2024
April 19. Gender and authoritarianism panel. International Journalism Festival. Perugia, Italy.
April 16. Libreria Tuba. Rome, Italy.
April 15. Tempio del Futuro Perduto. Milan, Italy.
April 13. Mind the Gap festival. Turin, Italy.
April 10. Keynote speech, USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies. Virtual symposium on demographic challenges.
March 6. Cary Memorial Library. Lexington, MA.
February 20. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester, MA.
February 9. Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. With Nicholas Bartlett. New York.
February 5. Leitner Center, Fordham Law School. With Rayhan Asat, Lü Pin and Li Maizi. New York.
January 17. Porter Square Books. With Moira Weigel. Cambridge, MA.
January 12. Red Emma’s. With Zheng Churan. Baltimore, MD.
2023
December 8. People’s Book. With Zheng Churan and Indira Lakshmanan. Takoma Park, MD.
December 8. WATCH RECORDING HERE: CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies roundtable. Virtual event.
December 7. Young China Watchers/Welcome to Chinatown Small Business Innovation Hub New York, NY.
November 30. Leftover Women, 10th Anniversary launch, Big Blue Marble Bookstore. With Shiamin Kwa. Philadelphia.
November 29. Leftover Women, 10th Anniversary launch, Word Up. With Lü Pin, Li Maizi and Mona Eltahawy. New York.
May 18. Population Decline and the Future of Women’s Rights in China. University of Minnesota China Center.
2022
May 16. China’s Human Capital Landscape. CSIS, Washington DC. 1:30pm ET.
March 2. Guardian Live - Feminism in China event. 8pm GMT.
March 1. Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing on the future of women in China. 10am ET.
February 16. MeToo and the future of women’s rights in China BYU Kennedy Center for International Studies. 2pm EST.
2021
October 8. Asian Forum 2021 keynote speaker: Feminist activism in China. Western Michigan University. 9am EST.
April 22. Resisting Authoritarianism in Asia. Panelist, Human Rights Funders Network. 8am EST.
March 8. Censorship at the Intersection of Gender, Race and the Media. In virtual conversation with Chiedo Nwankwor, Ece Temelkuran, Kathy Gannon and Jacqueline Charles. SAIS Women Lead. 10am EST.
2020
November 12. Doubling down on China, Inc. Panelist in CSIS online discussion. 9am EST.
October 27. The Women’s Rights Movement in China. Virtual presentation, Victims of Communism. 4pm EDT.
June 18. A feminist exploration: Covid-19 Heinrich Böll Foundation, online discussion with Montserrat Sagot, Olive Uwamariya and Paola-Irene Villa Braslavsky. 4pm CET.
January 7. The Albright Institute, Wellesley College. 9:15am.
January 22. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 5:30pm.
2019
November 5. Panelist, More than a One-Child Policy, Museum of Chinese in America. With Nanfu Wang, Maya Ludtke and Melissa Ludtke. 6:30pm. New York.
October 10. Keynote speaker, Women’s Empowerment: An International Perspective, University of South Florida Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies conference.
October 3. Women and China: The Revolution. 11:30am. Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, California.
September 22. Town Hall Seattle. 7:30pm. China’s Feminist Awakening. Seattle, Washington.
June 27. Aspen Ideas Festival - Springtime for Strongmen. In conversation with Robert Kagan, Michael Abramowitz and Elliot Gerson about the rise of authoritarianism worldwide. Aspen, Colorado.
June 25. Aspen Ideas Festival Facebook Live interview with James Fallows and Zak Dychtwald. Aspen, Colorado.
June 24. Aspen Ideas Festival - China’s Next Chapter. In conversation with James Fallows, Yang Lan and Zak Dychtwald. Aspen Colorado.
June 20. Chinese Youth Activism - Dialogue China discussion In conversation with Zhao Sile. Washington DC.
June 14. Discussion with feminist activists from China, New York. 6:30pm.
June 6. ASIANET: The Asian Century, University of Oslo Keynote speech: China’s Feminist Awakening. Norway.
May 8. PEN World Voices Festival, In conversation with Ma Jian and Chip Rolley. New York. 7pm.
May 5. The Spirit of May Fourth: Intellectual Voices and the Future of China. 1pm. In conversation with Lydia H. Liu, Gail Hershatter and others. China Institute, New York.
April 24. University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for East Asian Studies. 2:30pm. Madison, Wisconsin.
April 12. Cornell ILR School Symposium. With Eli Friedman and other scholars. 1pm. New York.
March 22. University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs. In conversation with Lynette Ong. 10am. Toronto.
March 17. Beijing Bookworm Literary Festival. In conversation with Amy Qin and other experts. 2pm.
March 16. Beijing Bookworm Literary Festival. In conversation with Yuan Yang. 2pm.
March 12. Chinese University of Hong Kong 4pm. Hong Kong.
March 10. Sydney Opera House All About Women Festival. 4:15pm. Sydney.
March 7. Adelaide Writers Week “Feminism in India and China.” In conversation with Sohaili Abdulaili. 12pm. Australia.
March 6. Queen Victoria Women’s Centre 12:45pm. Melbourne, Australia.
February 17. Harvard College HPAIR Conference #MeToo in Asia seminar. 10am. Harvard.
February 1. UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies 3pm. Berkeley.
January 31. Stanford University 4:30pm. Standford.
January 30. UC Santa Cruz Humanities Institute. 12pm.
January 29. World Affairs Council 6:30pm. San Francisco.
January 28. Pomona College 12:15pm. Los Angeles.
January 24. USC US-China Institute Los Angeles, 4pm.
January 23. UC San Diego 21st Century China Center. 2pm. In conversation with Dayo Gore.
January 22. UC Irvine Long US-China Institute. 3:30pm.
2018
November 29. Trinity University, Texas. 4pm.
November 20. Princeton University. 4:30pm.
November 15. Williams College. 7:30-9pm.
November 10. Hong Kong International Literary Festival. 3:30-4:30pm. In conversation with Maura Cunningham.
November 10. Hong Kong International Literary Festival. 2-3pm. With Guadalupe Nettel, Laline Paull and Elizabeth LaCouture.
November 8. Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong. 12:30pm.
November 7. University of Hong Kong 5-6:30pm.
November 1. Verso Books, Brooklyn. 7-9pm. With Lu Pin, Rebecca Karl, Joanna Chiu, NvVoices and other activists.
October 29-30. Hotchkiss School, CT.
October 23. Bryn Mawr College, PA. 5-6pm.
October 18. CSIS, In conversation with Mei Fong and Bonnie Glaser. Washington, D.C. 4-5:15pm.
October 17. Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute, New York. 4-5:30pm. In conversation with Lu Pin.
October 16. Yale Law School 12:10-1:30pm. In conversation with Lu Pin.
October 8. Young China Watchers London. London, 18:40.
October 7. Cheltenham Literature Festival, UK. 6-7pm. With Laura Bates, Helen Pankhurst and Agnès Poirier.
October 7. China Changing Festival, Southbank Centre, London. 12pm.
October 5. Bristol Festival of Ideas, UK. 19:00 (7pm).
September 30. Politics and Prose at Union Market, Washington DC. 5pm. In conversation with Indira Lakshmanan.
September 26. Strand Books, New York. 7-8pm. In conversation with Mona Eltahawy.
September 25. China Institute, New York. 6pm. In conversation with Lu Pin and Dinda Elliott.
September 20. Porter Square Books, Cambridge MA, 7pm. In conversation with Moira Weigel.
September 19. Harvard University Fairbank Center, Cambridge, MA, 12:30pm
July 26. Council on Foreign Relations, New York. With Lu Pin, Rachel Vogelstein and Liang Xiaowen.
2017
Challenging Authoritarianism through Feminist Activism: Insights from China. Leitner Center, Fordham Law School, New York. With Guan Er and Xiaowen Liang. December 2017.
From the Frontlines: Feminism in China, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. New York. December 2017.
"Engaging China: Feminism and Women's Empowerment". Robert Bosch Stiftung, Berlin. With Lu Pin. July 2017.
Keynote speaker at Redefine Chinese Women's Leadership Conference. Barnard College. April 2017.
High-Level Roundtable on Women and Legislative Reform - University of Pennsylvania Law School/UN Women, New York. March 2017.
Rebellious Lawyering: Feminist and LGBTQ Activism Under Authoritarianism. Yale Law School. With Lu Pin, Xiaowen Liang and Nancy Yun Tang. February 2017.
2016
Women in Publishing Society, Hong Kong. June 2016.
Association for Asian Studies, Seattle. April 2016.
Gender & Social Control in the Era of Xi Jinping. Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute. March 2016.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. March 2016.
New School India-China Institute, New York. February 2016.
2015
University of Nottingham Ningbo China. December 2015.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-Smith College Leadership Program for Women - November 2015.
Shanghai International Literary Festival. November 2015.
Hong Kong International Literary Festival. November 2015.
University of San Francisco event, “Leftover Women – Gender Inequality in Contemporary China and Japan.” October 2015.
The Brookings Institution event, “Women, Sexuality and Social Change in China.” April 2015.
Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Cultural and Religious Studies. March 2015.
University of Toronto conference on Law and China. February 2015.
2014
Humanities of the European Research Area (HERA) conference, Precariously Yours: Gender, Class, and Urbanity in Contemporary Shanghai. Shanghai, December 2014.
Hopkins China Forum, Shanghai. December 2014.
Keynote speaker at annual meeting, Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce. November 2014.
Hong Kong Literary Festival. November 2014.
University of Minnesota Department of Sociology. October 2014.
CUNY Staten Island Department of Media Culture and Modern China Studies Program and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in Manhattan. October 2014.
Yale University Council on East Asian Studies/Yale-China Association. October 2014.
University of Connecticut Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. October 2014.
Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute. October 2014.
Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College Agnes Chen Memorial Distinguished Visitor. September 2014.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library. September 2014.
New America Foundation, New York. July 2014.
National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York. July 2014.
Human Rights Watch, Washington D.C. July 2014.
US Consulate, Hong Kong. July 2014.
Foreign Correspondents Club, Shanghai. June 2014.
UN Women/Austrian embassy, Beijing. May 2014.
EU Delegation embassy, Beijing. May 2014.
Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong. May 2014.
Young China Watchers, Hong Kong. May 2014.
University of Hong Kong, Comparative Education Research Centre. April 2014.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain/Young China Watchers, London. April 2014.
POWER 2014 conference on women, Beijing, April 2014.
Bookworm International Literary Festival in Beijing and Chengdu, March 2014.
Flamingo Group salon in Singapore, “Changing Values in China,” March 2014.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Social Science Seminar. March 2014.