Emerging Interventions in Contemporary China Studies

We are a community of China Studies scholars in the GTA at a time of political and academic urgency. On the one hand, this urgency arises out of a shift in global public discourses and imaginaries about “China,” be it as (threatening) state formation and aspiring hegemon, as a space embodying and provoking health and climate crises, or as a site for new forms of cultural, political and social movements. We find ourselves in the midst of a range of conflicting processes of centring and decentering China, as both an object and site of research. This working group is a forum for participants to discuss methodology, sources, themes and research questions; a space from which to ask how as scholars we shape, question and engage larger, conflicting realms of public discourse and action defining China.

Lead

Faculty Members, University of Toronto

  • Ruoyun Bai, UTSC Arts, Culture & Media
  • Li Chen, UTSC Historical & Cultural Studies
  • Diana Fu, Political Science
  • Erin Huang, East Asian Studies
  • Chris Song, UTSC Language Studies
  • Yvon Wang, History
  • Yiching Wu, East Asian Studies
  • Shana Ye, UTSC Historical & Cultural Studies
  • Meng Yue, East Asian Studies
  • Yurou Zhong, East Asian Studies

Faculty Members Outside University of Toronto

  • Joshua Fogel, History, York University
  • Joan Judge, History, York University
  • Liujia Tian, Global Equity Studies, Mount St. Vincent University

Graduate Students, University of Toronto

  • Zichuan Gan, Comparative Literature
  • Mark Lush, East Asian Studies
  • Yujia Shi, Political Science
  • Mengran Xu, East Asian Studies
  • Koby Song Nichols, History
  • Lanya Feng, History
  • Haiying Li, Comparative Literature
  • Chaoran Ma, History

Graduate Students Outside University of Toronto

  • Su Huai, History, York University
  • Daisy Yunshi Liang, History, York University