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| '''Caleb Powell Haun Saussy''' (born 1960) is the Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative and Chinese literature at ].<ref name=dept>{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/complit/saussy.html|title=About the Faculty |publisher=]|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> | '''Caleb Powell Haun Saussy''' (born 1960) is the Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative and Chinese literature at ].<ref name=dept>{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/complit/saussy.html|title=About the Faculty |publisher=]|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> | ||
| Saussy is the son of ]. Raised in suburban ],], he attended ] and then received his B.A. (Greek and Comparative Literature) from ] in 1981. He received his M.Phil and Ph.D from Yale in ]. Between undergraduate and graduate schools, he studied ] and Chinese in ] and ].<ref name=dept/><ref name=cv>{{cite web|url=http://web.mac.com/hsaussy/iWeb/Site/hspage/hspage_files/CPHSvita2008-1.pdf|title=Haun Saussy |accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
| Saussy's first book, ] (Stanford UP, 1993), discussed the tradition of commentary that has grown up around the early ] collection Shi jing (known in English as the ]). His most recent book is ] (] Asia Center, 2001), an account of the ways of knowing and describing specific to China ]. He is an avid ], memorizer of verb paradigms and ], and contributor to a variety of art installations. His articles range widely, from the imaginary universal languages of ] to ] to the great ] novel ]. He edited the ]'s 2004 report on the state of the discipline. | Saussy's first book, ] (Stanford UP, 1993), discussed the tradition of commentary that has grown up around the early ] collection Shi jing (known in English as the ]). His most recent book is ] (] Asia Center, 2001), an account of the ways of knowing and describing specific to China ]. He is an avid ], memorizer of verb paradigms and ], and contributor to a variety of art installations. His articles range widely, from the imaginary universal languages of ] to ] to the great ] novel ]. He edited the ]'s 2004 report on the state of the discipline. | ||
| Saussy held the positions of Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (1990-95), Associate Professor at the same university (1995-97). | Saussy held the positions of Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (1990-95), Associate Professor at the same university (1995-97). | ||
| He was chairman of the ] department at ], and subsequently joined the Yale faculty in 2004. He |
He was chairman of the ] department at ], and subsequently joined the Yale faculty in 2004. He has additionally been Visiting Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong. | ||
| He is the current Graduate President of the ] Chapter of ]. | He is the current Graduate President of the ] Chapter of ]. | ||
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Caleb Powell Haun Saussy (born 1960) is the Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative and Chinese literature at Yale University.
Saussy is the son of Tupper Saussy. Raised in suburban Nashville,Tennessee, he attended Deerfield Academy and then received his B.A. (Greek and Comparative Literature) from Duke University in 1981. He received his M.Phil and Ph.D from Yale in Comparative Literature. Between undergraduate and graduate schools, he studied linguistics and Chinese in Paris and Taiwan.
Saussy's first book, The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic (Stanford UP, 1993), discussed the tradition of commentary that has grown up around the early Chinese poetry collection Shi jing (known in English as the Book of Songs). His most recent book is Great Walls of Discourse and Other Adventures in Cultural China (Harvard University Asia Center, 2001), an account of the ways of knowing and describing specific to China scholarship. He is an avid cyclist, memorizer of verb paradigms and lyric poetry, and contributor to a variety of art installations. His articles range widely, from the imaginary universal languages of Athanasius Kircher to Chinese musicology to the great Qing dynasty novel Honglou meng. He edited the American Comparative Literature Association's 2004 report on the state of the discipline.
Saussy held the positions of Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (1990-95), Associate Professor at the same university (1995-97). He was chairman of the comparative literature department at Stanford University, and subsequently joined the Yale faculty in 2004. He has additionally been Visiting Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong.
He is the current Graduate President of the Alpha of Connecticut Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
References
- ^ "About the Faculty". Yale. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- "Haun Saussy" (PDF). Retrieved 12 March 2010.