Join us for an exciting event, titled ‘Hidden Heritage and Marginal Voices in Chinese Diasporas: Opera, Food and Water’, jointly organised by Hub on Migration, Exile, Languages and Space (HOMELandS) Research Centre and the Contemporary China Centre at the University of Westminster. The panel brings together expert researchers from different countries and universities who will share with us their most recent research into diasporic Chinese heritage. Based on case studies of Chinese diasporas in Canada, Britain and Macao and through the lens of opera, food and water respectively, their fascinating work unveil the hidden heritage and marginal voices of underrepresented individuals, families and communities, asking new questions on memory, identity and belonging in Chinese diasporas and beyond.
Date and time: 1-3 pm, Thursday 3 April 2025
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speakers: Prof. Wing Chung Ng (University of Texas at San Antonio), Dr. Rui Su (Middlesex University) and Dr. Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira (University of York)
Discussant: Prof. Cangbai Wang (University of Westminster)
Chair: Prof. Gerda Wielander
It is free and open to all, but registration is required. To view the programme and to register, please visit here.