9:00 - 9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks 9:15 - 10:45 AM: Panel One Commentators: Waiyee Li, Harvard UniversityThomas Kelly, Harvard University Eugene Wang, Harvard UniversityThe Woman Inhabiting a Dog’s Body: How Asian Theatre Evolved? When did Asian theatre begin—and how? I approach this question through a single, startling image: Mulian’s mother reborn as a dog. The

This year's Gender Studies Workshop—The Beauty and the Book: Women, Knowledge, Literature, and Book Culture in Late Imperial China and Beyond: A Conference in Honor of Ellen Widmer—will explore new directions in the study of writings by and about women in late imperial China and will take place on April 25, 2025. The conference is

9:10 AM: Introductory remarks  9:15 AM: Literature Panel Tina Lu, Yale University - "The Family Romance, Chuanqi, and What Can't Be Said" Maria Sibau, Emory University - "Inventing Mothers in Late Imperial Literature" Discussants:Thomas Kelly, Harvard UniversityWai-yee Li, Harvard University 11:00 AM: Break 11:15 AM: Presentations on the Chinese Family Romance by students of Eileen