Susan Blader
Associate Professor Emeritus of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures, Lecturer
Area of Expertise
Chinese literature and culture,
storytelling in China,
Chinese Oral Narrative Performance
Biography
The Department of Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages at Dartmouth is sad to report that Prof. Susan Blader passed away in October 2025.
For more information, please visit the news article on our website: Remembering Susan Blader, Pioneering Chinese Language and Culture Scholar | Department of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages
The department plans an on-campus memorial gathering in April 2026 for former colleagues and students to remember and celebrate Prof. Blader's life. The event will be hybrid to allow people to attend via Zoom. More details will be released on our news page on our website when available.
Education
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
M.A. University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Publications
Videotaped, designed, and digitized "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," 56 hours of performances of Mr. Tang Gengliang, produced with Otmar Foeslche, (Fall 2005).
Videotaped, designed, and digitized "The Tragic-Comic Destiny," 56 hours of performances of Ms. Jiang Yunxian, produced with Otmar Foeslche, (Fall 2005).
Completed 112 DVDs (112 hours) of pingtan storytelling performances, (Summer and Fall 2005).
Designed, edited, and published 20 DVD's (20 more hours) of Suzhou pingtan, (Summer 2004).
Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants , Chinese U. Press, (1998, second printing with revised introduction, December 2000).
"Chinese Oral Narrative and Its Transformation into Print: the Case of Bai Yutang ," in The Eternal Storyteller , (V. Bordahl (ed.), (1999).
Chinese Ideas on Nature and Society: Festschrift in Honor of Derk Bodde , co-editor and contributor, Hong Kong University Press, (1987).
Works in Progress
"The Art of Suzhou Pinghua: Tang Gengliang and Jiang Yunxian"
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