Modern Languages and Literatures Department, Brooklyn College, CUNY

11/12/2025

We will be offering CREO 1038 in the Spring! If you are a heritage speaker of Haitian Creole🇭🇹, please reach out to us so we can help place you!

09/16/2025

We will be offering CHIN 2080 Introduction to Zen Meditation in Taiwan for Winter 2026!

For more information on the course, please click the link in our bio to refer to the class's website page.

10/22/2024

Greetings, everyone! I’m excited to announce the launch of an online talk series called "Speaking of Zen." Our first talk, "Contemplation is Critical," will be presented by Prof. Spellmeyer. Please check out the flyer for details. You can join us by scanning the QR code or entering the Zoom room using the provided Meeting ID and Passcode. Hope to see you there!

07/23/2024

我的新書《像禪師一樣思考：禪宗公案的多重宇宙》終於出版了。此書結集過去一年多在法鼓《人生》雜誌刊登的文章。這是我的「公案書寫」實驗，以半自傳體的形式，探究禪修與文學、電影、文化研究和生態批評之間的流動動與對話。這裡，我由衷感謝心雅老師為我寫的一篇非常優美、有深度的推薦序。

My new book, Think Like a Zen Master: the Multiverse of Zen Koan, has finally been published. This book is a collection of articles that have appeared in Dharma Drum's Life magazine over the past year. This is my experiment in ‘koan" writing," a semi-autobiographical writing that delves into the interplay and dialogue between Zen (or koan) practice and literature, film, cultural studies, and ecocriticism. Here, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Prof. Hsinya Huang for writing an elegant and insightful preface for me.

書名：像禪師一樣思考：禪宗公案的多重宇宙，原文名稱：Think like a Zen Master: the Multiverse of Zen Koans，語言：繁體中文，ISBN：9786267345337，頁數：272，出版社：財團法人法鼓山文教基金會-法鼓文化，作者：張嘉如，出版日期：2024/...

07/23/2024

我的新書《像禪師一樣思考：禪宗公案的多重宇宙》終於出版了！這是我的一個公案書寫實驗，以半自傳體的散文形式來探索修行、文化研究和生態批評相互交織、對話的可能性。

My new book, Think Like a Zen Master: The Multiverse of Zen Koan, has been published! This is my experiment in koan writing, using semi-autobiographical prose to explore the possibilities of interweaving and dialogue between soteriological practice, cultural studies, and ecocriticism. Here, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Hsinya Huang for writing an elegant and insightful recommendation preface for me!

https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010994328

02/14/2024

Are you a heritage speaker of Haitian Creole? Consider taking CREO 1038! 🇭🇹

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

11/29/2023

The next speaker for the Eco-talk is Prof. David Loy. The title of his talk is "The Eco-Sattva"! Look forward to seeing you on Friday (or Saturday for those in Asia)!
The Eco-talk Zoom link is:
https://brooklyn-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/85191579935...
Meeting ID: 851 9157 9935
Passcode: 475224

11/14/2023

Please join us for the Haitian Language Lunch Table today!

12:30pm-2:00pm
4227 Boylan Hall

11/11/2023

Upcoming Decolonizing the Earth Eco-Talk Series Event

Zoom Link Information

Join Zoom Meeting
https://brooklyn-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/85191579935?pwd=U29ZaFErK3ozN1ExWTU0Z3Y1ODM5UT09
Meeting ID: 851 9157 9935
Passcode: 475224
Find your local number: https://brooklyn-cuny-edu.zoom.us/u/kctuO85MCj

Speaker:

Prof. Anthony Lioi, the Juilliard School
• Title: Superpowers, Posthumanism, and Immigration in Asian American Popular Culture
• Discussant: Shu-ching Chen, National Chung Hsing University• Date:
New York: 11/17, Friday, 9:00-10:30 pm
Taiwan: 11/18, Saturday 10:00-11:30 am

• Description:
Asian American popular culture is experiencing a moment. In this talk, I argue that the Anglo-American tendency to see Asians as perpetual foreigners is being challenged by artists who represent Asian American stories as universal American stories. Everything Everywhere All at Once has at its core a generational melodrama familiar across ethnicity to immigrant families. Superman Smashes the Klan, a graphic novel, rewrites the Superman mythos through the story of a young Chinese girl resisting white supremacy. Ms. Marvel--both comic book and MCU tv show--narrates a Pakistani Muslim as a friendly neighborhood hero like Spider-Man. In each instance, this is achieved through the tropes of superhuman power and posthumanist connection to the more-than-human multiverse. Ecocritics and environmental humanists can gain insight into anti-racist modes of representation by paying attention to Asian American popular culture.
• Bio:
Anthony Lioi is a professor of English at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he teaches contemporary literature, composition, and the environmental humanities. His work has been published in ISLE, Feminist Studies, ImageTexT, MELUS, Acoma, Ecozon@, and in a number of critical anthologies. He is a past president of ASLE: Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and an editor of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities. In 2016, he published Nerd Ecology, the first ecocritical study of nerd culture. He is at work on Metahumanism and Media, on fan cultures as agents of ecotopia.

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10/03/2023

Please join us for our Decolonizing the Earth: Eco-Talk Series!

04/27/2023

Are you a fan of Studio Ghibli? 🤍Please join us for our Princess Mononoke Film Screening on Thursday, May 4th at 5PM at the Woody Tanger Auditorium in the library!

The film screening is part of the MLL Department’s “Decolonizing the Earth: Ecocritical Pedagogy” eco-talk series. Princess Mononoke is a timeless film that captures broad themes of environmentalism and the relationship between humans and nature 🌿 We hope you can join us to enjoy this thought provoking and engaging film! ✨

04/27/2023

Are you a fan of Studio Ghibli? Please join us Thursday, May 4th at 5PM at the Woody Tanger Auditorium in the library!

The film screening is part of the MLL Department’s “Decolonizing the Earth: Ecocritical Pedagogy” eco-talk series. Princess Mononoke is a timeless film that captures the broad themes of environmentalism and the relationship between humans and nature 🌿 We hope you can join us to enjoy this thought provoking and engaging film!