For information about the “Imagination”,  “Consumption” and “Production” events, which took place in Exeter (July 2012), Amsterdam (January 2013) and Singapore (July 2013) please see the Past Events page.

Final Symposium and Postgraduate Workshop, Taiwan, December 2013

The final symposium and postgraduate workshop will take place from 16th to 18th December 2013 at the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. The keynote speaker for the symposium is Professor David Der-wei Wang (Harvard University).

Postgraduate Workshop Call for Papers

Details for the postgraduate workshop and the call for papers can be downloaded as a PDF: CFP Taiwan final 

Please contact c.cummings@exeter.ac.uk if you wish to attend this event.

Research questions:

Imagination
How does the imagination of self and other drive the production and consumption of Chinese films? How do films, along with their styles, stars and genres, travel from one region to another?

Consumption
Who consumes Chinese films and why? How has the mode of consumption of films changed with the advent of digital technology and the Internet?

Production
What are the challenges facing Chinese filmmakers in the production of their films? What are the roles of the state and business, film festivals and enterprises in producing film?