01/29/2014
Title VIA Distinguished International Guest Lecture Series
“Opening Doors to Asia”
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Santa Fe College
5:00-6:30 p.m. Building WA 104
Dr. Zongying Huang: “ Teaching the Bible as Literature in China”
As the author of A Literary Introduction to the Bible, Dr. Huang will discuss how the Bible is taught as a literary text in Chinese classrooms. Having received a Master's and Ph.D. from the renowned Peking University, Dr. Zongying Huang is an expert in English and American literature, specializing in American poetry. He has published books and articles on T.S. Elliot, Robert Frost, colonial American poetry, as well as the Bible as a literary text. He is a professor at Beijing Union University, teaching such courses as British and American Literature, Translation, and Reading the Bible as Literature. Dr. Huang is also the Director of the English Major Program and the Director/Chair of Department of General Education at Beijing Union University.
All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to this free lecture. A question and answer period will follow.
These lectures are supported by Santa Fe College, the Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages, and the U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages Programs Title VIA grant “Opening Doors to Asia”
For information, contact David Tegeder: [email protected]; 352 395 5083