The Confucius Institute at the University of Delaware 特拉华大学孔子学院

The Confucius Institute is honored to have invited Dr. Kang Liu, Director of China Research Center from Duke University to talk about “China Model, Universalism, and Asian Values”  as the third “China Forum” lecture.

The lecture is scheduled from 4:30 to 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Kirkbride 204.

The event is free to public. All are welcome. A reception will follow after the event. Direction to Kirkbride Hall click here.

Introduction of the speaker:

Liu, Kang (刘康) is Professor of Chinese Studies at Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Director of China Research Center, Duke University, U.S.A. and he is also Chair Professor and Dean of the Institute of Arts and Humanities at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. He received B.A. in English in Nanjing University in 1982. In 1983, He came to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship and received Ph.D. in comparative literature at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. He is the author of eight books, including Aesthetics and Marxism(Duke University Press, 2000), Globalization and Cultural Trend in China(University of Hawaii Press, 2003), Culture/Media/Globalization (Nanjing University Press, 2006), and Demonizing China(Chinese Social Sciences Academy Press, 1996), a bestselling book in Chinese, which analyzes the American media’s coverage of China. In addition, Liu Kang published widely in both English and Chinese on issues ranging from contemporary Chinese media and culture, globalization, to Marxism and aesthetics. His current projects include global surveys of China’s image, Chinese soft power and public diplomacy, and political and ideological changes in China.

The Confucius Institute and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Delaware invite you to join Ha Jin (哈金) for the coming event of “Transnational Encounters” on March 7 and 8 on UD campus.

Ha Jin is one of the foremost and most respected Chinese-American writers. He has been the recipient of many prestigious literary awards (see below for a complete list of awards and honors of Ha Jin).

Events：
1. PUBLIC LECTURE
Thursday, March 7
Clayton Hall Auditorium
5:00 p.m.

2. READINGS
Friday, March 8
English
Trabant Theatre
10:30 a.m.

Chinese
Trabant Theatre
2:00 p.m.

All events are FREE to the public.

Awards and Honors

• Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction (1996)
• Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1997)
• Guggenheim Fellowship (1999)
• National Book Award (1999)
• PEN/Faulkner Award (2000)
• Asian Fellowship (2000–2002)
• Townsend Prize for Fiction (2002)
• PEN/Faulkner Award (2005)
• Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize, runner-up, Nanjing Requiem (2012)