Happy New Year!
For the MLA members among us, the first or second week after the new year is usually taken up with traveling to someplace very cold to attend the annual MLA convention. This year, as with many things, the conference has gone virtual. The program, however, is not any less exciting and wide-ranging. There are dozens of panels and papers on Chinese literature–you can find them easily with a keyword search through the online program.
Below I highlight the sessions sponsored by the Executive Committee of the Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature LLC (PST times are used here)
- 48 Multiple Temporalities of the Chinese Avant-Garde 7 January 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
- 217 Metamorphosis of Chinese Science Fiction: Tropes, Concepts, and Theories 8 January 7:15 AM – 8:30 AM
- 463 Problematizing National Cultures in Modern East Asian Literatures 9 January 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
- 523 Eileen Chang as World Literature 9 January 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
See you on Zoom!
Haiyan Lee
Chair, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature LLC Executive Committee