In addition to the public discussion with Xi Chuan I mentioned yesterday, here’s a list of some other East Asia-related panels at the MLA:

The four panels sponsored by the East Asian Executive Committees (Pre-1900, Post-1900):

57. Adaptation and Refraction in East Asia to 1900 Thursday, 5 January, 1:45 – 3:00 p.m., Issaquah, Sheraton

275. Recognition as Critique Friday, 6 January, 12:00 noon – 1:15 p.m., Jefferson, Sheraton

515. Urban Culture: Literature and the City in Early Modern Asia Saturday, 7 January, 1:45 – 3:00 p.m., Greenwood, Sheraton

605. Modern East Asian Literature, World Literature Saturday, 7 January, 5:15 – 6:30 p.m., Cedar, Sheraton

Other panels of special interest:

119. Toward New Humanity: Theoretical Interventions into Literature in Modern Chinese Aesthetics Thursday, 5 January, 5:15 – 6:30 p.m., Greenwood, Sheraton

347. A Creative Conversation with the Chinese Poet Xi Chuan Friday, 6 January, 5:15 – 6:30 p.m., Grand B, Sheraton

396. Chinese Narrative, World Literature: The Appeal and the Peril of Being Worldly Saturday, 7 January, 8:30 – 9:45 a.m., Aspen, Sheraton

428. Technology and Chinese Literature and Language Saturday, 7 January, 10:15 – 11:30 a.m., Boren, Sheraton

552. China in the World: Literature, Geopolitics, and World Culture Saturday, 7 January, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m., Redwood, Sheraton

659. Chinese Biopolitics, Global Aesthetics Sunday, 8 January, 10:15 – 11:30 a.m., Greenwood, Sheraton

726. Practices of Creolization in Southeast Asian Sinophone Culture Sunday, 8 January, 1:45 – 3:00 p.m., Cedar, Sheraton

Thanks to Gu Cheng 顾城 translator Joseph Allen for compiling the list.