September 27, 2018 - Columbia University Press Blog

September 27, 2018

Q&A with Max Oidtmann on Forging the Golden Urn

This week, we are featuring works on Chinese history, religion, and literature. below is a Q&A with Max Oidtmann, author of the new release Forging the Golden Urn. A Qing law mandated that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be...

September 27, 2018

Book Excerpt! The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction

It is the final week of National Translation Month. All month long we have been featuring excerpts from recent titles and guest posts from translators and scholars. This week we have been focusing on Sinophone literature in English translation. Today...

September 27, 2018

Clare O’Farrell on Translating Foucault at the Movies

“Like all of his great interviews, Foucault at the Movies presents Foucault speaking in his own voice. We find Foucault saying that “the art of living” means that psychology must be killed; that the body must be dismantled; that memory must function...

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Daily Archive: September 27, 2018

Q&A with Max Oidtmann on Forging the Golden Urn

Book Excerpt! The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction

Clare O’Farrell on Translating Foucault at the Movies