Date: Monday 5 January 

Time: 5:30 – 8:00 PM

Location: IB1008

Speaker: Dr. Zhuoyi Wang, Professor and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Hamilton College

Bio

Zhuoyi Wang is Professor and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Hamilton College. He is the author of Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951-1979 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), co-editor of Maoist Laughter (Hong Kong University Press, 2019; awarded Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title in 2020), and co-editor of Teaching Film from the People’s Republic of China (Modern Language Association of America, 2024). He has published dozens of articles in English- and Chinese-language scholarly journals, edited volumes, magazines, and new media outlets. He has delivered nearly 200 invited talks at institutions and organizations across the US, the UK, Canada, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.