Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Chinese CHNS

Photographer in a Foreign Land: Kevin Bubriski’s Documentary Projects in Nepal, Tibet and Xinjiang

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, History of Arts and Architecture, East Asian Studies, and International & Global Studies

Kevin Bubriski’s fifty year career as a documentary photographer began in the mid 1970s with his years in the Peace Corps as a community water supply technician in Nepal’s remotest mountain villages. He has returned to Nepal numerous times, done extended documentary work in South Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and the USA and has published a number of photographic books. He will be speaking retrospectively about his work in Nepal, the USA, Syria, Tibet and Xinjiang.

Johnson Classroom 204

Chinese - Commencement 2024 Remarks and Awards

4:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Remarks and awards for seniors and their families in Mahaney Center for the Arts Room 221.

Mahaney Arts Center 221

Hopkins-Nanjing Center Visit to Middlebury

5:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature

You are invited to attend an upcoming information session to learn more about the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC), a graduate educational collaboration between Nanjing University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Students take multidisciplinary coursework in Chinese, live in a bilingual community, and build professional skills for their future careers. The HNC is committed to cross-cultural learning, open academic research and inquiry, and advanced bilingual education.

Axinn Center 109

ARBC, CHNS, CMLT, ITAL, JAPN, LHST, RUSS - Commencement 2023 Reception

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Comparative Literature, and Luso-Hispanic Studies

Commencement reception for seniors and their families for the departments of Arabic, Chinese, Comparative Literature, Italian, Japanese Studies, Luso-Hispanic Studies, and Russian.

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Calligraphy Demonstration and Workshop

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Museum of Art, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, History of Arts and Architecture, J Club, East Asian Studies, International & Global Studies, and ZZ Student Friends of the Art Museum

World-renowned calligrapher Masako Inkyo will be giving a calligraphy performance based on Oborozukiyo from The Tale of Genji. After her performance, she will lead two calligraphy workshops at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM where attendees will have the opportunity to practice the art of calligraphy. You must RSVP to attend the workshop at go/inkyo or by emailing japaneseclub@middlebury.edu.

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Free; registration required for workshops: go/inkyo
Open to the Public

Rural China's Schools: Challenges and Potential Solutions

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Economics, Int'l Politics & Economics, Center for Careers & Internships, and East Asian Studies

Speaker: Scott D. Rozelle, Stanford University

Title: Rural China’s Schools: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Writing in the Age of the “Ultra-Unreal”: A Talk by Chinese Novelist Ning Ken

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and East Asian Studies

“Ultra-unreal” (chaohuan) is novelist, essayist, editor and blogger Ning Ken’s coinage to describe contemporary China, where the speed and scale of change is disorienting and the news full of stories of prosperity, progress, corruption, and inequity that defy imagination. Ning Ken is the author of five novels, including the “Heaven / Tibet,” of which Nobel Prize for Literature winner Mo Yan said, “Ning Ken combines keen political critique with penetrating analysis of human nature.” Ning Ken will talk about writing fiction about an “ultra-unreal” time and place.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Free
Open to the Public

The Chinese Safari: Cultural Identity and Wildlife Conservation in Kenya’s Tourism Industry

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Environmental Studies, and East Asian Studies

“The Chinese Safari: Cultural Identity and Wildlife Conservation in Kenya’s Tourism Industry,” a talk by Amanda Kaminsky (class of ‘13). Ms. Kaminsky will talk about the social and environmental consequences of Chinese tourism in Kenya, which she has been studying as a graduate student at the Univesity of Michigan. In her Master’s thesis Ms.

Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

Open to the Public

Reception: A Field Guide for Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures Majors

5:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, French and Francophone Studies, Italian, Russian, and Center for Careers & Internships

This informal reception is an opportunity for students, alumni, and faculty to connect after the Field Guide for Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures Majors.

Poet and Translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reads at 51 Main

7:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Literary Studies, and NEW ENGLAND REVIEW

Poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain will read from and discuss her new collection of poetry, The Ruined Elegance, and her translations of Chinese poetry, in particular Sea Summit, the new collection by Yi Lu. Doors open at 7 for reception with light refreshments; reading begins at 7:30. Books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase. The event is free and open to the public.

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Free
Open to the Public