Interdisciplinary Explorations of China’s Changing Gender Dynamics, 1900-2015
The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation lecture series 'Interdisciplinary Explorations of China’s Changing Gender Dynamics, 1900-2015' organised by Daria Berg (University of St.Gallen) and Harriet Zurndorfer (Leiden University, The Netherlands), was held at the University of St.Gallen and Leiden University.
Aim
The goal of this lecture series was two-fold: first, to demonstrate the latest achievements in the field of Chinese women and gender studies in Europe; and second, to stimulate further interest in this field of China studies among students and scholars in other disciplines. China’s position now as a global power attracts ever more attention both inside and outside the academy, and thus these lectures will be of relevance to all those wanting to know more about how “China works”, and in particular how the roles of men and women are relevant to our understanding of the country.
Lectures
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Jieyu Liu (SOAS, University of London): “Beauties at Work: Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Urban China” (13 October, University of St.Gallen)
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Derek Hird (University of Westminster): “Chinese Men in London. Narratives of Masculinity in a Transnational World” (23 October 2015, Leiden University)
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Qi Wang (University of Southern Denmark): “Gender Inequality in China” (25 November 2015, Leiden University)
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Florence Lévy (École des hautes études en sciences sociales): “Illegal Chinese Female Migrants in France: From Divorce in China to Prostitution in Paris” (27 November 2015, Leiden University)
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Wing-fai Leung (University College Cork): “She, a Chinese: New Expatriate Chinese Female Writers and Gender” (11 December, University of St.Gallen)
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Paul J Bailey (Durham University): “Chinese Women Go Global: Multiple Representations of Western and Non-Western Women in the Early Twentieth Century Chinese Periodical Press” (26 February 2016, Leiden University)
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Daria Berg (University of St.Gallen): “Cyberbabe, Cybervamp, Consumption Celebrity: Anni Baobei and the Web-based Spectacle of Female Self-Fashioning in Twenty-first Century China” (11 March 2016, Leiden University)
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Monica Merlin (Christie’s): “Femininity and Beyond: Contemporary Women Artists in Mainland China” (15 April 2016, University of St.Gallen)
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Sarah Dauncey (The University of Nottingham): “Disability, Gender, and Culture in Contemporary China” (6 May 2016, University of St.Gallen)
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Xiaodong Lin (York University): “Becoming a ‘Capable’ Man in China” (9 December 2016, Leiden University)