Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow

About the Session  

This free lecture event will explore classical Chinese and Scottish poetry, with a focus on comparisons between pre-Tang Dynasty writers and Tang Dynasty Chinese writers such as Du Fu and Scottish writers such as Robert Burns. 

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A, where the attendees will have the opportunity to learn more and share insights about this fascinating subject. 

All students, staff and interested members of the public are welcome to join us on Monday the 22nd April 2024 at 6:00pm-7:00pm, and you can secure your free place by signing up for a ticket via Eventbrite. The location will be on the University of Glasgow main Gilmorehill Campus, with the room location due to be confirmed soon. 

This event is part of a day of free events, organised by the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow, to celebrate the UN Chinese Language Day 2024. A tea/coffee reception will be held before the lecture session begins between 5:00pm-6:00pm, which all are welcome to attend. 

About Dr Frank Pearson 

Dr Frank Pearson has taught and studied in China for thirty years, initially teaching English at the Guangzhou Institute for Foreign Languages and then later studying Chinese language and literature. His main teaching and research have been in English literature, language and linguistics, philosophy and geography and geology. He taught English, along with Geography and Geology, at King George V College in Southport for 21 years where he was Head of English and Head of the Arts and English Faculty.  

His interests have led to his most recent research into spatial and aesthetic philosophy in relation to landscape and environmental literature at Lancaster University, with a focus on cave environments. He now studies the interaction between Daoism and the Mountains and Rivers Poetry of the Tang Dynasty and its influence on contemporary eco-poetic writing. In 2022 he co-authored a translation of the Chinese classic, the Daodejing, with Lian Xiaomin and Yu Feixia, under the title Laozi’s Prose Poetry English Parallel Translation, for Tsinghua University Press. 

More information 

For more information about this event, or to find out about our other free UN Chinese Language Day 2024 events, please don't hesitate to get in touch at confucius-enquiries@glasgow.ac.uk. 

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First published: 9 April 2024