Center for Korean Research Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies “Refusing Exile from Kinship? Married Homosexual Men (“Bats”) and the Queering of the South Korean Family” RESCHEDULED TO FEB. 16 FROM FEB. 9 John Song Pae Cho, Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College Moderated by Theodore Hughes, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the … [Read more...]
“Film Festivals as Social Space: Local Queer Activism and Community in Japan”
Brown Bag Lecture "Film Festivals as Social Space: Local Queer Activism and Community in Japan" Yuka Kanno, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University Moderated by Hikari Hori, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 12:00 PM -1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration … [Read more...]
INTERACT fellow Shi-Yan Chao discusses upcoming April 25 event “Documenting Queer Histories in China and the U.S.”
Shi-Yan Chao, 2013 – 2014 INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, discusses the upcoming Friday, April 25, 2014 event "Documenting Queer Histories in China and the U.S.," which will feature the screenings of Cui Zi'en's "Queer China, 'Comrade' China" and Barbara Hammer's "Nitrate Kisses" followed by a discussion with both filmmakers. The event … [Read more...]
INTERACT fellow Shi-Yan Chao discusses the Marriage Equality Movement in Taiwan
Shi-Yan Chao, 2013 – 2014 INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, discusses the recent debates about marriage equality in Taiwan, which could be the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Chao, who received his PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University, wrote his dissertation “Processing Tongzhi Imaginaries: Chinese Queer … [Read more...]
