Workshop Chinese Youth

CHINESE YOUTH UNDER SOCIALISM FROM MAO TO XI
experiences, images and literary representations

Trento-Shanghai Joint International Workshop
for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (1949-2019)

Trento 3-4 ottobre 2019
BUC Biblioteca Universitaria Centrale - Via Adalberto Libera 3, 38122 Trento TN

PROGRAMME

Thursday 3 October 2019
h. 14.30 -15.00
Welcome Address
Maurizio Marchese Deputy Rector for International Development
Riccardo Scartezzini Martino Martini Centre
Maurizio Giangiulio Director  CeASUm

  Opening Remarks by Sofia Graziani and Yang Weijian

Session 1 - Youth and History
Chair: Guido Samarani  (Ca’ Foscari University Venice)
Discussant: Elisa Giunipero (Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan)

h. 15.00-16.00
Margareth Mih Tillman (Purdue University)
  Youth education under Chinese socialism: the First Child Welfare Institute
of Yan’an
Sascha Klotzbücher (University of Vienna) -
  The youth of my parents with Mao: A transgenerational perspective on
  hidden loyalties and unquestioned phantasies
h. 16.00-16.30  Coffee break

h. 16.30-18.00
Laura De Giorgi  (Ca’ Foscari University Venice)
  China's revolutionary youth in foreign eyes, 1949-1959
Sofia Graziani (University of Trento)
  The role of youth and youth groups in China’s people’s diplomacy and
  global outreach: a historical perspective
Zhou Zhan’an (Shanghai University)
  Dialectics of Subject and Object: The main line and four stages of Chinese
  intellectual history in Mao Zedong's era

h. 18.00-18.30  Discussion
h. 20.00 Dinner

Friday 4 October 2019
Session 2 - Literature and youth cultures

h. 8.30-10.00
Chair: Adalgisa Mingati (University of Trento)
Discussant: Marco Fumian (University of Naples L’Orientale)

Yang Weijian (Shanghai University)
     Dai Houying's Writing of Youth History
Li Haixia (Shanghai University)
  From redistributing land to reclaiming the landscapes: The global vision in
  Chinese literature in 1960s
Wang Yanyun (Shanghai University)
  The lingering moments and the decisions in history:
  The cultural significances of the images for small towns and the township
  Youth in Jia Zhangke’s Movies
h. 10.00-10.30 Coffee break

h.10.30 - 11-30
Chair: Giulia Sciorati   (University of Trento)
Discussant: Yang Weijian (Shanghai University)

10.30-11.30
Jeroen De Kloet (Amsterdam University)
  Cultured Youth: Hipsters with Chinese characteristics?
Serena Zuccheri (University of Bologna) -
  A Research on Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of Chinese Fansub
  Phenomenon: The Italian TV series Gomorra and its Chinese
  Non-Professional Fansub version as a Case Study
h. 11.30-12.30
Discussion and concluding remarks

Scientific Committee
Laura De Giorgi
   Sofia Graziani
Yang Weijian

Presentation

Aimed at strengthening scientific cooperation in the field of Chinese studies between the Martino Martini Center, the University of Trento and the University of Shanghai, the joint workshop will bring in Trento prominent scholars of Chinese history and culture from China, Italy, Europe and the US to explore youth experiences, images and literary representations in the PRC in a broad timeframe (1949-2019) and from a range of disciplines including cultural studies, literature and history.

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...Taken as a whole they reveal the complexities involved to try to understand a younger generation that exibits seemingly contraddictory behaviour, marked by conspicuous consumption (materialism), nationalistic impulses (patriotism) and a growing interaction with events outside China that have an increasing impact within the country (internationalism)...

Stanley Rosen (2011) Attitudes and Behavior of Contemporary Chinese Youth:
Nationalism, Materialism, and Internationalism, Chinese Education & Society,
44:2-3, 4-12, DOI: 10.2753/CED1061-1932440200

Links

Shanghai University
BUC - Biblioteca Universitaria Centrale
Università di Trento

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