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Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang recently published an article in Caesura: Journal of Philological & Humanistic Studies (Volume 12, Issue 2, 2025), titled “Raunchy and (Un)Rooted Queering Transnational Asian American Cinema in Joy Ride (2023).”

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang presented an invited talk at Syracuse University, hosted by the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, on Feb. 6. Wang framed the 2024 Chinese blockbuster Her Story (Hao dongxi) as a “stand-up film” and explored how it borrows stand-up comedy’s rapid verbal wit while navigating the political risks of “punching up.”

During the winter break, Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang delivered three invited lectures and served as the featured speaker for two post-screening discussions while traveling in Asia. These engagements took place at National Taitung University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Communication University of Zhejiang, Duke Kunshan University, and the Movie Movie Cinema in Shanghai.

Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Literature Tiao-Guan Huang delivered an online lecture titled “Learning Culture Through Food: Taiwan’s Cuisine and Stories” to faculty and students in the Chinese Flagship Program at the University of North Georgia. 

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang recently published in China Currents a review of the new Chinese feminist-inspired blockbuster Her Story (2024), often described as China’s answer to Barbie (2023).

The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas, which features a chapter by Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang, has been honored with the NETPAC 1st Aruna Vasudev Award for Best Book on Asia. The award, presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), was announced on Feb. 18 at the 31st Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas.

Tiao-Guan Huang, visiting assistant professor of Chinese, was invited by Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages in Taiwan to deliver two lectures in November.

Forty-five new faculty members have entered Hamilton’s ranks, including nine tenure-track professors in anthropology, art, computer science, dance and movement studies, economics, government, mathematics and statistics, music, and Russian. They join 31 visiting professors and lecturers, and four teaching fellows for the 2024-25 academic year.

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang recently published a chapter in the edited volume The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas titled “Between a Quest for Artistic Purity and Propaganda: The Case of Taiwan Wangshi (My Bittersweet Taiwan, 2004).”

Since December 2023, Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang has delivered 16 invited talks in the U.S., the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and mainland China.