Call for Papers CATS-SJTU International Graduate Student Conference “Memory—Between Experience, Culture, and Transculturality” Memory has become one of the central categories through which the humanities interrogate the past, the self, […]
Both the American TV series “Breaking Bad” and the real Chinese criminal case of Zhengbo Zhang feature a key scenario: professionals using their chemistry expertise to manufacture and sell controlled […]
The talk will introduce the vibrant civil society in India and China by looking on their individual achievements and challenges. Ms Rentke will illustrate her analysis with real-live examples from […]
n March 2019, during Xi Jinping’s visit to Rome, Italy joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by signing an ad-hoc Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China. Less than five […]
Mao Zedong died in 1976, but his impersonators are alive and well. This film documents the lives of two people who resemble Mao and assume Mao roles. Peng Tian is […]
Lifeworlds on two sides of the Taiwan Straits—Cinematic narratives In a cooperation between the Taiwan Studies Program, the Worldmaking Project and the Center for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS), we […]
Chairman Buddha is a documentary directed by Tang Louyi. It follows those who believe that Mao Zedong has been reincarnated as a Buddha. Lifeworlds on two sides of the Taiwan […]
Directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming 徐小明 and produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien 侯孝賢 the film is a landmark Taiwanese gangster film, it captures the restlessness of youth against the backdrop of […]
Cape No. 7 is a romantic comedy-drama directed by Wei Te-Sheng 魏德聖 and explores cross-cultural connections and life in a small town. Upon its 2008 release, the film became a […]
Another retelling of founding a party, directed by Huang Jianxin whose aim it is here, to depict the spiritual world of Chinese Communists in the founding days of the party, […]