Lena Henningsen (U of Freiburg), Robert Culp (Bard College), Peidong Sun (CERI Sciences po Paris), Zhou Haiyan (Nanjing U), Emily Graf (Free U of Berlin), Duncan Paterson (U of Freiburg), Paola Iovene (U of Chicago), Eddy U (UC Davis), Nicolai Volland (Penn State U), Chang Liu (CUHK Shenzhen), Lara Yang (U of Freiburg), Puck Engman (U of Freiburg/UC Berkeley), Benjamin Kindler (Columbia U), Sisi Dong (Ninnan Normal University), Dylan Suher (U of Hong Kong), Eve Lin (U of Freiburg), Damian Mandzunowski (U of Freiburg), Matthew Wills (UC San Diego)

Research into literary and intellectual life often focuses on analyses of texts and their production. The reader, practices of reading and the meanings and interpretations that (ordinary) readers arrive at very often are missing from the picture. The READCHINA virtual lecture series aims at filling this gap in research by focusing on practices of reading in the People’s Republic of China.
This lecture series will take place at varying times on Tuesdays, running from Nov. 10, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (with a three-week-long break during the holiday season). All sessions will start with two talks held back to back, followed by a brief statement from the discussant. The floor will then be open to all listeners for Q&A via voice and text chat. More Details can be found on the lecture series webpage: https://readchina.github.io/conferences.html Looking forward to your participation!