December 29, 2011 – This is the transcript of an Asia Institute seminar with Haun Saussy a leading scholar of Chinese and comparative literature, has been named University Professor of Comparative Literature in the Division of the Humanities and the College at the University of Chicago. One of the few figures with a deep understanding of both the Western classical and Eastern tradition, who has advanced arguments for a new global approach to comparative literature. Professor Saussy is the 17th person ever to hold the title of University Professor at University of Chicago, an honor given to distinguished scholars. In this interview both Dr. Pastreich and his students pose questions to Dr. Saussy about the Western and Chinese traditions of thought, and how the US could benefit from a fusion of the two.
