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A Journey from Mao’s China to San Francisco’s Chinatown in Vanessa Hua’s ‘Forbidden City’

Novelist and journalist Vanessa Hua’s new book “Forbidden City” is a historical fiction set in 1960s China. It’s the story of a 16-year-old girl who was plucked from a rural village to join a troupe of dancers formed to satisfy an aging Chairman Mao’s – historically accurate – love of ballroom dance and teenage girls. Hua writes in the author’s notes, “I believe that fiction flourishes where the official record ends”; the novel leaves the impression that even if the woman at the center of the book were real, she would have been erased from history. We’ll talk about the dynamics of gender, power and manipulation that resonate across time and geography. “The past,” Hua writes, “is never as distant as it seems.”see more
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A Journey from Mao’s China to San Francisco’s Chinatown in Vanessa Hua’s ‘Forbidden City’

Novelist and journalist Vanessa Hua’s new book “Forbidden City” is a historical fiction set in 1960s China. It’s the story of a 16-year-old girl who was plucked from a rural village to join a troupe of dancers formed to satisfy an aging Chairman Mao’s – historically accurate – love of ballroom dance and teenage girls. Hua writes in the author’s notes, “I believe that fiction flourishes where the official record ends”; the novel leaves the impression that even if the woman at the center of the book were real, she would have been erased from history. We’ll talk about the dynamics of gender, power and manipulation that resonate across time and geography. “The past,” Hua writes, “is never as distant as it seems.”see more
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Microaggressions and Trigger Warnings 101: Scholarship in the Age of Emotional Sensitivity

Joshua Johnson
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There's a growing concern on college campuses that scholarship is suffering at the hands of emotional sensitivity. Critics argue that trigger warnings and avoiding microagressions are taking precedent over intellectual discourse. Still, others say that feeling safe and respected are prerequisites for any learning environment. We'll discuss the realities of today's classroom, where students and professors bring their trauma and prejudice along with them.

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Derald Wing Sue, professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author of Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

Elena Marchetti-Bowick, student, Stanford University

Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the NYU-Stern School of Business and author of "The Righteous Mind"

Homay King, professor of history of art, Bryn Mawr College

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