Book Talk: Dr Xuelei Huang In brief Date - 31 January 2024 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Speaker - Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh) Format - Book discussion, drinks reception About the event In this vivid and highly original reading of recent Chinese history, Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh) documents the eclectic array of smells that permeated Chinese life from the High Qing through to the Mao period. Utilising interdisciplinary methodology and critically engaging with scholarship in the expanding fields of sensory and smell studies, she shows how this period of tumultuous change in China was experienced through the body and the senses. Drawing on unexplored archival materials, readers are introduced to the 'smellscapes' of China from the eighteenth to mid-twentieth century via perfumes, food, body odours, public health projects, consumerism and cosmetics, travel literature, fiction and political language. This pioneering and evocative book takes the reader on a sensory journey through modern Chinese history, examining the ways in which the experience of scent and modernity have intertwined. This event will be followed by a drinks reception. About the speaker Dr Xuelei Huang studied at Fudan University (BA) and Peking University (MA) in China, and received her PhD from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. She joined the University of Edinburgh as a Chancellor's Fellow, became a Lecturer in 2016, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019. Xuelei's current research focuses on sensory history in modern China. Her recent book, 'Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell' (Cambridge University Press, 2023), revisits modern Chinese history through the nose. She has also co-edited a volume (with Shengqing Wu) entitled 'Sensing China: Modern Transformations of Sensory Culture' (Routledge, 2022). Another field of her research is early Chinese cinema and media culture. She has published widely on this subject, including the monograph 'Shanghai Filmmaking: Crossing Borders, Connecting to the Globe, 1922-1938' (Brill, 2014, ), which sheds new light on early Chinese film culture through a case study of the Mingxing (Star) Motion Picture Company, one of the most influential film studios in early Chinese film history. Other research interests include theatre, print media, and visual culture in modern China. How to attend This event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Relations. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Jan 31 2024 16.00 - 18.00 Book Talk: Dr Xuelei Huang An in-person discussion of the new publication by Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh), 'Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell', which explores the history of China through sensory and smell studies. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Book Talk: Dr Xuelei Huang In brief Date - 31 January 2024 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Speaker - Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh) Format - Book discussion, drinks reception About the event In this vivid and highly original reading of recent Chinese history, Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh) documents the eclectic array of smells that permeated Chinese life from the High Qing through to the Mao period. Utilising interdisciplinary methodology and critically engaging with scholarship in the expanding fields of sensory and smell studies, she shows how this period of tumultuous change in China was experienced through the body and the senses. Drawing on unexplored archival materials, readers are introduced to the 'smellscapes' of China from the eighteenth to mid-twentieth century via perfumes, food, body odours, public health projects, consumerism and cosmetics, travel literature, fiction and political language. This pioneering and evocative book takes the reader on a sensory journey through modern Chinese history, examining the ways in which the experience of scent and modernity have intertwined. This event will be followed by a drinks reception. About the speaker Dr Xuelei Huang studied at Fudan University (BA) and Peking University (MA) in China, and received her PhD from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. She joined the University of Edinburgh as a Chancellor's Fellow, became a Lecturer in 2016, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019. Xuelei's current research focuses on sensory history in modern China. Her recent book, 'Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell' (Cambridge University Press, 2023), revisits modern Chinese history through the nose. She has also co-edited a volume (with Shengqing Wu) entitled 'Sensing China: Modern Transformations of Sensory Culture' (Routledge, 2022). Another field of her research is early Chinese cinema and media culture. She has published widely on this subject, including the monograph 'Shanghai Filmmaking: Crossing Borders, Connecting to the Globe, 1922-1938' (Brill, 2014, ), which sheds new light on early Chinese film culture through a case study of the Mingxing (Star) Motion Picture Company, one of the most influential film studios in early Chinese film history. Other research interests include theatre, print media, and visual culture in modern China. How to attend This event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Relations. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Jan 31 2024 16.00 - 18.00 Book Talk: Dr Xuelei Huang An in-person discussion of the new publication by Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh), 'Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell', which explores the history of China through sensory and smell studies. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Jan 31 2024 16.00 - 18.00 Book Talk: Dr Xuelei Huang An in-person discussion of the new publication by Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh), 'Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell', which explores the history of China through sensory and smell studies.
