Aesthetics of Embodiment: Drama, Ritual and Food in Traditional Sinitic Culture

This is a conference in honor of Professor Stephen H. West, an occasion for colleagues, friends and students to celebrate his achievements and contributions to the field of East Asian studies. Drama, ritual and food are "three major legs of ordinary Chinese life." It is the aim of this conference to bring these three facets of everyday life in dialogue with one another in order to understand these defining yet understudied dimensions of traditional Chinese culture in the larger context of the Sinitic cultural sphere.