This was the first workshop I organized at Penn! I was barely into the second year of my PhD when I decided to adventure into this! I was driven by a desire to discuss a variety of texts from different perspectives. Covering a period of time from the third century BCE to the seventh century CE, the speakers I invited walked the audience through Chinese concepts of emotions, divination, and salacious records of famous women in Ming China. Each talk was followed by lively discussions, where students and scholars exchanged their views on the different topics presented. The contributions of scholars such as Prof. Constance Cook, Prof. Paul Goldin, Huang Guohui 黃國輝, and Dr. Adam Smith illustrated research methods used by these specialists, and how fruitful their interactions are. Find more about the program here.