Re-Visualizing “The West”: Geo-Literary Images of Europe in Contemporary Sinophone Writings

Re-Visualizing “The West”: Geo-Literary Images of Europe in Contemporary Sinophone Writings
Milan, June 20–21, 2025

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce a two-day international workshop that will bring together scholars from around the world to explore geoliterary representations of Europe in contemporary Sinophone writings.

Funded by the European Union as part of the PRIN 2022 project and supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the event is organized by Simona Gallo (University of Milan, Project PI) in collaboration with Giacomo Zanolin (University of Genoa) and Faye Qiyu Lu (UCLA/University of Milan). The workshop will take place in person at the University of Milan.

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!

 

Wen-chi Li