The Department of Asian & African Languages and Literature at Duke University is pleased to announce a major international conference entitled "China in the "Post" socialist Era: Literary and Cultural Approaches" to be held February 1­3, 2002 at Duke University. The economic and political transformations in China since the 1980s have been dramatic. However, the conceptual and cultural implications are in many cases yet-to-be-fully comprehended. The "post" in post-socialism does not signify the end of state socialism, but the after-effect of socialist imaginary in the cultural production and consumption of contemporary China. This is an historical opportunity to reflect and map the various theoretical approaches on the state of Chinese cultural studies, with particular regard to the resilience of Chinese socialism and the effects of global capitalism. Several of the panels will assess the socialist past and the predicament of the "post"-socialist present. We also invite paper proposals on work exploring these issues throughout the broad sweep of twentieth-century China." A roundtable discussion will explore future areas of analysis and inquiry.

Please send a 250-word (maximum) abstract of proposed paper to gbwcows@duke.edu.

The deadline for submission is December 1, 2001. For further information please contact: China/"Post" Socialist Conference, Asian & African Languages and Literature, 2101 Campus Dr. Box 90414, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0414; Phone: (919) 684-4309; Fax: (919) 681-7871.