Susan Blader

|Associate Professor Emeritus of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures, Lecturer

The Department of Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages at Dartmouth is sad to report that Prof. Susan Blader passed away in October 2025. 

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Contact

Susan.R.Blader@Dartmouth.EDU
603-646-3478
HB 6191

Department(s)

Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages

Education

  • B.A. University of Pennsylvania
  • M.A. University of Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Selected 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).

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Works In Progress

"The Art of Suzhou Pinghua: Tang Gengliang and Jiang Yunxian"