*** For fall quarter, we will not use the usual room at Center for East Asian Studies 319 (1155 E. 60th St.) due to in-progress construction. The exact room location will be announced later.***
All events will meet from 3:00 to 5:00pm Friday unless otherwise specified. As usual, we will send reminder emails with information for the exact time and location prior to every workshop session, along with the link to the pre-circulation materials. For meetings via Zoom, we will send the registration link prior to the workshop session.
Our schedule is always subject to change. Please check this page for the latest updates.
Fall 2025 Schedule
October 17th (in-person)
Hang Wu, Ph. D. Candidate, CMS & EALC
“The Emergence of a Novel–Television Assemblage in Late Colonial Hong Kong”
Discussant: Yoonbin Cho, Assistant Professor of Korean Popular Culture, EALC
Location: TBD
November 7th (in-person)
Feifan Li, PhD Student, EALC
“Recasting Laborers as Actors: Indexing the Manual-Mental Division in Documentary Art Film Huang Baomei (1958)”
Discussant: TBD
Location: TBD
November 14th (in-person)
Tianyi Yuan, MA Student, MAPH
“Transforming Chinese Religious Geography: From Persian Classic Religion to Daqin Luminous Religion”
Discussant: TBD
Location: TBD
November 20th (in-person)
*NOTE THE UNUSUAL TIME: Thursday 3:00-4:30pm*
Hana Lethan, Ph. D Candidate, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Columbia University
“Eccentric Performers as Character Type in Medieval Noh”
Discussant: TBD
Location: Logan Center 701
★This event is co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies★
November 28th (remote)
Yunjun Zhou, Ph. D Candidate, EALC
“Companions in Time, Ashes of Passion: Serialization, Temporality, and Affective Investment in Jade Pear Spirit”
Discussant: TBD
Location: Zoom
December 12th (in-person)
Kang Kang, Ph. D Candidate, Comparative Literature/Asian Studies, Northwestern
“Companions in Time, Ashes of Passion: Serialization, Temporality, and Affective Investment in Jade Pear Spirit”
Discussant: TBD
Location: TBD
Faculty Sponsors: Professor Michael Bourdaghs and Professor Yoonbin Cho
