Beyond Tradition and Modernity: Gender, Genre, and the Negotiation of Knowledge in Late Qing China

Friday, March 4, 2005 to Sunday, March 6, 2005

Conference co-organized by Professors Nanxiu Qian and Richard J. Smith at Rice, and Professor Grace Fong.

Twenty-two international scholars participated in the conference. The 17 papers presented were divided into four panels:

1) Competing Visions of Womanhood

2) Re-presenting Women and Performing Gender
3) The Formation of Intellectuals: Politics, Poetics, and Knowledge 4) Producing Gender and Genres in Print Media