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International Conference on Gender Research and Chinese Studies

June 9 - 11, 2012
Nanjing University

Brown University faculty members, a postdoctoral fellow, and program staff will visit Nanjing University to inaugurate the Centre for Gender Studies and the Humanities and participate in an Nanjing-Brown Joint Program and participate in the international conference.

Conference Schedule

Chinese Women’s Documentaries in the Market Era
Film Festival and Symposium

Film Festival
March 17-18, 2012
Cable Car Cinema
204 South Main Street, Providence
Tickets @ Cable Car Cinema:
$3 with student ID
$5 general admission
Film Screening and Director Discussion Schedule

Symposium
March 21, 2012, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer Street, Providence
Symposium Schedule


Chinese Women’s Documentaries in the Market Era will screen and examine important documentary films by Chinese Women directors from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. The symposium will feature directors and international scholars who will discuss the role and significance of women’s documentary films in articulating different human concerns, critical visions, and visual aesthetics in the rapidly changing Greater China area. Directors confirmed to attend include:

Director Biographies

These Chinese women directors have made some of the most important and influential documentaries of the past decade on issues relating to the female self, sexuality, social migrations and transformations, and history. The symposium will explore these and other issues. Scholars to present include:

  • Hongwei Bao, Assistant Professor, Nottingham Trent University
  • Sylvia Lin, Associate Professor of Literature, University of Notre Dame
  • Tze-lan Sang, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, University of Oregon
  • Qin Shao, Professor of History, The College of New Jersey
  • Shiyu Louisa Wei, Associate Professor, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
  • Lu Xinyu, Professor of Journalism, Fudan University

Films to be screened include:

  • Speaking Up2, 2007 (directed by Tammy Cheung)
  • Rice Distribution, 2003 (directed by Tammy Cheung)
  • Beijing Taxi, 2010 (directed by Miao Wang) > Trailer
  • Bing Ai, 2007 (directed by Feng Yan)
  • My Fancy High Heels, 2010 (directed by Ho Chao-ti) > Trailer
  • Money and Honey, 2011 (directed by Lee Ching-hui) > Trailer
  • City of Memories, 2007 (directed by Lee Ching-hui)
  • Women 50 Minutes, 2006 (directed by Shi Tou)

There will be a select encore film screening at the Watson Institute on March 19 & 20

Cosponsors:

Brown University's "Year of China"

Academic Year 2011 - 2012, Brown University

The Year of China explores the rich culture, economy, and politics of Greater China, investigating its past, examining its present, and contemplating its future. Throughout the 2011-2012 academic year, Brown is hosting public lectures, cultural events, academic conferences, and exhibits in an integrated exploration of China.




Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons met with the delegation from Nanjing University and program directors Lingzhen Wang (Brown) and Chengzhou He (Nanjing) on June 14, 2010.

Scholarly Exchange: June 10 - 16, 2010

Hosted by Brown University
In June of 2010, a delegation of scholars from Nanjing University visited Brown University to collaborate with Brown faculty and students. On June 12th, the Nanjing faculty participated in a symposium, "Modern China from Socio-economic and Transcultural Perspectives," with faculty from Brown, Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Cornell. The visit coincided with the annual meeting at Brown University of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes and the Brown International Advanced Research Institute on Global Humanities.

Visiting Scholars:

Yajun Chen
Professor of Western Philosophy
Nanjing University

Shuying Fan
Lecturer, Department of English, School of Foreign Studies
Nanjing Agricultural University
Chengzhou He
Professor of English and Drama
Associate Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
Co-Director, Nanjing-Brown Joint Program in Gender Studies and the Humanities
Nanjing University
Hong Huang
Associate Professor
French Literature and Gender Studies
Nanjing University
Jun Liu
Professor of Chinese, Nanjing University
Director of the Confucius Institute, Waterloo University, Canada
Junya Ma
Professor of History
Nanjing University
Huamin Peng
Professor of Sociology
Nanjing University
   

Journal of Gender Theory and Culture

The inaugural issue has been published in Chinese by Nanjing University Press. The issue features papers from the Symposium on Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (June 24-25, 2008)
Co-edited by Chengzhou He and Lingzhen Wang.