Fall 2025 Speaker Schedule

September 18—
Speaker: Shaoling Ma, Cornell University, "Fictitious Computing: Data Processing, Rural Economies, and the Matrices of Cinema in Cold War Taiwan"
Discussant: Ying Qian, Columbia University

October 23—
Speaker: Jacob Eyferth, The University of Chicago, "A World without Money: Demonetization and Everyday Life in Collective-Era Rural China"
Discussant TBA

November 6—
Speaker: Anru Lee, John Jay College, CUNY, "The Affect of Haunting: Gender, Place, and Postindustrial Memory in Taiwan"
Discussant TBA

December 11—
Speaker: Jesse Rodenbiker, Rutgers University, Paper title TBA
Discussant TBA



In Fall 2025, each gathering of the Modern China Seminar will take place both in person at 918 IAB (International Affairs Building) as well as online via Zoom. The speaker's conference paper is pre-circulated at least one week prior to our meeting, and interested participants should RSVP to the rapporteur. The discussion begins at 7:00pm. One of our co-chairs gives a short introduction, then the speaker has 10 minutes to give context for his or her project. The discussant then offers comments for 15 minutes, followed by the speaker's response to the discussant's remarks. We then open the floor for broader discussion until we end at 9:00pm. For any questions, comments or requests, please contact the rapporteur.

Sessions are open only to members, associates, and invited guests.

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Contact the Rapporteur at [email protected]