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(Please note updated start time) In association with Granta literary magazine, we're very excited to be welcoming renowned Chinese author Shuang Xuetao 双雪涛 to Leeds, to talk about his writing and the screen adaptations of his work. After the discussion with the author, we will be screening an episode of a TV adaptation of part...
We are delighted to be hosting the renowned poet Bai Hua this year, on a Cheney Fellowship. Come to hear about how Chinese poetry has developed over the last century. After the talk there will be opportunities for further informal conversations with Bai Hua in the same venue. About the speaker Considered the central literary...
We're delighted to welcome Dr Chan Cheow Thia, assistant professor of Chinese studies at the National University of Singapore, to Leeds to talk about his book Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature. Dr Chan will give a 30-minute talk, after which there'll be time for a Q&A. Tea/coffee available from...
We're delighted to be joined by author Curtis Chin to talk about his hugely popular memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. This humour-filled memoir tells his story about growing up Asian in Detroit and coming out to his working class immigrant family, all set against the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s,...
Ling Shuhua 凌叔华 (1900-1990) and Life-Writing The prolific translator of Chinese literature, Nicky Harman, introduces the fascinating life and short stories of feminist writer Ling Shuhua. Her presentation is followed by a creative self-writing workshop led by UK-based Chinese author and tutor, Yan Ge. NEW! Nicky's presentation is now available on our Youtube channel This...
Join us for a talk about train travel in China today, co-hosted with the student-run East Asian Research Society (EARS). Our speaker, Thomas Bird, graduated in Chinese from SOAS, and is currently working in East Asia as a travel writer and journalist (including 15 years in based in Mainland China) and has written for BBC...
Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring Professor Liang Sun, the director of The Experimental Theatre Troupe at The Central Academy of Drama, and her team. She will be in conversation with Xunnan Li, one of the deputy directors of The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, to explore the pivotal role of “Text”...
Please note that this event has been cancelled. We hope to welcome Yee-Wa and Jennifer to Leeds at a future point.
We're very happy to joined by two translators for this event on 'Translating Taiwan'! Yu Teng-Wei and Shengchi Hsu will discuss their work - including their translations of chapbooks from Strangers Press - followed by an audience Q&A. Tickets are free, but please reserve your place here. Tea and coffee provided. Yu Teng-Wei is a...
In association with EARS (the East Asian Research Society), we're delighted to be hosting author, editor, and translator Xueting Ni as part of her Sinophagia Tour, discussing Chinese horror, just in time for Halloween! The tour is to mark the launch of Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror, published this month by Solaris Books, and...