Book Launch – Socializing Medicine: Health Humanities and East Asian Media

The Hong Kong Jockey Club University of Chicago Academic Complex | The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong
168 Victoria Road
Mount Davis, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong SAR

Socializing Medicine: Health Humanities and East Asian Media is a cutting-edge volume co-edited by three University of Chicago alumni: Pao-chen Tang (UChicago PhD’20 Cinema and Media Studies and East Asian Languages and Civilizations), Yuqian Yan (UChicago PhD’19 Cinema and Media Studies), and Ling Zhang (UChicago PhD’16 Cinema and Media Studies). Published by Hong Kong University Press in 2025, this interdisciplinary work offers a timely exploration of mass media as powerful tools for disseminating medical knowledge and shaping public health discourse. The book examines how media portrayals of health are deeply intertwined with broader societal dynamics, including imperialism, Cold War geopolitics, and neoliberal capitalism, while advocating for more accessible and equitable health practices. Engaging with urgent global health issues, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Socializing Medicine is an essential resource for scholars and practitioners in media studies, health humanities, and global health.

The launch event will bring together the three co-editors, contributors to the volume, and prominent health humanities scholars based in Hong Kong and Guangzhou for a dynamic discussion on the critical intersections between media, health, and society.

Nexus Asia is a program initiated by the UChicago Hong Kong Campus dedicated to collaborating with UChicago PhD alumni and their institutions throughout the Asia Pacific region. In addition to facilitating research, Nexus Asia plans to engage its alumni on its UChicago Hong Kong campus with workshops, lectures and events for academics and the general public.

Speakers:

• Wang Chao
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, School of Humanities and Social Science
• Jeekey Kim (online)
  The University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts
• Lilian Kong (online)
  The University of Chicago, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Zohar Lederman
  The University of Hong Kong, Department of Emergency Medicine
• Izumi Nakayama
  The University of Hong Kong, School of Modern Languages and Cultures
• Yuki Obayashi (online)  
  San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies
• Pao-chen Tang
  The University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
• Yuqian Yan
  Zhejiang University, College of Media and International Culture
• Lianyuan Yi
  Guangzhou University, School of Journalism and Communication
• Yu Chang-min
  National Taiwan University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Zhang Yun
  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Chinese History and Culture
• Ling Zhang (online)
  State University of New York Purchase College, School of Film and Media Studies

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