Roundtable Conversation with Mark Edward Lewis

Join Professor Lewis, one of the most interesting and productive scholars of early China in the Euro-American world, for a series of multi-faceted histories of ancient China.

10/26/2009 4:00PM

University of Southern California
Address: East Asian Library Seminar Room, Doheny Memorial Library
Cost: Free
Website: college.usc.edu/east_asian_studies/private/docs/MarkELewisFlyer1.pdf

Mark Edward Lewis
Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture, Stanford University

One of the most interesting and productive scholars of early China in the Euro-American world, Prof. Lewis is noted for eye-opening concepts such as “sanctioned violence," "writing and authority," "the construction of space," and a series of multi-faceted histories of periods and dynasties. Participants will include Jack Wills (Professor Emeritus, USC), Lothar von Falkenhausen (Professor of Art History and Archaeology, UCLA), David Schaberg (Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, Co-Director of Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA), and Kenneth Klein (Head Library, USC East Asian Library).

Please RSVP with your name and number of guests to eascrsvp@usc.edu.

Parking is available at PSX for $8. Enter campus through Gate #3 at Figueroa St. and McCarthy Way and proceed to parking kiosk. Off campus parking is available at lots on Jefferson Blvd. and the street.

Contact: USC East Asian Studies Center
Phone: 213.470.2991
Email: easc@usc.edu

Sponsor(s): East Asian Studies Center, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Project for Premodern Japan Studies, and UCLA’s Center for Chinese Studies