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Conferences
Symposia
3-5 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2009
Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
555 Elm Avenue, Norman, Oklahoma
3-4 p.m. – Roundtable on the Newman Laureate
- Haiyan Lee, Assistant Professor of Asian Languages, Stanford University, “Mo Yan and Modern Chinese Literature”
- Liu Hongtao, Associate Dean, College of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, "Mo Yan's Novel in the Chinese Tradition of Native Literature"
- Howard Goldblatt, Research Professor of Chinese, Notre Dame University, “Mo Yan's Novels Are Wearing Me Out”
- Alexander Huang, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University, “Doing Anything for a Laugh? Mo Yan and Literary Humor”
4:15-5 p.m. – Keynote Address by Mo Yan
The 2009 Newman laureate reads from his work and answers questions
This event is free and open to the public
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