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As two representative civilisations in Eastern culture, China and India share more than 2,000 years of cultural exchanges, profoundly enriching and developing the world’s cultural landscapes. The dissemination and acceptance of Lu Xun in India began in 1930 and now spans nearly a century. This process has promoted greater cultural exchanges and friendly interactions between China and India in modern times. Research on Lu Xun in India is an important component of the dissemination of Lu Xun overseas, and many Chinese scholars are paying close attention to it. This seminar aims to trace the historical context of Lu Xun’s dissemination and acceptance in India, and its key characteristics, motivations and obstacles. It would also analyse the cross-cultural communication laws behind India’s acceptance and interpretation of Lu Xun. In this way, Lu Xun’s deep spiritual and cultural values in the international perspective of cross-cultural communication can be understood. At the same time, the seminar encourages reflection on how face-to-face exchanges can be facilitated between Chinese and Indian scholars through research on Lu Xun to enhance mutual trust and understanding about each other's culture and society.

Speaker

Niu Ruiyuan is a doctoral candidate at School of Chinese Language and Literature, Soochow University. She was awarded a master's degree in 2023 for her thesis on “Zhang Mengyang's Five-Decade Contribution to Lu Xun Studies (1972-2022)”. Her research centers on the historiographical investigation of Lu Xun studies, with particular emphasis on his overseas reception and transnational dissemination. She has presented her research at prestigious national and international conferences and has published multiple research articles in China’s leading academic journals including Lu Xun Research Monthly and Chinese Language and Literature Research. Her representative works include "A Review of Yang Yi's Lu Xun Research" and "On Mr. Zhang Enhe's Lu Studies and Calligraphy". Her paper, "The Dissemination and Reception of Lu Xun in India" constitutes partial research findings from the National Social Science Fund's Major Project "Collection, Compilation and Research of Overseas Lu Xun Dissemination and Research Documents (1909-2019)" (Project No. 20&ZD339) hosted by Professor Wang Weidong of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Chair

Usha Chandran is Assistant Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Honorary Fellow, at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. She holds a PhD in Chinese on Gender issues in China from JNU. Her major research interests include gender issues in China and comparison with India, interface between gender and language as well as popular culture, women’s subjectivity in literature, and exploring Sociological methodologies to study Chinese society. Major publications include book chapters and journal articles. Her authored book titled, Gender Discrimination at Work in Urban China, was published by Routledge in 2025. An edited volume titled, Gender in Language and Expression, has also been accepted for publication by Routledge and is currently under review. She is presently co-editing a volume, At the Interface of Concepts and Disciplines: Studies on China's Society and Culture along with Prof. Sabaree Mitra.

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