Related: The Future of the Humanities Project
Held during the 2021-2022 academic year, China and the West: Cultural Dialogues was an event series sponsored by Georgetown University's Future of the Humanities Project, a partnership with Campion Hall, Oxford, and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, in cooperation with the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (London).
By advancing dialogue between China and the West around the arts and the humanities, the series sought to promote intercultural understanding in an era of heightened ideological and geopolitical tensions. As the Constitution of UNESCO states “since wars begin in the minds of men [and women], it is in the minds of men [and women] that the defences of peace must be constructed.” Speakers explored cultural differences, commonalities, and connections—diverse expressions of the human mind through art, performance, philosophy, and literature.
Song of the Female Textile Workers works with U.K.-China digital arts partners to create a filmed version of a mixed reality performance to test U.K.-China digital theatre compatibility and audience…
Lu Xun’s short story “Mourning the Dead” (also translated as “Regret for the Past”) never ceases to fascinate, puzzle, and pain its readers ever since its publication in 1926. As the author’s only…
Located in present-day Gansu Province in northwestern China, the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987. Nearly 500 man-made caves carved into mountain cliffs…
Shakespeare’s tragedies have inspired incredible work in the Sinophone theatres of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The tragedies have been reimagined as political theatre, feminist operas, Buddhist…
Xunzi (“Master Xun”) lived in the latter part of the aptly named Warring States period (ca. 312– 221 BCE). While the details of his life are hazy, it has been suggested that he followed the example of…
What do we really know about the rich history and heritage of China, and how does it compare with the history and heritage of the West? What is Chinese literature, and how did it develop? What were…
