Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Speakers:
Wu Huanyu, Associate Professor, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University

Jim Cheng, Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University

Moderator: Chengzhi Wang, Chinese Studies Librarian, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University

The zoom lecture in Chinese language is intended to untangle the mysterious “Dean Lung” stories and examine century-long Chinese imagination in a larger backdrop of China-U.S. relations. The clarification and demystification of “Dean Lung” Chinese identity and stories through anthropological and sociological approach will shed light on intriguing pioneers and complicated histories related to Columbia Chinese studies in the early years.