Lu Xun – Diary of a Madman – Lu Xun Series #4
Here we are at what is arguably Lu Xun’s most important text. Rob and Lee discuss this text in terms of content, language and modernity.
Monthly Archives: January 29, 2022
Preface to War Cry – Interview with Professor Roy Chan
In Episode 3 in our Lu Xun Series, we interview one of the experts in the field of Lu Xun studies (and advisor to both Rob and Lee) about the Preface to Lu Xun’s most important collection of short stories War Cry (Nahan). This preface has been the subject of numerous debates in China and in […]
Interview with Professor Huters – Towards a Refutation of Malevolent Voices – Lu Xun Series – Episode 2
Today, we have our second installment in the Lu Xun series. This week we are joined by Professor Theodore Huters, Professor Emeriti in UCLA’s Asian Languages and Cultures Department and Chief Editor, Renditions, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of several excellent books, including Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing […]
Lu Xun’s Early Career – Lu Xun Series – Episode 1
This is the first episode in our series on Lu Xun, and, for this episode, we are going to look at some of the earliest aspects of Lu Xun’s career, both his time growing up in Shaoxing, his time in Japan and his attempts to become a translator.
End of the Year Podcast
This week, we change up the format a bit. Instead of talking about a specific text, we catch on our personal lives a bit, talking about grad school, what we learned in finishing our Ph.D.’s and a few other things. The podcast is also a bit longer than our normal format.