Working Groups

Each academic year, the JHI sponsors interdisciplinary Working Groups composed of graduate students and faculty who conduct research or engage in other scholarly exchange. To learn more about each group, click on the title of the group. To request to join a group, email the group lead linked in the list. You can also find out about groups from previous years on the Working Groups Archives page.

Current Working Groups

The groups and leads for 2025-26 are:

Asexuality and Aromanticism Studies (renewal)

Emerging Interventions in Contemporary Chinese Studies (renewal)

Hong Kong-Canada Connections (renewal)

How We Listen to Water (new)

Infrastructure’s Environments (new)

Interdisciplinary Bioethics (new)

Medieval World Drama (renewal)

Performing Gestures, Performing Cultures (new)

Queer & Trans Negativity (new)

Sharing Food, Sharing Knowledge: Partnering Toward Sustainable & Resilient Food Futures (renewal)

Theories and Praxis of Digital Labour: The Fault Lines in Digital Capitalism (renewal)

The Other Sister (renewal)