China Inside-Out
Programme
| Time | Playfair Library, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL |
|---|---|
18:00 -19:15 |
Keynote address: Professor Shu-mei Shih "Between the Anglophone and the Sinophone: Thoughts on Chinese American and Chinese British literatures" |
| Time | Confucius Institute for Scotland, Abden House, EH16 5HP |
|---|---|
11.00 -12.00 |
Dr Amy Lai: ‘Chinese women writers in diaspora’ Chair: Faith Pullin |
12.00 -12.30 |
Book signing and opportunity to view video interview with novelist and short story writer, Yiyun Li |
12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
13.30-14.30 |
Dr Margaret Hillenbrand: Talk and discussion Loyalty and Longing in Chinese American Fiction Chair: |
| 14.30-15.30 | DrJudith Misrahi-Barak: Talk and discussion ‘The Chinese in the Caribbean through the eyes of Meiling Jin, Patricia Powell and Jan Shinebourne: a Discreet / Discrete Diaspora?' Chair: Professor Natascha Gentz |
15.30-16.30 |
Tea/Coffee Break, Book signing and opportunity to view video interview with novelist and short story writer, Yiyun Li |
16.30-17.30 |
Professor LuMing Mao, Miami University, Ohio Studying Chinese Rhetoric through the Art of Re-contextualization Chair: Faith Pullin |
17.30-18.00 |
Book signing and opportunity to view video interview with novelist and short story writer, Yiyun Li |
Time |
Confucius Institute for Scotland, Abden House, EH16 5HP |
|---|---|
10.00-12.00 |
Writing Workshop A: Room 1 - Fiction led by Lesley Glaister with Xujun Eberlein and Chiew-Siah Tei |
10.00-12.00 |
Writing Workshop B: Room 2 - Poetry Led by Dr. Bashabi Fraser with Lui Hong and Wang Ping; |
11.00-12.30 |
Discussion Session ‘Writing in diaspora: some issues’ Dr Amy Lai, Prof Lu Ming Mao, Prof Judith Misrahi-Barak, Chair: Prof Shu-mei Shih |
12.00-12.30 |
Book signing and opportunity to view video interview with novelist and short story writer, Yiyun Li |
12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00-15.00 |
Poetry Readings: Wang Ping, A C Clarke, Dilys Rose Chair: Dr Bashabi Fraser |
15.00-15.30 |
Coffee break |
15.30-17.30 |
Panel Event Readings and Discussion Liu Hong, Xujun Eberlein, Chiew-Siah Tei, Lesley Glaister, Dilys Rose Chair: Jenni Calder |