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Michael Berry (白睿文)
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2023 Guggenheim Fellow; UCLA Prof of Chinese Lit & Film. Director, Center for Chinese Studies. Author and translator.
https://michael-berry.com
www.alc.ucla.edu/person/michael-berry/
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"The Question of Slavery under the Qin" & "Xiao as Moral Agency: Filial Daughters and Family in Late Imperial China"

Talks by Robin D.S. Yates & Grace Fong

Monday, November 17, 2025
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall, Rm 10383

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Protean Assemblages: The Literary Invention of Han Taiwanese Settlerhood in the Postwar Pacific
Talk by Yu-ting Huang, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University.
www.international.ucla.edu
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Going Vertical: The Vertical Short Revolution

Friday, November 14, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Main Conference Room (room 11360)
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November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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What Song Gentlemen (Mostly) Didn't Write about Gentlemen, and Why
Robert Hymes, Carpentier Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University
Thursday, November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10383

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November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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UCLA中国研究中心本周的活动：

11月10日：陈利 （多伦多大学）专题演讲「Tracing Invisible Power and Technocratic Governance in Qing Archives」
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11月12日： Film Screening: BEHEMOTH with director Zhao Liang
纪录片《悲兮魔兽》放映以及 赵亮导演映后对谈
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November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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11/10 @ UCLA Center for Chinese Studies: www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Tracing Invisible Power and Technocratic Governance in Qing Archives
Talk by Li Chen, J.D. (UIUC) and Ph.D. (Columbia), Associate Professor of Chinese History at the University of Toronto, with a cross-appointment at the Faculty of Law.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Greater Than the Forces of Nature?
2025 Sammy Lee Lecture by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.

Saturday, November 1, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Fowler Museum - Lenart Auditorium
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Greater Than the Forces of Nature?
2025 Sammy Lee Lecture by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.
www.international.ucla.edu
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Today! The Value of the Anthropocene Concept: Ancient China as a Test Case
Sammy Lee Seminar by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.

Friday, October 31, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall 10383
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The Value of the Anthropocene Concept: Ancient China as a Test Case
Sammy Lee Seminar by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Sammy Lee Lectures by Tristram R. Kidder, (Wash U, Saint Louis)

1) The Value of the Anthropocene Concept
10/31, 
1-3PM Bunche 10383
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2) Greater Than the Forces of Nature?
11/1, 
1- 3PM Fowler Lenart Auditorium
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The Value of the Anthropocene Concept: Ancient China as a Test Case
Sammy Lee Seminar by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Duan Chengshi (ca. 803–863) and the Culture of Informal Storytelling in Medieval China
Talk by Manling Luo, Paul McNutt Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington.

10/30, 
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
Bunche Hall 10383
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Duan Chengshi (ca. 803–863) and the Culture of Informal Storytelling in Medieval China
Talk by Manling Luo, Paul McNutt Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Sammy Lee Lecture w/ Tristram R. Kidder (Wash U, Saint Louis).

The Value of the Anthropocene Concept
10/31; 
1-3 
Bunche Hall 10383
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...

Greater Than the Forces of Nature?
11/1; 
1-3 
Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium
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The Value of the Anthropocene Concept: Ancient China as a Test Case
Sammy Lee Seminar by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Goodreads “The Privileged” (by Wu Xiaole) e-book promotional giveaway
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Book giveaway for The Privileged: A Novel by Wu Xiaole Nov 17-Dec 15, 2025
100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 17-Dec 15, 2025. Enter for a chance to win a Kindle edition of ''The Privileged'', the latest novel fr...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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FYI: Print copies of my book Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke is now on sale for 50% at the Duke University Press website if you use the code: FALL25
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Greater Than the Forces of Nature?
2025 Sammy Lee Lecture by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.

Saturday, November 1, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Fowler Museum - Lenart Auditorium
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Greater Than the Forces of Nature?
2025 Sammy Lee Lecture by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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The Value of the Anthropocene Concept: Ancient China as a Test Case
Sammy Lee Seminar by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.

Friday, October 31, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall 10383
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
The Value of the Anthropocene Concept: Ancient China as a Test Case
Sammy Lee Seminar by Prof. Tristram R. Kidder, Washington University in Saint Louis.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Duan Chengshi (ca. 803–863) and the Culture of Informal Storytelling in Medieval China
by Manling Luo, Paul McNutt Associate Professor, Indiana University Bloomington.

Thursday, October 30, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall 10383
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Duan Chengshi (ca. 803–863) and the Culture of Informal Storytelling in Medieval China
Talk by Manling Luo, Paul McNutt Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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If you are on campus at UCLA, this starts in a few minutes: www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Transformation and Continuity of Confucianism
Talk by Mimi Pi 皮迷迷, associate professor at Capital Normal University in Beijing, China. She is a visiting scholar at Harvard Fairbank center for 2025-26 academic year.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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我在《字裡行間：華人作家對談錄》跟陳栢青的對談被誠品轉載：

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恐怖片與小說靈感的特殊連結？《字裡行間》訪談作家陳栢青的創作歷程 - 迷誠品
《字裡行間：華人作家對談錄．台灣卷》中集結八位文學界廣為人知的著名作家，包含白先勇、林懷民、龍應台、駱以軍、吳明益、舞鶴、陳栢青、陳思宏，透過深入訪談，探索這些創作者的靈感來源，感受不同作家書寫題材的差異，呈現台灣文學圈多元且豐富的創作風貌
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October 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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This week at UCLA CCS:

"Transformation and Continuity of Confucianism:
A Case Study of Kang Youwei's Confucian Reform"
Lecture by Mimi Pi 皮迷迷, (associate professor, Capital Normal University in Beijing).
10/23/25, 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Haines Hall 118
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Transformation and Continuity of Confucianism
Talk by Mimi Pi 皮迷迷, associate professor at Capital Normal University in Beijing, China. She is a visiting scholar at Harvard Fairbank center for 2025-26 academic year.
www.international.ucla.edu
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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This week at UCLA CCS

A Buddha Descends

Thursday, 10/ 16, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (Pacific Time)
Young Hall CS76
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Havana Divas - Film Screening and Discussion

Friday, October 17, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Kaplan A26
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A Buddha Descends
Talk by Prof. Scott Pearce, Western Washington University.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Reposted by Michael Berry (白睿文)
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The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.
cmgiulini.bsky.social Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · Oct 12
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I published two pieces on women in China this week! First, a review essay @chinabooksreview.com on two Fang Fang novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame (tr. Michael Berry). Gendered oppression has persisted during the socialist period and capitalist reforms, despite the CCP's promise of liberation.
No Country for a Woman | China Books Review
Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...
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October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Storm Under the Sun: An Afternoon with Louisa Wei
Monday, October 13, 2025
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Main Conference Room (room 11360)
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library

《紅日風暴》
导演：魏時煜，彭小蓮
年代: 2007
片长: 137分钟
类型: 纪录片

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October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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“When an era sheds a speck of dust it might not seem like much, but when it falls upon
the shoulders of an individual it feels like a mountain.” — Fang Fang

This is Banned Books Week, an annual event that celebrates the work of writers whose voices have been suppressed. 1
October 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposted by Michael Berry (白睿文)
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"The Party’s tight control on historical narrative has rendered much of the pain afflicted in the name of liberation—or after liberation had ostensibly been achieved—unspeakable." For @chinabooksreview.com, I review two Fang Fang novels: Soft Burial and The Running Flame (tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social)
No Country for a Woman | China Books Review
Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...
chinabooksreview.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Yangyang Cheng is one of them most astute, insightful, and sensitive writers chronicling the political, cultural, and technological life of China today. I am so honored that she took the time to read and review these two novels by Fang Fang.

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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM