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Torikaebaya Monogatari

Torikaebaya Monogatari: A Japanese Tale of Gender-Swapped Siblings -- Reissued by Stanford University Press with new Introduction by Professor Gustav Heldt

Mar 04, 2026

Rosette Willig’s translation of the Torikaebaya monogatari, a twelfth-century Japan

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Reportage in the Chinese Speaking World Published

Feb 12, 2026

This volume updates Laughlin's previous monograph, Chinese Reportage: The Aesthetics of Historical Experience, and showcases scholarship about documentary film, nonfiction writing, photography, and other important media being produced in the global Chinese diaspora.

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Anri Yasuda Awarded F. Hilary Conroy First Book Prize

Feb 10, 2026

Congratulations to Anri Yasuda (DEALLC) whose book Beauty Matters: Modern Ja

Upcoming Events

Chinese Diplomacy on the Ground: Northeast Asia in the Fifteenth Century

March 20, 2026

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Monroe 118

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Politics in the Zone: China’s Evolving Use of Economic Development Zones throughout the Reform Era

March 27, 2026

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Monroe 118

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The Drivers of China’s Reverse Migration: Shortage, Environment and Rewards

April 3, 2026

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Monroe 118

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Recent Publications

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Reportage in the Chinese Speaking World

Charles Laughlin

(2026)

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Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making Buddhist Families in Modern Taiwan

Natasha Heller

(2025)

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Essays of a Recluse: A Complete Translation of the Qianfulun

Anne Kinney

(2025)