Voices of Struggle: LGBTQ & Feminist Activism in China and Beyond
Program
WORKSHOP, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018
Location:
Emmy-Noether-Saal, Tagungs- und Veranstaltungshaus Alte Mensa,
Wilhelmsplatz 3, 37073 Göttingen
| 13:30-13:40 | Welcome Address: Sarah Eaton (Göttingen) |
| 13:40-15:00 | Session 1: Reflections on Feminism and the State in Modern China |
| Chair: Axel Schneider (Göttingen) | |
| Speakers: | |
| 1. Harriet Evans (Westminster): The Feminist Five and their Older Sisters: Subject, Collective and Feminist Activism in China in historical and global Context | |
| 2. Kimberley Manning: Revolutionary Attachments: Party Families and the Gendered Origins of Chinese State Power | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15-16:35 | Session 2: Queer China in Focus |
| Chair: Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen) | |
| Speakers: | |
| 1. Bao Hongwei (Nottingham): Performing Queer in the Theatre-Documentary Convergence | |
| 2. Li Tingting: A New Era of Chinese Feminist Movements? | |
| 16:35-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00-17:30 | Audience Small Group Discussion with Speakers |
| 17:30-18:15 | Panel Discussion on Activism in Transnational Perspective |
| Moderators: Stefanie Boulila (Göttingen), Sarah Eaton | |
| Panelists: Fan Popo, Bao Hongwei, Harriet Evans, Li Maizi, Kimberley Manning | |
| 18:15 | Workshop Dinner |
FILM SCREENING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018
Location:
Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude (ZHG) 002,
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen
| 18:00-18:15 | Introduction to Film by Director, Fan Popo |
| 18:15-18:45 | Screening of The VaChina Monologues |
| 18:45-19:30 | Discussion and Q&A with Fan Popo, Bao Hongwei, Li Tingting |