Message from our WGS colleague J. Keith Vincent,
Chair, BU's Dept. of World Languages & Literatures
Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies:
"Please join us at Boston University for an interdisciplinary symposium celebrating a new English translation of the world’s first novel written by a woman: Lady Murasaki’s 11th century masterpiece, The Tale of Genji. The day will begin with a keynote by the translator, Dartmouth Professor Dennis Washburn, and will include guest talks by art historians Melissa McCormick (Harvard) and Timon Screech (SOAS/School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), as well as talks by BU faculty from WLL, Art & Architecture, English, and Romance Studies, and a panel of BU and Harvard students currently reading the Washburn translation."
Chair, BU's Dept. of World Languages & Literatures
Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies:
"Please join us at Boston University for an interdisciplinary symposium celebrating a new English translation of the world’s first novel written by a woman: Lady Murasaki’s 11th century masterpiece, The Tale of Genji. The day will begin with a keynote by the translator, Dartmouth Professor Dennis Washburn, and will include guest talks by art historians Melissa McCormick (Harvard) and Timon Screech (SOAS/School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), as well as talks by BU faculty from WLL, Art & Architecture, English, and Romance Studies, and a panel of BU and Harvard students currently reading the Washburn translation."
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| Flyer Courtesy WLL |
