Detail: After two brothers-in-arms, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, defeated the despotic Qin regime, they found themselves locked in a fatal struggle to shape the future of a new empire. Vivid historical, fictional and poetic accounts capture the tale of how one of China’s greatest dynasties, the Han, rose from the ashes of the Qin.

Speaker:
Dr. Graham Sanders is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. His most recent book, Words Well Put, examines how poetry was used as a persuasive form of discourse in political, social and romantic contexts over 1,500 years of Chinese history.

Time - 7:00 to 8:00 pm