Keju vs Jueju: Classical Chinese Poetry, Cosmology, and Power by Dr Jonathan Stalling

In this lecture, Dr Stalling will explore the relationship and tensions between Classical Chinese ‘regulated verse' as a testing diagnostic and as a mode of personal lyrical expression.

The lecture will be followed by a wine reception (UCO54)

Dr Stalling is the Director of the David L. Boren School of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where he holds the Harold J Newman Chair of US-China and is Professor of International and Area Studies. He is the Director of the Institute for US-China Issues, where he directs The Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, The Newman Prize for English Jueju, the journal Chinese Literature and Thought Today (Routledge), and the CLT book series (University of Oklahoma Press).

Dr Stalling's interdisciplinary work sits at the cross-section of English-Chinese translation studies, poetics, linguistics, literature, and philosophy. Dr Stalling is also the creator of the English Jueju, a novel system for teaching Classical Chinese poetic forms in English. One can follow this work and learn the form here: www.juejupath.com