The East Asia Center will be hosting Zhifan Luo, Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department and Wilson College at McMaster University, for a talk entitled "Repression Beyond Repressive Measures: Digital Authoritarianism in China as a Coordinated Project."

Professor Luo's research adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the role of social media and digital technology in civic life, with a focus on political power, gender equality, and civil resistance. Her recent work investigates how rulers in authoritarian contexts adapt to the digital age and how this adaptation impacts civic life and public discourse. Her work appears in journals such as New Media & Society, Information, Communication & Society, China: An International Journal, Journal of Political Power, Sociological Inquiry, and others.

The talk will be held Friday, April 11, from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. in Gibson 211.