| Department of English | Shakespeare in East Asia |
Shakespeare in East Asia Conference
Friday, April 13, 2007 | 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM
All events will be held at the Crossroads Theatre
7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
What happens when the work of William Shakespeare
-- the quintessential figure of the Western canon -- travels to East Asia?
| 1:00 PM |
Welcome Remarks Kate Flint (Acting Chair and Professor of English, Rutgers University) |
| 1:15 PM |
Alexander C. Y. Huang Professor of Comparative Literature, Penn State University, University Park "In States Unborn and Accents Yet Unknown? Envisioning 'Asia' and 'Shakespeare'" |
Moderator: Ron Levao (Professor of English, Rutgers University) |
| 2:45 PM |
Break |
| 3:00 PM |
Bi-qi Beatrice Lei Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University "'In Thunder, Lighting, or in Rain?' Shakespeare Recontextualized in China and Taiwan" |
| Moderator: Ching Wen Rebecca Hu (Henry Rutgers Scholar) |
| 4:30 PM |
Closing Remarks Barry V. Qualls (Vice President for Undergraduate Education and Professor of English, Rutgers University) |
| 4:45PM |
| Reception |
| 8:00 PM |
College Avenue Players Performance of The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) Doors will open at 7:45 PM for the performance. Priority seating will be given to conference attendees. |
| Sponsors |
Department of English Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes Office of the Director of the Undergraduate Program in English Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Office of the Dean of Humanities, School of Arts and Sciences Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission / Board of Chosen Freeholders |
