On the Same Page presents: Chinatown in Translation: Scholars in Conversation

Panel Discussion | October 5 | 5-6:30 p.m. | UC Berkeley Campus, Zoom Webinar: https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XJXmmMznRs-zGWXsdudooA

Panelist/Discussants:  Andrew Way Leong, Professor of English, UC Berkeley; Shan Te-hsing, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

Moderators:  Harvey Dong, Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley; Khatharya Um, Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

Sponsor:  On the Same Page

Professor Te-hsing Shan received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from National Taiwan University in 1986. He served as the President of English and American Literature Association of the Republic of China (2000-2001) and the President of Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China (2008-2010). He was a Fulbright Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2005-2006). Currently, he is Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, the highest academic institution in Taiwan. In addition to being a scholar, he is also an experienced translator and interviewer with dozens of books to his credit. His research areas include Asian American Literature, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and Translation Studies.

Andrew Way Leong is assistant professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the translator of Lament in the Night (Kaya Press 2012), a collection of two novels by Nagahara Shōson, an author who wrote for a Japanese reading public in Los Angeles during the 1920s. This translation received an Association for Asian American Studies Outstanding Book Award in 2014. Leong is also the 2018 recipient of the Association for Asian American Studies’ Early Career Achievement Award. His recent publications have appeared in The New Whitman Studies, Comparative Literature Studies, and Verge: Studies in Global Asias.

This event is a part of On the Same Page, UC Berkeley’s way of welcoming our new students into the intellectual community. Each year, we feature a book, theme, or other work of art to provide the focus of a range of events, courses, and activities that bring our new students into contact with each other and our faculty. This year's featured book is INTERIOR CHINATOWN by Charles Yu.

This event is free and open to the public. If you require an accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Aileen Liu at aileen.liu@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

Register here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XJXmmMznRs-zGWXsdudooA

Target audience:  Students - Undergraduate

Open to audiences:  All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Event Contact:  510-664-7862

Access Coordinator:  Aileen Liu,  aileen.liu@berkeley.edu,  510-664-7862