What does it really mean to “speak Chinese”? Many equate Chinese with Standard Mandarin, an assumption that conceals the vast complexity of the Sinitic language family. In A Handbook of Sinitic Languages, Dialects, and Non-standard Mandarin, Professor Cornelius Kubler, in collaboration with the late Clement Chu Sing Lau, confronts this…
Victor Mair (UPenn professor and Cambria Sinophone World Series Editor) to give Distinguished Lecture at the University of Hong Kong
The following is an interview with Cambria Press author Dr. Wilt Idema (Harvard University) whose new book has just been released. In addition to the many honors he has earned, Dr. Idema is one of twenty Sinologists this year to win the 9th Special Book Award of China, a national-level award…
Cambria Press congratulates Nicholas A. Kaldis on the glowing review of his book, The Chinese Prose Poem: A Study of Lu Xun’s Wild Grass (Yecao), in the journal CLEAR (Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews). Kaldis’s book was reviewed by the distinguished scholar Jon Eugene von Kowallis, who praised the book, stating that it…
Don’t miss the roundtable session with Dr. Victor Mair at 4:30 p.m. this Thursday at the at the UPenn Van Pelt Library! Dr. Victor Mair (general editor of the Cambria Sinophone World Series) was just in Prague to give his keynote address “Sinology, Chinese Studies, Orientalism, and Beyond” at the…
Cambria Press author and series editor Victor Mair and editorial board member David Der-wei Wang (Cambria Sinophone World Series) were in Prague as speakers for “Uncertain Boundaries, Fluid Concepts, Changing Imagination,” the symposium dedicated to current issues in the study of Chinese culture. This symposium was organized by the Chiang…
Cambria Press authors, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature Gao Xingjian and translator Dr. Mabel Lee, will be attending the 2013 MLA conference in Boston for the launch of the new book, Gao Xingjian: Aesthetics and Creation. The book has been published just in time for the MLA annaul convention. MLA…
Professor Victor H. Mair, the Cambria Sinophone World Series General Editor,will be giving a lecture at Beijing University, which will be attended by scholars from all over the world.
