Description:

The East Asia Research Forum and the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program invite you to the lecture by Professor Jin Jiang. 

A recent reproductive crisis has brought renewed interest in the century-old “family problem” (家庭问题) and “women’s problem” (妇女问题). Related issues have not only been debated in the discursive field, but also informed cross-border fields such as social policymaking and the law. Intrigued by questions such as why the state calls for increasing reproductivity have met with lukewarm responses, we will start with a historical overview before discussing some of the ongoing important changes in the family system and women’s roles in Chinese society.

About the speaker:

Professor Jiang is Yeung Family Distinguished Visiting Professor of East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Professor Emeritus of History, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China; Ph.D. in East Asian History since 1600, Stanford University, 1998; Author of Women Playing Men: Yue Opera and Social Change in Twentieth-Century Shanghai (University of Washington Press, 2009).