CCS Webinar - Posthumans in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

November 18, 9:00am - 10:30am
Mānoa Campus, Online via Zoom

This panel explores representations of posthumanity in contemporary Chinese science-fiction through a range of literary and cultural approaches. Drawing on Chinese philosophical and religious traditions alongside modern theories of posthumanism, ecology, and feminism, the papers examine shifting boundaries between humanity, technology, and nature. Together, these talks demonstrate how Chinese science fiction reimagines traditional myths, cultural memories, and contemporary realities within futuristic settings, while also addressing the ethical and existential challenges of the digital age. Speaker: Dr. Astrid M?ller-Olsen 艾喜 (she/她), Carlsberg Fellow in Comparative Literature and PI of the research project “Plant People: Posthuman Ecologies in Contemporary Fiction,” University of Copenhagen. Discussants: Gwenna?l Gaffric is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (France). His research focuses on modern and contemporary Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese literatures, with particular interests in science fiction, ecocriticism, and translation studies. Johan Rols is a research assistant at Inalco (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations), lecturer in Université Paris Cité, and associate researcher at GSRL-CNRS and CRCAO-CNRS in Paris. His academic work focuses on the history of prohibitions and taboos related to the destruction of nature in ancient and medieval China, as well as the religious, political, and intellectual history of natural spaces. Moderator: Vincent Goossaert is a historian and research professor at EPHE, PSL and co-editor of T'oung-Pao, the oldest scientific journal of sinology in the West. He works on the history of pre-modern and modern Chinese religion, and is particularly interested in Taoism, the professions of religion, social and religious regulations, the production of moral standards, and sociability between humans and gods.


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Center for Chinese Studies, Mānoa Campus

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