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H. G. Wells in search of China: Chinese intellectuals and the making of a universal history, 1919-1935

Room 3401 (Lift 2 / Lift 17-18)

The Outline of History by the English writer H. G. Wells (1866-1946), first published in 1920, was a bestseller and a cultural phenomenon during the interwar period. As a disciple of Thomas Huxley and Darwinism, Wells narrates a universal history from the origin and evolution of life and mankind to the aftermath of the Great War. The popularity of the Outline was not only a Western phenomenon. It also received widespread attention and popularity among Chinese readers. Although Wells had never been to China, he acquainted and interacted with several Chinese intellectuals, including Liang Qichao, Ding Wenjiang, Fu Ssunien and Chen Yuan, during his writing. They criticized, helped, and influenced Wells’s writing about China in the bestseller. In this presentation, I will use archival materials from the University of Illinois Library collections, such as correspondence between Chinese intellectuals and Wells, to reconstruct the details of interactions between Wells and his Chinese friends. They also reveal Well’s evolutionary epic of human history and cultural legacy in a wider global context. READ MORE...

Past Events

日記美學:日常敘事的技術含量

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文學史往往充斥著偏見。它們的最大偏見是,大書特書虛構文學,淡然漠視紀實文學。詩歌、戲劇、小說,一統天下,儼然正統;傳記、遊記、日記,打入冷宮,不見天日。虛構文學主打的文學史,充其量只能算半部文學史。日記美學,試圖糾偏,將探討日常敘事的技術含量,以期匡正傳統的文學史觀。講座的剖析文本為蒲寧、胡適、吳宓等人的日記,特別聚焦其中的敘事特征與美學價值。 READ MORE...

中國影像史的全球文獻匯集與研究

1104室 (LT-A旁)

講座將介紹中國攝影史和關於中國的影像所涉及的文獻在世界範圍內的分布、研究的進展與方法,中國攝影的美術館館藏的建立方式和研究性策展在這一計劃中所發揮的作用。 READ MORE...

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