[Macao Humanities Forum] A Forgotten Literary Colloquy: Qian Zhongshu, Su Dongpo, and Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark, Sarawak’s Chief Secretary in 1935 by Prof. Ronald Egan from Stanford University (10 Sept, E21A-G035)
2025-09-10 @ 11:00 am ~ 12:30 pm
We are very pleased to announce that the 21st Lecture of the FAH Macao Humanities Forum (the 1st in the 2025/2026 academic year) will be held on 10 September 2025. The forum aims to provide a platform for world-renowned scholars from diverse humanities fields to share their research with the FAH community and other UM scholars. All members of the UM community are cordially invited to this splendid event.
In this upcoming forum, we are honored to have Prof. Ronald Egan as our guest speaker to deliver a lecture on the topic “A Forgotten Literary Colloquy: Qian Zhongshu, Su Dongpo, and Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark, Sarawak’s Chief Secretary in 1935.” Prof. Egan is the Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D. Professor and Confucius Institute Professor of Sinology of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University, specializing in classical Chinese literature with a particular focus on the poetry and aesthetics of the Tang and Song dynasties (7th–13th centuries). A renowned scholar in the field, he has published extensively on major Chinese literary figures such as Ouyang Xiu, Li Qingzhao and Su Shi (i.e., Su Dongpo), and produced an acclaimed selected translation of the essays written by the prominent Chinese literary critic Qian Zhongshu. His recent work includes a complete translation of the works of the Song dynasty female poet Li Qingzhao, The Burden of Female Talent: The Poet Li Qingzhao and Her History in China (Harvard University Press, 2013). Prof. Egan is currently leading a new research project on Su Shi, tentatively titled “Exile and Invention in the Prose Writings of Su Shi.”
Details of the forum are as follows:
Speaker: Prof. Ronald Egan
Topic: A Forgotten Literary Colloquy: Qian Zhongshu, Su Dongpo, and Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark, Sarawak’s Chief Secretary in 1935
Date: 10 Sept 2025 (Wed)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30pm*
Venue: E21A-G035
Language: English (with onsite simultaneous interpretation into Mandarin)
*Light refreshments will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please register for the forum by 8 Sept 2025 (Mon) via https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n0h2HJ9poso62O