Lü Pin "China and the World" Lecture Recording

WGGP hosted a virtual talk by Lü Pin as part of the Illinois Global Institute yearlong lecture series on "China and the World".  The talk, "Resilience Amidst Repression: The Chinese Feminist Movement in the Era of Escalating Authoritarianism" took place virtually on September 12, 2023 12pm CST.

Lü Pin is a prominent Chinese feminist activist and an emerging scholar specializing in Gender and Politics. Her journey in advocating for women's rights began in the late 1990s. In 2009, she established Feminist Voices, a pioneering and largest new media platform dedicated to women's issues in China, which was banned in 2018. Since 2012, Lü Pin has been dedicated to empowering young feminists and supporting their activism throughout China. After relocating to the U.S. in 2015, she spearheaded the organizing of the diaspora Chinese feminist community, Presently, Lü Pin is pursuing her Ph.D. in Political Science at Rutgers University.

This talk was co-sponsored by Illinois Global Institute, Center for Africa Studies; Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; Center for Global Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for South Asia and Middle Eastern Studies; European Union Center; The Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies; Program in Arms Control and Domestic and International Security; and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center.

Zoom Recording ID: 82350555298 UUID: W6/RRZlET9KpNCEbob2uIA== Meeting Time: 2023-09-12 04:46:56pmGMT