Events for 04/14/2022

A Virtual Symposium April 14–16, 2022 Registration links for each panel are provided in the schedule below From online troll armies to digital warriors, camouflage to infiltration, the techniques and affects of war pervade global digital cultures today via social media platforms such as Whatsapp, WeChat, Twitter, and TikTok. As trending hashtags on Twitter become […]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which prompted immediate censure and sanctions against Russia by Western governments, has been met with a more ambivalent response by China and India. While both governments have issued statements deploring the harm to civilians and loss of life, for different reasons, they have abstained from United Nations’ resolutions condemning Russia […]

Speaker: Bin Xu, Associate Professor of Sociology, Emory University Moderator: Qin Gao, Professor and Director of China Center for Social Policy, Columbia University In an ongoing project, Xu examines the American and Chinese governments’ cultural responses to the COVID-19 crisis. “Cultural response,” defined as the governments’ symbolic action to address their citizens’ suffering and death in disasters, […]

Fatimah Tobing Rony will read from her new book, How Do We Look?, and screen her multi-award winning short animated film, Annah la Javanaise About this event Professor and Chair of Film and Media Studies at the University of California-Irvine, Fatimah Tobing Rony, will read from her new book, How Do We Look?, and screen […]

Speaker: George Takei REGISTER