Schwarcz, Vera
SCHWARCZ, Vera
SCHWARCZ, Vera. American (born Romania), b. 1947. Genres: Poetry, Area studies. Career: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, history instructor, 1973; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, lecturer, 1975-77, assistant professor, 1975-83, associate professor, 1983-87, Mansfield Freeman professor of East Asian Studies, 1987-, chair of East Asian Studies, 1985-88, 1994- 96, director of Center for East Asian Studies, 1998-99, chair of History Dept, 2000-02. Beijing University, exchange scholar, 1979-80, visiting scholar, 1983, 1986, 1989; Centre de documentation sur la Chine Contemporaine, Paris, scholar, 1985; Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, director, 1987-88; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences International Institute of Chinese Culture, Peking, 1989; Hebrew University, Jerusalem, visiting professor, 1996-97. Publications: Long Road Home: A China Journal, 1984; The Chinese Enlightenment: Intellectuals, and the Legacy of the May Fourth Movement in Modern China, 1986; Zhongguo de qimeng yundong (China's Enlightenment), 1989; Time for Telling Truth Is Running Out: Conversations with Zhang Shenfu, 1992; Bridge across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory, 1998; Fresh Word for a Jaded World-and Selected Poems, 2000; A Scoop of Light: Poems, 2000. Contributor of articles and poetry to periodicals. Address: Department of History, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, U.S.A.