A symposium, Globalizing Modern Chinese Literature: Sinophone and Diasporic Writings, on modern Chinese literature is scheduled for December 8-9 at Harvard University. The conference will bring together more than 30 renowned scholars from China, Singapore, Malaysia and North America to analyze new currents of the Chinese literary diaspora.
In particular, it will address the emerging field of Sinophone literary studies and examine the ways in which diaspora, trans-nationalism and the question of dialects and national languages are transforming the concept of modern Chinese literature.
The two-day meeting is jointly sponsored by Harvard University and Yale University. (Source: Xinhua, chinaview.com, Dec 7, 2007).