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
- Anup Grewal, UTSC Historical & Cultural Studies
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