Background
Daughter of Elmer (in sales) and Katherine (a bookkeeper; maiden name, David) Savin, Mrs. Schwarcz was born in Cluj County, Romania, on May 8, 1947. In 1961 she immigrated to the United States.
(The author describes her sixteen-month visit to Communist...)
The author describes her sixteen-month visit to Communist China, shares firsthand accounts of the Cultural Revolution, and assess the complex structures of modern Chinese society
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1984
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In Ancestral Intelligence, Vera Schwarcz has added a forceful and fascinating work to her ever-growing list of publications depicting the cultural landscape of contemporary China. Here, she has created stunning "renditions" of poems by a mid-20th Century dissident poet, Chen Yinke, and has added a group of her own poems in harmony with Chen Yinke's. Like his, her poems show a degradation of culture and humanity, in this case through comparison of classic and modern Chinese logographs.
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1993
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In this book, Vera Schwarcz explores the meanings of cultural memory within the two longest surviving civilizations on earth. Schwarcz finds a bridge between the vastly different Chinese and Jewish traditions in the fierce commitment to historical memory they share.
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1997
(Chisel of Remembrance is devoted to the premise that in t...)
Chisel of Remembrance is devoted to the premise that in the cultural and communal traditions of all peoples, be they Chinese, Jewish or Tibetean, there is what Yeats called a ceremony of innocence offering salvation from the mere anarchy loosed when the past is forgotten.
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Daughter of Elmer (in sales) and Katherine (a bookkeeper; maiden name, David) Savin, Mrs. Schwarcz was born in Cluj County, Romania, on May 8, 1947. In 1961 she immigrated to the United States.
Vera Schwarcz was a student of Vassar College, from which she received her Bachelor of Arts in French Literature and Oriental Religions in the year of 1969. In 1971 Mrs. Schwarcz finished her studies at Yale University, earning Master of Arts in East Asian Studies. In 1977 she graduated from Stanford University with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese History.
Vera Schwarcz served as a history instructor at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1973. From 1975 to 1977 she was a lecturer at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; assistant professor, 1977-1983, associate professor in Chinese history, 1983-1988, Mansfield Freeman professor of East Asian Studies, 1988, chair of East Asian Studies, 1982-1984, 1985-1988.
Vera Schwarcz was a contributor of articles and poetry to periodicals. She was a member of editorial board, International Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars since 1979, and Theory and History, 1981-1984.
While working at Peking University, Mrs. Schwarcz initially acted as an exchange scholar, 1979-1980, and then visiting scholar, 1983, 1986, 1989. Since 1985 she was appointed scholar at Centre de documentation sur la Chine Contemporaine, Paris. She also served as a director at Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies between 1987 and 1988. In 1989 Vera Schwarcz joined Chinese Academy of Social Sciences International Institute of Chinese Culture, Peking; in 1991, Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem.
Starting from 1993 Mrs. Schwarcz acted as guest lecturer at DAO Association, Cluj, Romania. Later she also joined board of directors of Sino-Judaic Institute.
(Chisel of Remembrance is devoted to the premise that in t...)
(In Ancestral Intelligence, Vera Schwarcz has added a forc...)
1993(The author describes her sixteen-month visit to Communist...)
1984(In this book, Vera Schwarcz explores the meanings of cult...)
1997
American Association of University Professors , United States
Association of Asian Studies , United States
New England Association of Asian Studies , United States
American History Association , United States
New England China Faculty Seminar , United States
Modern China Faculty Seminar , United States
Society for Values in Higher Education , United States
China Institute , United States