Taiwanese Women and Film: lecture, film screening

Tze-Lan Sang will present a lecture on Taiwanese women and documentary films Monday, March 27, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., at the McClung Museum. A film screening, exhibit, and reception are planned in conjunction with her visit.

Tuesday, March 21

Film screening: “Let’s Fall in Love”
3:45-5:15 p.m., Hodges Library Auditorium

Monday, March 27
Meet 
professor Tze-Lan Sang
noon – 1:30 p.m., Mary Greer Room, 258 Hodges Library
Lecture: “Gender and Media: The Case of Women Documentary Filmmakers in Taiwan”
3:30 – 5:00 p.m., McClung Museum

March 20 – March 31
Exhibit of books and films on women in Asia
2nd floor, Hodges Library

Sang is a professor of Chinese at Michigan State University and is the author of two monographs: “Documenting Taiwan on Film: Issues and Methods in New Documentaries” (Routledge, 2012), and “The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China” (University of Chicago Press, 2003).

 One week prior to her visit, there will be a screening of “Let’s Fall in Love” (Wuna Wu, 2008), one of the films she will discuss in her lecture. Her lecture and the film screening will be accompanied by an exhibit of books and films on women in Asia. This exhibit will include a section of books written by faculty in UT’s Asian Studies program.