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Host Department
Ying-shih Yü International Center for History and the Chinese Humanities
Host Professor Full Name
Fu Yang
Host Professor Email
yangfu257@ntu.edu.tw
I’m a historian of modern China, with particular research interests in sensory history, visual culture, and more recently, plant studies. My recent book, Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell (Cambridge University Press, 2023), revisits modern Chinese history through the nose. Drawing on unexplored archival materials, this book unveils how microscopic molecular processes of smelling ran deeply beneath everyday social interactions, bringing to light complex socio-corporeal dynamics underlying the untold stories of stinking ditches, artificial scents, sexual odours, and foul class enemies. Another field of my research is early Chinese cinema and media culture. I have 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. My current research explores plant hunting, plant life, and interspecies connectivity on the stage of colonial history.
Dr. 黃雪蕾 Xuelei Huang
Information
Dates of Visit:
2026/04/01 - 2026/06/29
Position at Home University:
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
Nationality:
China
Scholar:
Visiting scholar
Email:
xuelei.huang@ed.ac.uk
Home University:
University of Edinburgh
Home Faculty Department:
Asian Studies
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