global harmony that value unity\, equality\, and reciprocity as the key to overcoming interstate conflict\, national divides \, and social fragmentation. The talk will delve into two ongoing debates: on the embrace of the West vs. aspirations for a common world\, and on the difference between liberal cosmopolitanism and socialist internationalism.< /p>
Date & Time:
Thursday\, F
ebruary 10\, 2022
In light of the current status of the pandemic in Vancouver\, the lecture
is now postponed to Tuesday\, April 5.
5:00pm (PDT) Reception with light refreshments
6:00pm-8:00pm (PDT)
Lecture
Location:
Asian Centre Auditorium\, 187
1 West Mall\, Vancouver
*There is also an option to watch the even
t virtually. The lecture will be live-streamed through YouTube.
Proof of vaccination and face coverings: At UBC\, p roof of vaccination continues to be required for all indoor event participa nts over 12 years old. Face coverings are required in public indoor spaces until April 30. The Department of Asian studies reserves the right to deny entry or participation to anyone who doesn't comply with the department's s tated policies\, procedures and visitor code of conduct.
Presented in
English.
Free & open to the public.
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In this seminar\, we will read Lu Xun’s essay “Toward a Refutation of Malevolent Voices” (Po esheng lun 破惡聲論) and stories “Mending Heaven” (Butian 補天)\, and “Curbing the Flood” (Lishui 理水). We will also rea d Ban Wang’s “Lu Xun as a Mytho-Ecological Writer” inspired by Lu Xun. We w ill discuss how Lu Xun mounts a critique of the myth of progress\, science\ , and technology. By evoking ancient cosmology and ecological resonance of humans with nature\, Lu Xun lampoons the hypocrisy of the hypocrite gentry. This privileged and power elite includes China’s reformers and westernizer s at the turn of the 20th century. In Lu Xun’s stories\, the kno wledge elite in modern China rub shoulders with bureaucrats of the imperial dynasties. By indulging cynically in empty talk and performing vacuous rit uals\, by wielding the rhetoric of utilitarian rationality\, this elite val orizes the fetish of technoscientific modernity by trashing “superstition.” Lu Xun’s defence of “superstition” re-invokes a millennial faith in the ec ological interconnection of humans and nature\, and expresses the intimate connection between faith\, voice\, and poetic imagination.
Da
te & Time:
Wednesday\, F
ebruary 9\, 2022
In lig
ht of the current status of the pandemic in Vancouver\, the research semina
r is now postponed to Monday\, April 4.
4:00pm – 5:45pm (PDT)
Location:
Asia
n Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver
*This session wil
l not be live-streamed.
Presented in English.
Free & open to the
public.
Attendees will be expected to read Lu Xun's writ
ings and Ban Wang's essay before coming to the seminar. The readings are in
cluded in the registration confirmation email.
Proof of vaccination and face coverings: At UBC\, proof of vaccination continues to be required for all indoor event participants ove r 12 years old. Face coverings are required in public indoor spaces until A pril 30. The Department of Asian studies reserves the right to deny entry o r participation to anyone who doesn't comply with the department's stated p olicies\, procedures and visitor code of conduct.
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The Department of Asian Studies and the Asian Centre adhere to Provinc ial Health Orders and Public Health Guidance for all in-person events. Plea se check back regularly for specific information and details about attendin g this event safely and in accordance with the current phase of B.C.’s Rest art Plan.
We look forward to se eing you.
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Dr. Ban Wa
ng of Stanford University. [/caption]
About the Speaker< /strong>
Ban Wang is the William Haas Professor in Chinese Studies in
East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at Stanford U
niversity. His major publications include The Sublime Figure of History
(1997)\, Illuminations from the Past (2004)\, History an
d Memory (Lish yu jiyi) (2004)\, and China in the World:
Culture\, Politics\, and World Vision (forthcoming March 2022). He has
edited and co-edited 8 book on the fields of Chinse studies\, including
The Yip So Man Wat M emorial Lectures are made possible by the generous support of Messrs. Alex and Chi Shum Watt in honour of their mother\, the late Mrs. Wat\, and her p assion for Chinese literature and culture. Please visit the full lecture li st here.
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