EVENT 1. april 2025: Forfattersamtale: Hongwei Bao om "Queering the Asian Diaspora'

Author talk: Hongwei Bao on 'Queering the Asian Diaspora' 

In Thiemers Magasin, Tullinsgade 24

1. April 17-18

Queering the Asian Diaspora: The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified global geopolitical tensions, bringing Sinophobia and anti-Asian racism into sharp focus. At the same time, a growing Asian diasporic consciousness is emerging worldwide, celebrating Asian identity and cultural heritage. Yet, in the space between anti-Asian racism and the rise of Asian advocacy, the voices of queer people have often been largely missing.

This book addresses that gap. Exploring a range of contemporary case studies from art, fashion, performance, film, and political activism, Bao offers a powerful intersectional cultural politics—anti-nationalist, anti-racist, decolonial, feminist, and queer—that challenges dominant narratives and amplifies marginalized voices.

Dr Hongwei Bao is an associate professor in media studies at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He is the author of five books on queer Chinese history and culture: Queer Comrades (NIAS Press, 2018), Queer China (Routledge, 2020), Queer Media in China (Routledge, 2021), Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance (Routledge, 2022) and Queering the Asian Diaspora (Sage 2024). As a poet, he is the author of The Passion of the Rabbit God (Valley Press, 2024) and Dream of the Orchid Pavillion (Big White Shed 2024).

Bo Ærenlund Sørensen er adjunkt i Kinastudier på Københavns Universitet

Som medlem og trubadur af Thiemers Magasin er det gratis at deltage i arrangementet. For andre er der et tilmeldingsgebyr på 40 kr.

OBS: Pengene refunderes ikke ved afbud.