Workshop Announcement
Re-Visualizing “The West”: Geo-Literary Images of Europe in Contemporary Sinophone Writings
Milan, June 20–21, 2025
Find the program here
Dear all,
We are pleased to announce a two-day international workshop that will bring together scholars from Europe, the US, and Asia to examine representations of Europe in contemporary Sinophone writings. Particular attention will be paid to geo-literary imaginaries, intertextual strategies, and questions of translation and translingual practice.
The event is convened by Simona Gallo (University of Milan), in collaboration with Giacomo Zanolin (University of Genoa) and Faye Qiyu Lu (UCLA / University of Milan), and will take place in person at the University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7.
Speakers include (see full program attached):
- David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University
- Carlos Rojas, Duke University
- Andrea Bachner, Cornell University
- Heather Inwood, University of Cambridge
- Cosima Bruno, SOAS University of London
- Howard Chiang, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Nicolai Volland, Penn State University
- Justyna Jaguścik, University of Bern
- Astrid Møller-Olsen, University of Copenhagen
- Zhiyi Yang, University of Frankfurt
- Chris Song, University of Toronto
- Lucas Klein, Arizona State University
- Rebecca Ehrenwirth, University of Applied Sciences / SDI Munich
- Faye Qiyu Lu, University of California, Los Angeles
- Giacomo Zanolin, University of Genoa
We warmly welcome your attendance and participation!
Posted by: Simona Gallo <simona.gallo@unimi.it>