She is also the author of a beautiful and important essay in n+1 on the epistemological vacuum created in the wake of Maoist violence and Chinese state propaganda - and on the role of literary criticism in filling their historical and ethical voids. Literatures and the Limits of Exchange (2018) and is completing a book called The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear. She is the author of Intransitive Encounter: Sino-U.S. Nan is an associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. Da, who approached me this summer with the hope of bringing together authors and translators with new works apprehending the legacy of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. This panel would not exist were it not for the creative vision of Nan Z. I’d also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Nan and our wonderful Humanities Editor here at LARB, Anna Shechtman, for convening this fantastic panel.ĪNNA SHECHTMAN: Thank you, Irene. In the meantime, we’re pleased to welcome you to this very first satellite event of the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, in which our distinguished guests - Lingchei Letty Chen, Nan Da, Frank Dikötter, and Jie Li - tackle the legacies and ongoing difficulties of public and scholarly apprehension of the Cultural Revolution today. If you’re interested in learning more about some of these events, you can do so at /events. Thank you all for joining us for today’s event, “On the Chinese Cultural Revolution: Thought Exercises for the 21st Century.” This month here at LARB, we’re celebrating 10 years with what we’re calling the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, a series that brings together some of our favorite writers, critics, scholars, and readers in sharp and thoughtful conversation about pressing issues of the day, from the state of cultural criticism to criminal justice reform from the impact of big tech to the future of genetic editing. IRENE YOON: Good morning, I’m Irene Yoon, the executive director at the Los Angeles Review of Books. The panel was introduced by LARB Executive Director Irene Yoon and Humanities Editor Anna Shechtman. ON OCTOBER 9, 2021, LARB hosted a conversation with four scholars with recent work on the Chinese Cultural Revolution: Lingchei Letty Chen, Nan Z.
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