Reading the People’s Republic
Megan Walsh, author of The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters, will discuss why it’s important to finally pay attention to Chinese fiction – an exuberant drama illustrating the complex relationship between art and politics, offering an alternative way to understand the inherent contradictions that make up China itself.
Megan Walsh is a journalist who has lived in Beijing and Taipei, and holds a masters in Chinese Studies from SOAS. She specialises in Chinese literature and film, and her work has appeared in The Times, The New Statesman, TIME, Literary Review, Lithub, and The Globe and Mail. She lives in London.
Date:
14 November 2023, 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Venue:
Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details:
Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Megan Walsh
Organising department:
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Organiser:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
information@chinese.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Baillie Gifford Distinguished Speaker Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Clare Orchard
