Michael Berry (白睿文)
@bairuiwen.bsky.social
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/
https://michael-berry.com
www.alc.ucla.edu/person/michael-berry/
An Afternoon with Jiang Nengjie
Film Screening of Miners, Groom, Pneumoconiosis
Screening and discussion with film director Jiang Nengjie
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM ucla Melnitz Hall Darren Star Theater
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Film Screening of Miners, Groom, Pneumoconiosis
Screening and discussion with film director Jiang Nengjie
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM ucla Melnitz Hall Darren Star Theater
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
An Afternoon with Jiang Nengjie
Film Screening of Miners, Groom, Pneumoconiosis
Screening and discussion with film director Jiang Nengjie
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM ucla Melnitz Hall Darren Star Theater
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Film Screening of Miners, Groom, Pneumoconiosis
Screening and discussion with film director Jiang Nengjie
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM ucla Melnitz Hall Darren Star Theater
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Protean Assemblages: The Literary Invention of Han Taiwanese Settlerhood in the Postwar Pacific
Yu-ting Huang, (East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University)
Thursday, November 20, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific Time) UCLA Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
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Yu-ting Huang, (East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University)
Thursday, November 20, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific Time) UCLA Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Protean Assemblages: The Literary Invention of Han Taiwanese Settlerhood in the Postwar Pacific
Yu-ting Huang, (East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University)
Thursday, November 20, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific Time) UCLA Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Yu-ting Huang, (East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University)
Thursday, November 20, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific Time) UCLA Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
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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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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
Going Vertical: The Vertical Short Revolution
Friday, November 14, 2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) Main Conference Room (room 11360)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Friday, November 14, 2025 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) Main Conference Room (room 11360)
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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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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
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Robert Hymes, Carpentier Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University
Thursday, November 13, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Bunche Hall 10383
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
11月10日：陈利 （多伦多大学）专题演讲「Tracing Invisible Power and Technocratic Governance in Qing Archives」
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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」
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
11月10日：陈利 （多伦多大学）专题演讲「Tracing Invisible Power and Technocratic Governance in Qing Archives」
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
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
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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.
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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.
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
For a long time I’d been wondering, “what’s his end game?” And the only logical conclusion I could come up with was: trigger civil unrest, bring in the military, declare martial law, suspend elections, and don the crown. We’re almost there. Stay tuned for the coronation…
June 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For a long time I’d been wondering, “what’s his end game?” And the only logical conclusion I could come up with was: trigger civil unrest, bring in the military, declare martial law, suspend elections, and don the crown. We’re almost there. Stay tuned for the coronation…
June 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Very happy to share the brilliant Yangyang Cheng (Yale) with I’ll join us tomorrow as discussant during our panel. @yangyangcheng.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very happy to share the brilliant Yangyang Cheng (Yale) with I’ll join us tomorrow as discussant during our panel. @yangyangcheng.bsky.social
Pleased to announce that Peter Hessler, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of such books as The Buried, River Town, Country Driving; and Other Rivers will be joining our panel on 6/5.
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pleased to announce that Peter Hessler, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of such books as The Buried, River Town, Country Driving; and Other Rivers will be joining our panel on 6/5.
Pleased to announce that Peter Hessler, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of such books as The Buried, River Town, Country Driving; and Other Rivers will be joining our panel on 6/5.
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pleased to announce that Peter Hessler, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of such books as The Buried, River Town, Country Driving; and Other Rivers will be joining our panel on 6/5.
No shortage of those either…
May 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
No shortage of those either…
Or maybe he was going for this?
May 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Or maybe he was going for this?
This is what I was talking about….
May 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is what I was talking about….
Jia Zhangke’s new film CAUGHT BY THE TIDES, no playing in NYC and coming soon to theaters across the US.
May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Jia Zhangke’s new film CAUGHT BY THE TIDES, no playing in NYC and coming soon to theaters across the US.
In a world gone mad, at least there’s still this…
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In a world gone mad, at least there’s still this…
January 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
so there is added layer of irony that, now that the book is finally published, one of the very first "reviews" is by an AI robot...
It's going to take some time for me to process all this. But I've got a bad feeling about this... (7)
It's going to take some time for me to process all this. But I've got a bad feeling about this... (7)
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
so there is added layer of irony that, now that the book is finally published, one of the very first "reviews" is by an AI robot...
It's going to take some time for me to process all this. But I've got a bad feeling about this... (7)
It's going to take some time for me to process all this. But I've got a bad feeling about this... (7)
Since UCLA decided to keep campus open, I’m here ready to my morning lecture class. But this is what campus looks like…
January 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Since UCLA decided to keep campus open, I’m here ready to my morning lecture class. But this is what campus looks like…