VoS Program

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