Witness, Voice, and Agency: Chinese Poetry as Emancipatory Narrative

We invite abstracts on emancipatory narratives in Chinese poetry across periods, examining how poets describe oppression, assert agency, and transform constraint into liberatory expression through voice, form, and circulation within varied historical and sociopolitical contexts.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, March 23, 2026

Fay Feijie Zhen, Arizona State U, Tempe (fzhen2@asu.edu )