果冻影院

XClose

果冻影院 Institute of the Americas

Home
Menu

鈥楢rise! Ye Who Refuse to be Bond Slaves:鈥 Paul Robeson, 鈥楾he Black King of Songs,鈥 and China

19 October 2022, 5:30 pm鈥7:00 pm

Event poster showing a photograph of the 果冻影院 Portico, the event and series titles, guest speaker and date

An event part of the 果冻影院 Institute of the Americas The Americas and the World Seminar Series

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Sold out

Cost

Free

Organiser

果冻影院 Institute of the Americas
YouTube Widget Placeholder
SoundCloud Widget Placeholder
This lecture is adapted from Gao Yunxiang鈥檚 new book 'Arise, Africa! Roar, China! Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century' (UNC Press, December 2021). In this lecture, Professor Gao unpacks the dynamic yet scarcely noted relations between Paul Robeson (1898-1976), the world famous African American singer, actor, athlete, lawyer, and political activist, and China throughout most of the twentieth century. Gao examines how the reciprocal embrace of Robeson and the People鈥檚 Republic of China powerfully transformed his image from a celebrated yet racialized entertainer in the PRC to a heroic model for socialist citizenry. The event featured discussions of Afro-China solidarity and Black internationalism in Asia, as well as questions from the audience.

About the Speaker

Professor Gao Yunxiang

Professor of History at Toronto Metropolitan University

Professor Gao Yunxiang's research focuses primarily on trans-Pacific cultural history in the twentieth century through a multilingual approach. She has written two books. Her most recent work is听听Professor Gao has published articles in venues such as听History Today,The Du Bois Review,听Gender and History,听The Journal of American East-Asian Relations, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture,Socialism and Democracy, and听Sport in Society. Several of her articles have been translated into Chinese. Currently, she is finishing two biographies, modelling a trans-nationalized Asian and Asian American history. They are tentatively entitled 鈥淪oo Yong: A Hollywood Actress and Cosmopolitan of the Asian Diasporas鈥 and 鈥淲ang Yung: From Child Bride, Shanghai鈥檚 鈥楲iterary Star,鈥 to the Trans-Pacific 鈥楧rama Queen.鈥欌

Other events in this series