Victor H. Mair (1943-2026): Remembering an Extraordinary Scholar
Remembering Victor H. Mair (1943–2026): Beloved friend, colleague, and series editor, whose scholarship and spirit will continue to inspire us.
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Video: “Sinophone Utopias: Exploring Futures Beyond the China Dream” by Andrea Riemenschnitter, Jessica Imbach, and Justyna Jaguscik, eds.
Watch a video on Sinophone Utopias: Exploring Futures Beyond the China Dream by Andrea Riemenschnitter, Jessica Imbach, and Justyna Jaguscik, eds.
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Book Excerpt: “The Legend of Prince Golden Calf in China and Korea” by Wilt Idema
“This book—the first on the historical development of the legend of the golden calf—is yet another contribution to the extraordinary list of important works that Professor Idema has analyzed and translated into English for a global readership.” Anne McLaren of the University of Melbourne wrote this of Wilt Idema’s The…
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Book Excerpt: “Taking China to the World” by Theodore Huters
The following is an excerpt from Taking China to the World: The Cultural Production of Modernity by Theodore Huters: In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels characterized communism as a specter haunting late-nineteenth-century Europe, one whose leaders tried desperately to exorcise. For the past century of Chinese history,…
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NYCAS 2019 Panel Chairs – Megan Ferry and Nicholas Kaldis
Two Cambria Press authors–Professor Megan Ferry and Professor Nicholas Kaldis–will be at the 2019 New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) at SUNY New Paltz. Professor Megan Ferry (Union College), author of Chinese Women Writers and Modern Print Culture will be chairing the panel “Between State And Populace, Chasing The China Dream” at…
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Celebrating Taiwan, home to some of the richest Sinophone literature in the world
Today on Taiwan’s National Day, we celebrate this important, vibrant island, which has given us—as Jonathan Stalling aptly puts it in Contemporary Taiwanese Women Writers—”some of the richest Sinophone literature in the world.” Stalling elaborates that “unfixed, vibrant, and deeply engaged with a sense of place, Taiwanese writers—from the experimental poetry…
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Cambria Press Book Launch at iPreciation with Mabel Lee, Shen Jiawei, and Victor Mair
The Cambria Press double book launch at iPreciation on July 14, 2018, was a great success! The audience was treated not only to fascinating talks by celebrity artist Shen Jiawei and Professor Mabel Lee about their books Painting History: China’s Revolution in a Global Context and Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics but also the introductory…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond
Congratulations to Professor Chia-rong Wu on the excellent review of his book, Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond, in the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC). The review praises the book, noting that it is “a most welcome addition to the burgeoning field of Sinophone studies” and “makes important contributions to…
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Author Interview with Carolyn T. Brown on Reading Lu Xun Through Carl Jung
The following is an interview with Dr. Carolyn T. Brown, author of the new book Reading Lu Xun Through Carl Jung, which is part of the Cambria Sinophone World Series, headed by Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania). Why did you decide to write this book? Carolyn T. Brown: The…
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Haun Saussy Presents Victor Mair with Surprise Festschrift at Cambria Press AAS 2018 Reception
What took place on the evening of March 24, 2018, in Washington, DC, was one of the most unforgettable events in AAS history, and probably any academic conference. The evening began with short speeches about new books by Shen Jiawei and Mabel Lee, Albert Welter, Jonathan Stalling, Megan M. Ferry, Christopher Rea,…
