Speakers

Media professional, film critic, writer, and editor-in-chief of Watching Movies

Erya host and co-founder of menswear brand The Armoury

Host of the podcast Don't Be Willful and an independent creator and researcher on gender

Anthropology researcher, Knotting Notes editor, independent writer, and translator of ethnography

Writer, independent journalist, and affiliated researcher at Beijing Foreign Studies University's Center for Balkan Studies

Professor of political science

One of the most influential contemporary Chinese poets

Host of the independent film-review podcast The Badlands

A podcast hosted by Wang Qing, Ruohan, and Meng Chang

Associate Professor of Philosophy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Creator and host of the history podcast California 101

Researcher of technology and political behavior

PhD in Psychology from Fudan University and certified psychological counselor

Associate professor of history at Tsinghua University

Journalist and presenter

Researcher in women’s sexual health

Tainan-born documentary director, producer, columnist, and co-founder and production director of CNEX

Associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University

Painter, writer, and presenter of A Part of

Commentator at The Beijing News and presenter of Chen Di Speaks

Associate Professor of Philosophy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Economist, Feng Foundation Chair Professor at the University of Hong Kong, and director of the Asia Global Institute

Associate Professor of History at Shanghai University

Classical music critic and concert curator

Sociologist, professor emerita at the University of Tokyo, and leading Japanese feminist theorist

Hong Kong actor and entertainer

Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Peking University and director of its Center for Film and Cultural Studies

Edward C. Henderson Professor at Harvard University, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and writer

Creative perfume designer

Media professional and presenter

Associate Research Fellow, National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University

Manga artist and writer

Senior creative designer, researcher of traditional Chinese mythology, and noted illustrator of mythical creatures

Founder of Sunny Mornings

Lecturer at Fudan University's School of Economics, PhD in Economics, and researcher in the history of economic thought

An independent Chinese-language film criticism program

Architect, architecture scholar, and writer

Deputy dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University; leading Chinese expert on Russia and the Soviet Union

Film Debate is a veteran film podcast hosted by two experienced critics, Lao Ma and A Wu. Their perspectives sometimes challenge conventional wisdom. Through historical materials and original arguments, they seek to build a coherent framework for understanding cinema—especially Chinese cinema—and make previously blurred questions clearer.

Scholar of literature and poet

An interdisciplinary collective exploring the space between artistic intervention and social change

A leading figure of magical realism

Young historian and book critic

Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tongji University

Distinguished Professor, National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies and Department of History, Fudan University

China representative of Tanzania National Parks and former diplomat

Winner of the 74th Hugo Award; author of Folding Beijing

Director of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of Hong Kong

Writer and media professional; author of I Don’t Want to Be a Great Mother

Erya host and food writer based in France

Historian educated at the University of Chicago and longtime professor at National Taiwan University and the University of Pittsburgh

Palace Museum scholar and leading specialist in Ming and Qing furniture

Professor at the Institute of Anthropology, East China Normal University

Pai Hsien-yung, Jia Zhangke, Chu T'ien-hsin, and others

Demographic economist, Stanford PhD, and co-founder of Trip.com Group

Film director, producer, and writer

Young writer; winner of the People's Literature Essay Prize and the inaugural Zhu Ziqing Prose Prize

Associate Professor at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

Member of the Chinese Museums Association and adjunct professor at Communication University of China

Professor of Philosophy at East China Normal University; PhD in Philosophy from Fudan University

Host and producer of all three seasons of Down the Rabbit Hole

Professor of Sociology at Tsinghua University

Actor, film director, and writer

Art historian, critic, and connoisseur

Art critic, columnist, curator, and host

Associate professor of world history at Shanghai Normal University

Professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University School of Law

Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tongji University

Writer, media professional, and host of Eight Minutes and One Thousand and One Nights

Host of Clearing Up, Good Morning

Young pianist

Media professional, Vistopia columnist, and creator of FlipRadio

Senior Lecturer at Shanghai Vancouver Film School and moving-image artist

Professor and doctoral supervisor at Peking University’s School of Government

Founder of the IPN podcast network

Medical historian with a PhD from Imperial College London

Psychological counselor

PhD in historical geography from Fudan University and associate researcher at Anhui University

Professor and doctoral supervisor at Tianjin University of Finance and Economics; specialist in fiscal and taxation history

Professor of history and deputy dean at East China Normal University

PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and associate professor of psychology at the University of Copenhagen

Lecturer in Chinese literature at Beijing Normal University; PhD in literature from Peking University

PhD in science and technology studies; postdoctoral researcher in narrative medicine at Columbia University; contributing science writer

Associate Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Humanities scholar and writer at Fudan University

Poet, writer, and photographer

Lin Qiuming is a former People magazine reporter and now an independent writer. A graduate of Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Jinan University, she writes about gender, social affairs, and women's self-narration across generations. She is the author of the nonfiction work A Person “Expelled” by Two Places.

Assistant professor of political science

Professor and chair of communication at Renmin University of China; editor-in-chief of Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication

Scholar of Western art history and guide at France's national museums.

Game scholar and veteran player

Professor and doctoral supervisor of Political Science at East China Normal University; specialist in Western intellectual history and modern political philosophy

Anthropologist with a PhD in medical anthropology from Columbia University

Professor, translator, and writer

Associate Professor of Political Science at Tsinghua University

Taiwanese novelist and one of the Chinese-speaking world's finest storytellers

Graduate of a US law school

National First-Class Performer

Host of Erya and the world's only Chinese Master Sommelier

Professor of history at Peking University and author of The Long Afterlife

Writer, media personality, and host of Hong Kong's Wild History

Writer, veteran broadcaster, and music critic

Assistant professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School, studying family and community care for people with mental illness in China and the lives and rights of people with disabilities.

Environmental activist with practical experience in wildlife conservation and food-and-farming initiatives.

A Chinese-language podcast taking an in-depth look at contemporary American politics

Associate professor and doctoral supervisor at China University of Political Science and Law

Novelist

Host of the podcast Black Cat Detective Agency and MS graduate in Data Journalism from Columbia University

Media professional and enthusiast of Chinese tales of the strange and ghost stories

Painter, writer, and poet

Professor at the School of Economics, Renmin University of China

Artist, curator, and writer

Nature writer and former journalist

Novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright

Chongqing-born associate professor at East China Normal University and creator of the Bilibili channel Teacher Pan 22

Yale School of Management graduate, international consulting executive, former NUS debate coach, and debate-show contestant

Professor in the Faculty of Psychology at Beijing Normal University

Professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University's Business School

Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Senior professor of Chinese literature and doctoral supervisor; adjunct professor at Tsinghua University; vice president of the Chinese Modern Literature Research Association; council member of the Chinese Lu Xun Society.

Taiwanese scholar and adjunct research fellow at Academia Sinica

Acclaimed historian Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Counselor, creator, and host of Hindsights

Associate professor of history at Beijing Normal University; PhD in history from Peking University

Professor of political science at Tsinghua University and Changjiang Scholar

Historian at Fudan University and lecturer of The Meiji Restoration

Organist and professor at the Central Conservatory of Music

Cold War history, Sino-Soviet relations, and archival research

Independent audio media and production studio

Associate Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Shenyang-born novelist of the post-1980 generation

A culture and current-affairs podcast

Chinese-language culture podcast

Editor-in-chief of the Zhiri series and founder of Singularity Society

A leading institution preserving and developing Kunqu opera

Associate professor at East China Normal University

Enthusiast of American political and cultural history

Writer

Professor and doctoral supervisor of history at East China Normal University

Promoter and researcher of European and American comics

Book translator and editor

Professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, South China Normal University

Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University

PhD in history from Fudan University

Uncle Li founded the podcast Ritan Park; 3000 formerly edited 24 Frames

An AI radish developed by Vistopia's technology team

Once this program is finished, there is always the next one

Chinese historians telling a global history from China

The most world-weary group in the company

Speakers on the Vistopia app

Host of Clearing Up, Good Morning

Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

Chengdu-born historian with a PhD in East Asian history from Johns Hopkins University; head of the Department of History at the University of Macau

Professor and doctoral supervisor, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University

Professor at the School of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts

American-politics enthusiast and lead writer of the Lanmu newsletter

Architect, scholar, and founding partner of URBANUS Architecture & Design

Founding president of Peking University’s Institute of International and Strategic Studies

Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University

Historian and anthropologist

Renowned Peking opera performer specializing in Yu-school laosheng roles

Independent journalist based in Europe and host of the podcast Outdated

Professor of art history and specialist in Marcel Duchamp

PhD in oncology and associate chief thoracic surgeon

Associate Professor at Tianjin Normal University

Host of To the Universe and Bowuzhi; producer at Little Yellow Fish Podcasts

Book collector and distinguished researcher at Fudan University's Institute for the Preservation of Chinese Ancient Books

Publisher, children's-book editor, and host of A Sudden Clarity

Writer, painter, and curator

Chinese art history, contemporary art, and curatorial practice

Postdoctoral fellow at Southeast University and PhD in sociology from Tunghai University, specializing in aging and care work.

Associate Professor of Philosophy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Painter and writer who calls himself a craftsman

Founder and host of the independent podcast Midnight Talks

Writer based overseas, author of the nonfiction collection Adrift in the Human World, with fiction published in Harvest, October, Contemporary, and other magazines.

Young historian and host of Young Vienna

Writer, scholar, and book critic

US-based media professional

Associate professor at Fudan University’s School of Philosophy

Clinical psychologist and writer

Host of Good Morning, Sunshine

Scholar, writer, and associate professor at Nankai University

Humanities scholar, writer, and professor of literature

Associate professor at Fudan University's Research Center for Chinese Ancient Literature and Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Associate Professor at the Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University

Professor at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University

Professor and doctoral supervisor at Zhejiang University

Writer, publisher, founder of One-Way Street, and creator of Thirteen Invitations

Professor of Chinese at Lingnan University and literary critic

Associate professor and associate chair of sociology at Tsinghua University; writer

Volunteer in pediatric palliative care and former anthropology researcher, now studying professional helping practices.

Stand-up comedians, screenwriters, novelists, and clones

Assistant Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; PhD in Developmental Psychology from NYU

University lecturer and nonfiction writer

Acclaimed writer, literary critic, and historian

Associate professor of sociology at Yunnan University

Associate Professor and doctoral supervisor, Center for Social Research, Peking University

Anthropologist

Head of employer branding and campus recruitment at Pfizer China; host of The Office Break Room

PhD in philosophy, assistant professor, and scholar of the ethics of war

Professor of History at Peking University and Young Chang Jiang Scholar

Professor and doctoral supervisor at Beihang University

Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard University, and champion debater

Pianist

Writer and lecturer at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Yunnan Normal University

Scholar, writer, and associate professor of Spanish at Nanjing University

Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of History, Shandong University

Writer and associate professor of Chinese at Fudan University

Writer and Associate Professor of Literature at Renmin University of China

Comedy critic and creator of the podcast Xisi Wutiao

Young political scientist and lecturer at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

Professor Emeritus of History at East China Normal University

Presenter of Dream within a Dream: Fifty Treasure Hunts at the Taipei Palace Museum

Professor at the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University

Writer and scholar

Ten years of experience at leading investment institutions

Professor at the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China

Associate Professor at East China Normal University

Stand-up comedian

Writer, journalist, and host of Hello, Childhood

Principal of Wonder Architects

American studies, international affairs, and intellectual history