Tag: Wilt Idema

• 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 Legend of Prince Golden Calf…

  Cambria Press

  July 19, 2022

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• Book Review: “Insects in Chinese Literature” by Wilt Idema

  

  “Insects in Chinese Literature will appeal to many audiences: entomologists and insect lovers will find it delightful, while specialists in Chinese literature will appreciate the copious notes and careful documentation of each text’s provenance. The works included will enrich both the Chinese and the comparative literature classroom. Quirky and eclectic, this anthology is full of unexpected…

  Cambria Press

  January 14, 2022

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• Interview with Professor Wilt Idema

  

  Q: How has the pandemic affected your work? WI: I consider myself one of the lucky ones. So far I have been in good health. As a retired person working at home I have not been affected that much by many of the lockdown measures. I am not involved in teaching, so I did not…

  Cambria Press

  March 23, 2021

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  baojuan, Insects in Chinese Literature, Sinophone, The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu, Wilt Idema

• Cambria Press Publication Review – The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu

  Congratulations to Professor Wilt Idema (Harvard University) on the great review of his book, “The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven” and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu. The Journal of Chinese Religions praises the book, noting that “this addition to a growing body of premodern popular Chinese literature in translation, much of it also by…

  Cambria Press

  December 18, 2017

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• AAS 2017 Toronto: Books and Scholars in Asian Studies to Watch

  Check out the new books by these Asianists at the Cambria Press booth 109 at the Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS) #AAS2017 conference in Toronto. Top (left to right): Wilt Idema (Harvard University), Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania), Wendy Larson (University of Oregon), Mark Bender (The Ohio State University), and Charlotte Furth (University of…

  Cambria Press

  March 8, 2017

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  #AAS2017, Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Asian Studies, Borderlands of Asia, Buddhist studies, Cambria Press, Cambria Sinophone World Series, Charlotte Furth, Chinese avant-garde fiction, Chinese religion, Christopher Lupke, Contents Tourism, Dream of the Red Chamber, Hongloumeng, I-Hsien Wu, Kyungjae Jang, Mark Bender, Opening to China, Phillip Seaton, Sinophone, Story of the Stone, Takayoshi Yamamura, Victor H. Mair, Wendy Larson, Wilt Idema, Zhang Yimou, Zhansui Yu

• AAS 2016 Cambria Press Sinophone World Series Event

  The AAS 2016 conference was one of our best conferences yet. It was great being right in the front of the exhibit hall and across from the AAS booth. We appreciated the compliments on our 8 ft long banners from both attendees and other exhibitors. Thanks to all who stopped by! The Cambria booth had…

  Cambria Press

  April 14, 2016

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  AAS 2016 Seattle, Asia warfare, Asian Studies, Association of Asian Studies AAS, Baodingshan, Buddhism, Cambria Press, Chia-rong Wu, Christopher Lupke, Cosmopolitanism in China, East Asia, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Johan Elverskog, Karil Kucera, Minghui Hu, Sinophone, Supernatural Taiwan, Thomas Drohan, Toni Tan, Victor Mair, Wilt Idema

• AAS 2016 Seattle: Cambria Sinophone World Series Event

  Cambria Press will be holding its annual Cambria Sinophone World Series event at the AAS conference on Satuday (April 2, 2016) at 7:30 p.m. in the Jefferson Room (4th floor in the Union Street Tower) at the Sheraton Seattle. All are welcome to this event. Dr. Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania) will be discussing the…

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  March 14, 2016

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• Interview with Wilt Idema on his new book, “The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu”

  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 was set up by General…

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  October 8, 2015

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• Baojuan (Precious Scrolls) of China explained by Eminent Sinologist Wilt Idema (Harvard University)

  What are the baojuan 寶卷 (precious scrolls) of China? Eminent Sinologist Wilt Idema (Harvard University) explains: Precious scrolls (baojuan) is the name of a genre of prosimetric texts (texts written in an alternation of prose and verse) on religious subjects and written in vernacular Chinese. The most recent catalogue of precious scrolls lists more than…

  Cambria Press

  October 5, 2015

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• Cambria Press Author Wilt Idema of Harvard University Wins Special Book Award of China

  Cambria Press congratulates Dr. Wilt Idema of Harvard University on winning the prestigious Special Book Award of China. Leading Sinologist, Dr. Idema’s research interests range from Chinese women’s literature to traditional Chinese vernacular literature (fiction and drama). In recent years he also has published several collections of traditional popular ballads and prosimetric narratives. His most…

  Cambria Press

  August 28, 2015

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