THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
presents a
Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series
Workshop
How to Study Gender and Sexuality: What counts as “Context”
In this workshop, we will discuss how one proceeds to actually do sociological or
anthropological research on gender and sexuality. There are many facets to this question,
including whether to focus on public discourse, identity, practice, behavior, etc. But one
key question is what counts as the "context" for such a study? The question pertains not
only to the local versus global but also to "domains" of social experience. What are the
implications of studying sexuality "on its own" versus studying it as part of another
context? This workshop will encourage those who wish to do so to share their experiences
with their research.
by
Prof. Lisa Rofel
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Room 1118, K.K. Leung Building
The University of Hong Kong
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Lisa Rofel is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of
California, Santa Cruz. Her writings about China address a broad range of questions about
culture, labor, gender, sexuality desire, and neoliberalism. Her first book on China, Other
Modernities: Gendered Yearnings in China After Socialism (University of California Press)
has been translated into Chinese (Lingleide Xiandaixing: Gaige Kaifang Shidai Zhongguo
Xingbiehuade Kewang (Nanjing: Jiangsu Renmin Chuban She. Translator: Huang Xin). Her
second book, Desiring China: Experiments in Neoliberalism, Sexuality and Public Culture
has already gone through its second edition. She is currently working on several projects: a
collaborative research on the twenty-first century silk road between China and Italy, a coedited volume (with Chris Berry and Lu Xinyu) entitled: For the Public Record: the New
Documentary Movement in China (forthcoming from Hong Kong University Press), a
special issue of positions:east asia cultures critique, co-edited with Petrus Liu, on
transnational Chinese queer politics, and a translation project of Cui Zi’en’s fictional short
stories
ALL ARE WELCOME