Book Talk: ‘The Red Wind Howls,’ by Tsering Döndrup
November 20 @ 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Speaker: Christopher Peacock, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Dickinson College
Moderator: Lauran Hartley, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, WEAI, Columbia University
Professor Christopher Peacock will speak about his translation of The Red Wind Howls (Columbia University Press) by Tsering Döndrup, arguably the most published Tibetan novelist in China (and the world) today. The Red Wind Howls delves deep into forbidden history of the Mao era, including the 1958 Amdo rebellion when Tibetans rose in armed revolt against the Chinese state. After Tsering Döndrup self-published the book in 2006, he faced severe reprisals that continue to this day.
Speaker’s Bio: Christopher Peacock specializes in literature and culture in modern China, with a particular focus on Tibet. His recent research has examined the interactions between Chinese and Tibetan intellectual traditions in the 20th and 21st centuries, considering how concepts of national identity have taken shape in Tibetan literature in the PRC. His other translations of Tibetan literature include Tsering Döndrup’s The Handsome Monk and Other Stories and Tsering Yangkyi’s Flowers of Lhasa.
This event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and cosponsored by Modern Tibetan Studies Program and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library.
Registration: To attend this event online, please register HERE.
