Appropriation or Dialogue—and Why It Matters: The Poetics and Politics of Cross-Cultural Adaptation

Visiting Scholar Talks

Oct 15, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA,

Speaker

Wanlin LI | Associate Professor, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2025-26

Chair/Discussant

Karen Thornber | Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard College

Abstract TBA

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