Lectures at The Shanghai Book Fair 2010
The Shanghai Book Fair 2010 is taking place from August 11-18, 2010 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.
The venue for the Shanghai Book Fair, the Shanghai Exhibition Center (SEC), was established in Shanghai City in 1955, and provides large-scale international and domestic conference and exhibition services. For 40 years, the Shanghai Exhibition Center has held numerous important political and diplomatic events. Now, the Shanghai Exhibition Center has become Shanghai’s main conference center. In 1989, with its unique Russian style architecture and elegant decorations, the Shanghai Exhibition Center was awarded as one of “Shanghai’s top 10 Architecture sites for the period of 1949-1989.” In 1999, during the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the Shanghai Exhibition Center was awarded a gold medal for being one of “Shanghai’s Top 10 Classical Architecture Sites.” In 2001, the Shanghai Exhibition Center was refurnished to provide a better environment and more reliable facilities. Located at the heart of JingAn district, the Shanghai Exhibition Center has an area of 9.3 square meters with 42 exhibition halls and over a hundred conference rooms, as well as offices, cinema, a banquet hall and a cafe.
The Shanghai Exhibition Center
1000 Yanan Road, Shanghai 200040, China
上海展览中心
上海市延安中路1000号
Tel: 021-62790279
Fax : 021-62476980
At the Shanghai Book Fair 2010 , approximately 10,000 books will be in foreign languages, with the bulk of them in English. There will also be more than 400 cultural activities, including the appearance of renowned economists Wu Jinglian and Justin Yifu Lin, as well as Haim Dotan, designer of the “seashell” Israel Pavilion of the World Expo. Wu Jinglian will deliver a speech at the fair’s opening ceremony, while Dotan, a well-known Israeli architect, will launch his new book about architecture. In addition, a book exploring ancient Chinese literature collected by Spanish libraries will be launched in the Spain Pavilion. Tourists will be able to visit free of charge during the evenings on August 13-15. They will get a 20 percent discount on books if they hold an Expo ticket from August, ID cards or Shanghai tour cards. The book fair runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on August 11, 12, 16 and 17, and from 9am to 9pm on August 13-15.
During the book fair, take time to enjoy the following special lectures on a wide variety of classical English and Chinese literature:
Shanghai Book Fair Lectures
Venue: Multifunction Hall, Shanghai Library
1555, Huai Hai Zhong Lu (Central Huai Hai Road), 200031, Shanghai, China
Tel.: 021-64455555; Fax: 021-64455001
Date: 14th August
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Speaker: Prof. Zhen He-zhou (周振鶴), Fudan University, Shanghai
Topic: On Records of the Historian: “Biographies of Usurers” by Sima Qian（《史記貨殖列傳》）
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Wang Bang-wei (王邦維), Academy of Oriental Studies, Peking University
Topic: Vagarious Characters, Vagarious Land and Vagarious Book: On Pilgrimage to the West in the Tang Dynasty by Xuanzang (《大唐西域記》)
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Leung Ping-kwan (梁秉鈞), Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Topic: The Beauty of the Returned Soul: On “Red Plum Blossom” by Zhou Chao-jun (《紅梅記》)
Date: 15th August
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Chang, Hsiao-hung (張小虹), National Taiwan University
Topic: On “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Lu Gu-sun (陸谷孫), Fudan University, Shanghai
Topic: Fun of Mystery: On “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
