Mao Zedong: Exploring multi-dimensional approaches to biography

17.00-19.00

Roundtable discussion (refreshments will be served afterwards)

14.00-14.30

Opening Remarks Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik

14.30-15.30

Keynote speech I
Jin Chongji: Writing the biography of Mao Zedong

15.30-15.45

Coffee break

15.45-16.45

Keynote speech II
Alexander Pantsov: Writing Mao the real story

16.45-17.00

Coffee break

17.00-18.00

Keynote speech III
Zhang Haipeng: Re-visiting Mao Zedong in the 21th century

18.00-18.30

Discussion

19.00

Dinner (Venue t.b.a.)

09.00-09.30

Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer: The biography of an activist striving for a better world: The case of Mao Zedong

09.30-10.00

Felix Wemheuer: The challenge of how to evaluate the Mao Era

10.00-10.30

Coffee break

10.30-11.00

Timothy Cheek: Analyzing Jin Chongji's official Mao biography

11.00-11.30

Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik: What do we miss in the biographies on Mao Zedong?

11.30-11.45

Coffee break

11.45-12.15

Shen Weiwei: Some thoughts on writing biography with and on Gao Xingjian

12.15-12.45

Zhao Baisheng: Biography from an East West comparative perspective

12.45-13.15

Silvia Salino: What do we learn about Mao from Jiang Qing biographies? Looking at Jiang Qing biographies from a meta-biographical and mytho-biographical perspective

13.15-14.15

Lunch break

14.15-14.45

Carsten Schäfer: The persona of Mao in contemporary Chinese film

14.45-15.15

Xiao Se: 毛澤東與中國文學的南方傳統和北方傳統

15.15-15.45

Yu Renhan: 毛泽东的诗词与起内心世界及其政治生涯

15.45-16.15

Coffee break

16.15-17.15

Roundup Discussion