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莎士比亚（中国）中心 系列学术讲座第6讲

Topic:  Shakespeare Here and Now: The Dignity of Man Manifested in the Renaissance and Its Relevance in China

Speaker:  CONG Cong（从丛）                     

 Professor of English Department,

Deputy Dean of IAS, Nanjing University

    Co-Director of Nanjing-Birmingham-Phoenix Shakespeare Centre, China

Chair:  Shuang SHEN（沈双）                 

Professor of Comparative Literature,

Pennsylvania State University

Time: 4:00-5:30pm, May 16, 2017 （2017年5月16日下午4:00-5:30）

Venue: Lecture Room of IAS (Shao Yifu Hall C308，仙林邵逸夫楼C308)

Abstract: This talk presents a study of Shakespeare’s humanism and a review of the teaching of Hamlet as an “ideal humanist” in China in the special historical context. With an examination of the history of the acceptance of Shakespeare in China, the profound significance of teaching and studying Shakespeare in China as part of the humanism education is demonstrated.

Short Bio: CONG Cong is professor of English Department, and Deputy Dean of the Institute of Advanced Studies for Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanjing University. She works on Shakespeare, with a special focus on Shakespeare’s tragedies and humanism. She co-directs the Shakespeare Centre, China jointly established with The Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon and Yilin Press.

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