We are a research group that collectively works to investigate Chinese and Italian cultural mobilities. The work was supported by the following grants obtained by Dr. Zhang: SSHRC Insight Development Grants (2018-2020), The Arts Undergraduate Research Award, The International Work Learn Award, and Hampton Fund Research Grant – New Faculty Award, University of British Columbia. All the online contents were created in 2021 and in 2024.
Dr. Gaoheng Zhang
Dr. Zhang is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He researches broadly on Italy’s global history and connections using a cultural-studies approach. His first book is titled Migration and the Media: Debating Chinese Migration to Italy, 1992-2012 (University of Toronto Press, 2019), which is the first detailed media and cultural study of the Chinese migration from both Italian and Chinese migrant perspectives.
Email me: gaoheng.zhang@ubc.ca
Alexandra Chipperfield
Alexandra Chipperfield is a recent graduate from the Political Science program at UBC. Her passion for exploring intercultural relations within Italy stemmed from her more personal relationship to the country itself. Having been born in the city of Bolzano, but being transported at a young age to Canada, gave her an introduction to some of Italy’s traditional aspects and societal customs. Alexandra enjoys exploring Italian identity and what it means within the global context.
Email me: ali.chipperfield@icloud.com
Dr. Jennifer Lau
Jennifer Lau is a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto and the host of Ask Jenn Anything Podcast for graduate students. Her dissertation (2017) examined Chinese and Canadian interactions of the nineteenth and twentieth century. The recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Doctoral Fellowship and Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship, Jennifer’s research encompasses transnational history, travel literature, and Chinese cultural studies.
Email me: jenn.lau@utoronto.ca
Other Contributors
Han Fei (website design)
Claire Ping
Camilla Casale
Luca Oluic
Danilo Angulo Molina