Institute for Chinese Studies presents the "Global and Transnational Experiences" Lecture Series
Informal talk from Timothy Thurston, PhD candidate in East Asian Languages and Literatures, who is back in Columbus for a few weeks from his longterm fieldwork in the A mdo region of Qinghai Province.
Tim will give us a preview of his almost-finished dissertation on Tibetan-language crosstalk comedy, a genre that emerged ca. 1980 and over the next thirty years became a primary arena for reflection on the region's modernization as well as for shaping a purist linguistic ideology. Tim is examining the sketches as a form of public intellectual work in an evolving project of cultural revitalization and would welcome your feedback. He's also trying to think about the natural history of genre, for the form seems now to have passed its heyday. Refreshments will be served.
