Professor Jonathan Chaves Delivers Three Lectures in Chinese to Captivated Audience in China

In Spring 2011, Jonathan Chaves, Professor of Chinese, was invited by Shanghai University School of Liberal Arts to deliver three lectures in Chinese (with some English) to deliver three lectures there in the capacity of Visiting Scholar. The first lecture was on the early Qing-Dynasty painter, Wu Li 吳歷 (1632-1718), one of the first ordained Chinese Catholic priests, and his remarkable poetry based on Christian theology. The second was on the challenges involved in the translation of Chinese poetry into English, with an emphasis on the question of rhyme. And the third was a general survey of recent studies in Chinese literature in the West (USA and Canada especially). The third one was recorded by a Chinese company that posts on-line lectures of (mostly Chinese) professors on all subject matter.