Translation and Local History of Guangzhou
Winnie Wong, Professor
Rhetoric
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
This project centers on the daily diary of a literatus in early modern Guangzhou, China. Through reading and translating the diary, we examine the everyday life of an urbane gentleman, his navigation of an early modern city and its social networks. We see the centrality of painting, poetry, music, and calligraphy in novel and diverse social worlds, from the academic to the mercantile, from the official to the profane.
Role: 1) Guided reading and writing across Chinese and English. 2) Directed research in recent scholarship on local Guangzhou history. 3) Indexing and digital visualizations projects.
Qualifications: 2nd- or 3rd-year students with an interest in early modern history of China, history of Chinese traditional art, and the history of Guangzhou. Proficiency in classical Chinese, mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese dialect is necessary.
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Arts & Humanities