Comments on: Vitaly A. Rubin (1976): Thoughts do not Die http://justrecently.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/vitaly-a-rubin-1976-thoughts-do-not-die/ China Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: C.A. Yeung http://justrecently.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/vitaly-a-rubin-1976-thoughts-do-not-die/#comment-1420 C.A. Yeung Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:55:00 +0000 http://justrecently.wordpress.com/?p=2793#comment-1420 Dear Professor Galik, It's good to hear from you and to know that you are doing well. My Internet connections had been on and off since late last week. That's why I didn't had a chance to read your comment until this afternoon. We met more than 15 years ago during one of your trips to Australia. The book that you gave me is not exactly a book, but a reprint of one of your papers published in Neohelicon - see if that will jot your memory. In any case, forgive me for not divulging too much of my personal details online. But I have just received your email as well (and I presume you got my email address from JR) and I'll write to you later this week to catch up. Cheers for now, Catherine Dear Professor Galik,

It’s good to hear from you and to know that you are doing well. My Internet connections had been on and off since late last week. That’s why I didn’t had a chance to read your comment until this afternoon.

We met more than 15 years ago during one of your trips to Australia. The book that you gave me is not exactly a book, but a reprint of one of your papers published in Neohelicon – see if that will jot your memory. In any case, forgive me for not divulging too much of my personal details online. But I have just received your email as well (and I presume you got my email address from JR) and I’ll write to you later this week to catch up.

Cheers for now,

Catherine

]]> By: Marian Galik http://justrecently.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/vitaly-a-rubin-1976-thoughts-do-not-die/#comment-1360 Marian Galik Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:26:13 +0000 http://justrecently.wordpress.com/?p=2793#comment-1360 Dear Catherine: Thank you very much for your comment on Vitaly A. Rubin. I am surprised that you are still membering me. I shall be 76 on Febr. 21 this year. Not so old as you think. What is the title of the book I gave to you? Did we meet in Europe? Where were you when writing the lines devoted to me/ Sincerely, Marian Galik Dear Catherine:
Thank you very much for your comment on Vitaly A. Rubin. I am surprised that you are still membering me. I shall be 76 on Febr. 21 this year. Not so old as you think. What is the title of the book I gave to you? Did we meet in Europe? Where were you when writing the lines devoted to me/

Sincerely,

Marian Galik

]]> By: justrecently http://justrecently.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/vitaly-a-rubin-1976-thoughts-do-not-die/#comment-620 justrecently Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:15:07 +0000 http://justrecently.wordpress.com/?p=2793#comment-620 It's strange how many questions stay around through the centuries - <i>the same questions about the meaning and goals of human action, of good and evil, of the relationship to authority, and of the value of culture</i>. The old Iron Curtain that used to divide Europe is probably less than one hundred kilometers east from where I'm writing at the moment. It’s strange how many questions stay around through the centuries – the same questions about the meaning and goals of human action, of good and evil, of the relationship to authority, and of the value of culture. The old Iron Curtain that used to divide Europe is probably less than one hundred kilometers east from where I’m writing at the moment.

]]> By: C.A. Yeung http://justrecently.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/vitaly-a-rubin-1976-thoughts-do-not-die/#comment-614 C.A. Yeung Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:47:30 +0000 http://justrecently.wordpress.com/?p=2793#comment-614 JR thanks for that. Your tribute to Vitaly Rubin reminds me of another great Chinese Studies scholar from the previous Soviet empire - Dr Marian GÁLIK from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. When I first met him back in the 1980s, he also described to me in great details how it's like to work in isolation and under the constraints of censorship. However, he was of the opinion that these limitations also forced him to transcend disciplinary boundaries and to focus his research on topics with a broader appeal to humanities, rather than just to a small community of Chinese scholars. I lost touch with Dr GÁLIK after I'd been to China and back. I don't even know whether he is still alive. If he is, he'll be almost 88 years old by now. I still have an autographed copy of his book in my possession. It's one of the few things from my student's days I am still keeping. At the back cover of the book he wrote: "For Catherine as an expression of thanks, for all she had done for me during my visit, with wishes for her success in her scholarly life. Marian GÁLIK." JR thanks for that.

Your tribute to Vitaly Rubin reminds me of another great Chinese Studies scholar from the previous Soviet empire – Dr Marian GÁLIK from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. When I first met him back in the 1980s, he also described to me in great details how it’s like to work in isolation and under the constraints of censorship. However, he was of the opinion that these limitations also forced him to transcend disciplinary boundaries and to focus his research on topics with a broader appeal to humanities, rather than just to a small community of Chinese scholars.

I lost touch with Dr GÁLIK after I’d been to China and back. I don’t even know whether he is still alive. If he is, he’ll be almost 88 years old by now. I still have an autographed copy of his book in my possession. It’s one of the few things from my student’s days I am still keeping. At the back cover of the book he wrote:

“For Catherine as an expression of thanks, for all she had done for me during my visit, with wishes for her success in her scholarly life. Marian GÁLIK.”

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