<![CDATA[CCK-IUC - Events]]>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:13:27 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Spring 2020 Events]]>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:18:59 GMThttp://www.cck-iuc.com/events/spring-2020-eventsCritical Vote: A Taiwan Post-Election Roundtable (Taiwan Studies Program)
University of Washington
On January 13, 2020, the UW Taiwan Studies Program hosted Dr. Kharis Templeman (Stanford), Professor Margaret Lewis (Seton Hall), and Professor Dennis Lu-Chung Weng (Sam Houston State University) in a special public roundtable event to discuss the results of the January 11 Presidential and Legislative elections in Taiwan and its impact on both global and domestic stages. Director-General Alex Fan of TECO Seattle provided introductory remarks sharing his perspectives on the election results as a representative of the Taiwan government and its impact on US-Taiwan Relations. Topics included how the election was organized, key players and rising stars from all sides of the election, future outlooks for existing and new political parties, policy implications for Taiwanese domestic issues, and international implications and coverage of the election. This year’s roundtable event was our largest ever, attended by 80 people on a snowy January evening. The audience was a blend of students, faculty, and community members who heard about the event through email, word of mouth, or flyers advertising the roundtable.
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]]><![CDATA[Fall 2019 Events]]>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:57:23 GMThttp://www.cck-iuc.com/events/fall-2019-events2549256Jin Ping Mei and the World: Translation and Transculturation —— A Symposium in Honor of David Roy (1933-2016)
The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University convened a symposium on Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) in honor of David Tod Roy (1933 – 2016), Professor Emeritus of the University of Chicago, on December 5, 2019. 

Professor Roy was best known for his masterful translation of the Ming Dynasty classic Chin P’ing Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase). The novel chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt and wealthy merchant, Hsi-men Ch’ing, as he pursues numerous sexual adventures. Professor Roy’s translation, a testament to his meticulous scholarship, took him three decades to complete and is recognized as a milestone in the study of Chinese literature. Princeton University Press published the five-volume series over a period of 20 years, and the final volume, “The Dissolution,” was published in 2013.
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The symposium was open to the public. It featured 15 speakers – senior and junior scholars working on Chinese literature – from both the United States and Canada. Many scholars were old friends of Professor Roy. We also had the honor of inviting Professor Roy’s brother, Stape Roy, and his widow, Mrs. Barbara Roy, to the symposium. The symposium attracted more than 40 attendees, beyond the participants. Topics discussed include poetry, authorship, print culture, translation, eroticism in literature, and narrative psychology. The symposium closed with a roundtable discussion, focusing on teaching Jin Ping Mei in translation and other useful resources for studying the novel.  
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