This academic year will feature a year-long series of interdisciplinary events - "Supernatural Presences in East Asian Culture." All events are open to the campus community and the public.
As part of the Year of the Humanities, this series will explore manifestations of the miraculous and the demonic in the cultures of Korea, Japan and China.
Upcoming events include a community reading group at the Madison Public Library as well as public lectures and film screenings. The series culminates with ritual performance by Daoist masters, rarely seen outside of China. Students may also earn course credit under a Directed Study rubric for taking part in the events.
This is a collaborative project involving faculty from East Asian Languages and Literatures, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Art History and the Chazen Museum. The project supported by generous funding for the Center for the Humanities, the Evjue Foundation, and the Anonymous Fund.
For more information, contact Rania Huntington, huntington@wisc.edu;Charo d'Etcheverry, cdetcheverry@wisc.edu; or Mark Meulenbeld, meulenbeld@wisc.edu.