Thursday, April 7, 2016
Forum for Scholars and Publics (Old Chem 011)
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Light lunch served at 11:45 a.m.
A conversation with Wu Man and Elise DeVido, Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Duke and Duke Kunshan University in China, about Wu Man's career, her musical influences, and the link between traditional and contemporary Chinese musical performance. Wu man will perform with the Shanghai Quartet in Baldwin Auditorium the following day, Friday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Ticket info found here.
Made possible, in part, with an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. A part of Talking Music: Conversations with Scholars, Writers, Archivists, and Artists, co-sponsored by Duke Performances, Forum for Scholars & Publics, and Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke.
Elise DeVido
Duke University, Duke Kunshan University (China)
Elise Anne DeVido received her doctorate in History and Asian Languages from Harvard University. She lived in Taiwan for a number of years and there she served as Secretary-General of the Taipei Ricci Institute for Chinese Studies, and taught history at National Chengchi ...