{"id":4,"date":"2011-08-17T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T15:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:36:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I teach Chinese language and literature in the East Asian Studies Department. My research centers on traditional fiction and drama. <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/files\/2011\/08\/ShanghaiSuzhouNanjing-014.jpg\"><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/files\/2011\/08\/ShanghaiSuzhouNanjing-014-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\"><\/a>I am particularly interested in how stories about historical and legendary figures evolve over time and between genres. The picture on the left shows me in the Yu Garden in Shanghai.&nbsp; &nbsp;In the Spring 2026 semester, I will be teaching CN 126 &#8220;Elementary Chinese II&#8221; and EA 252 &#8220;Hell on Earth? Chinese Writers on 20th Century Chinese Society&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Address: Department of East Asian Studies, 4412 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville, ME<\/li>\r\n<li>Office: Lovejoy 428<\/li>\r\n<li>Office Phone: 859-4412<\/li>\r\n<li>Fall 2025 Office Hours:&nbsp; <strong>T,R 2:30-3:30 pm<\/strong>;<strong> W,F 10:00-11:00 AM<\/strong>;<strong> and by appointment.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I teach Chinese language and literature in the East Asian Studies Department. My research centers on traditional fiction and drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":20,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/kabesio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}