Announcement Details
Fireside Chat with KANG Zhengguo Thursday, Feb. 25, 4:30 p.m.
KANG Zhengguo
Author, Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China
Senior Lector of Chinese, Yale University, East Asian Languages and Literature
Author, Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China
Senior Lector of Chinese, Yale University, East Asian Languages and Literature
442 Temple Street
New Haven, CT
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 4:30 p.m.
In Confessions, Professor Kang writes, “I am incapable of saying what people want to hear…In fact I regard it is as my personal mission to speak the opposite.” Join us for an intimate conversation with Professor Kang as he discusses his unique experiences growing up in China and his views on current U.S.-China relations.
Professor Kang is a prolific writer and recent author of Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China. He has published numerous books in Chinese on poetry as well as essays in Chinese on topics ranging from Chinese reactionaries to sexuality and literature. He is a frequent contributor to several newspapers and journals. Professor Kang has served as senior lector of Chinese at Yale University since 1994. He received his M.A. from Shaanxi Normal University in China.
In Mandarin Chinese and English
Copies of Confessions will be available for purchase.
Please register by contacting Yale-China Staff Assistant Michelle Averitt at 203-432-0884 or by email at michelle.averitt@yale.edu.
New Haven, CT
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 4:30 p.m.
In Confessions, Professor Kang writes, “I am incapable of saying what people want to hear…In fact I regard it is as my personal mission to speak the opposite.” Join us for an intimate conversation with Professor Kang as he discusses his unique experiences growing up in China and his views on current U.S.-China relations.
Professor Kang is a prolific writer and recent author of Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China. He has published numerous books in Chinese on poetry as well as essays in Chinese on topics ranging from Chinese reactionaries to sexuality and literature. He is a frequent contributor to several newspapers and journals. Professor Kang has served as senior lector of Chinese at Yale University since 1994. He received his M.A. from Shaanxi Normal University in China.
In Mandarin Chinese and English
Copies of Confessions will be available for purchase.
Please register by contacting Yale-China Staff Assistant Michelle Averitt at 203-432-0884 or by email at michelle.averitt@yale.edu.