Lecture: The Comic and the Romantic in Late Imperial Chinese Chuanqi Drama Description: How do we understand comic elements in the elite dramatic genre chuanqi (傳奇) in late imperial China? Does the comic challenge the overall romantic theme of chuanqi plays? This talk tackles the relationship between the comic and the romantic in chuanqi and highlights the intellectual significances of the comic.

Ian Milligan will be speaking on internet archiving and history.

The 2025 CHINA Town Hall program will take place on Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT, to discuss President Trump's China policy 100 days in, with featured speakers Ryan Hass, Director of John L. Thorton China Center at the Brookings Institution, Matthew Turpin, Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Lingling Wei, Chief China Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. The Webinar will be followed by guest lecture by Prof. Zhiqun Zhu (Political Science and IR) and discussion.