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SUMMARY:EASC Guest Speaker Series: Encountering Bajiao: Plants\, Perceptio
 n\, and Meaning-Making in Premodern China - Talk by Prof. Meimei Zhang
LOCATION:Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Center for International and Public Affa
 irs 150\, 3518 Trousdale Parkway\, Los Angeles\, CA 90089
DESCRIPTION:Encountering Bajiao: Plants\, Perception\, and Meaning-Making 
 in Premodern China\nFriday\, November 6\, 2026 | 12:30PM-2:00PM | DMC 150
  (ROOM CHANGE!) | RSVP\n\nEASC Guest Speaker Series: Talk by Prof. Meimei
  Zhang (Associate Professor of Asian Studies\, Occidental College) with F
 aculty Moderator Wanmeng Li (EALC 110: East Asian Humanities: The Great T
 radition)\n\nOver the past decade\, the emerging field of critical plant 
 studies has challenged anthropocentric approaches to the humanities by as
 king how plants participate in shaping human perception\, culture\, and e
 nvironments. Rather than treating plants merely as symbols or passive obj
 ects of representation\, scholars have increasingly explored their materi
 ality\, agency\, and ecological relationships with humans. This talk offe
 rs a brief overview of major theoretical approaches in plant humanities b
 efore turning to a case study of bajiao (Chinese banana) in premodern Chi
 nese literature and visual culture\, and how bajiao became an active part
 icipant in the formation of religious thought\, sensory perception\, regi
 onal imagination\, literary expression\, and garden aesthetics in premode
 rn China.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the USC East Asian Library.\n\
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