Worlds of the Tale of Genji Symposium, November 5
Please join BU faculty from WLL, Art History, English, and Romance Studies for an interdisciplinary symposium celebrating a new translation of on the world’s first novel written by a woman: Lady Murasaki’s 11th century Tale of Genji. The day will begin with a keynote by the translator, Professor Dennis Washburn, and will include guest talks by art historians Melissa McCormick (Harvard) and Timon Screech of (SOAS, University of London), as well as a panel of BU and Harvard students currently reading the Washburn translation.
