Panel 9: 9:00am-11:40am, April 12 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Theorizing Chinese Animation and the World, chaired by Alex Zahlten, Harvard University, USA

“Beyond the Great Divide: Asian Animation and the Future of Animation Studies,” Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto , Waseda University, Japan

“On the Value of Anime Studies for Chinese Animation Studies,” Marc Steinberg , Concordia University, Canada 

“Suspended Animation,” Daisy Yan Du , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR

“From an Ontology to a Mish-Mash: The Development of Chinese Animation Theories,” Yuanyuan Chen , Ulster University, Ireland

“Chinese Animation between Standardization and Disneyfication,” Dr. Rolf Giesen , Independent Scholar, Germany