The Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia is pleased to invite you to the 2022/23 Yip So Man Wat Lecture with featured speaker Miranda Brown from U of Michigan. The two-day event features a lecture on March 30 and a research seminar on March 31.
Lecture: The Story of Chop Suey and the Journey of Chinese Banquet Culture to America
Date and Time: Thursday, March 30, 2023, 5:30pm (PDT) Reception, 6:30pm (PDT) Lecture
Location: Marine Drive Ballroom, 2205 Lower Mall, Vancouver (view map)
Chances are good that if you encountered chop suey recently, it wasn’t at a restaurant with any gourmet aspirations. Fifty years ago, foodies banished the goopy stir-fry from their menus. Since then, chop suey has largely been consigned to the realm of cheap takeout. But chop suey wasn’t always the antithesis of fine Chinese. In centuries past, it was a staple of high-end banquets – on both sides of the Pacific. By tracing the journey of chop suey from eighteenth century Yangzhou to San Francisco: I use chop suey to tell a new, transnational story about the origins of Chinese-American cuisine.
This event is free & open to the public! More information and RSVPs here: https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/2022-23-yip-so-man-wat-memorial-lecture/
About the Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lectures:
The Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lectures are made possible by the generous support of Messrs. Alex and Chi Shum Watt in honour of their mother, the late Mrs. Wat, and her passion for Chinese literature and culture. Please visit the full lecture list here.