Milan, Italy
20–21st Jun 2025
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!
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