Interview Series
At UCBRC, we interview scholars and professionals in the field of cross-cultural collaboration and share their inspiring stories with our global audience to promote more understanding between people from the U.S., China, and around the world.
Love and Crossover: A Dialogue with Gabby Gabriel
In this interview, Gabby first shares with us her experience as an American living in China. She talks about how her view towards the city of Shanghai has changed over the past eight years and how she begins to record her everyday life with her camera and poetry. As an active member and influencer in the Shanghai LGBTQ community, Gabby also provides some valuable insights on the development of the community in both China and the United States. Finally, Gabby shares her motivation for founding a local startup to help foreign companies integrate into the Chinese market and talks about some exciting stories during this process.
Arts, Young Global Citizens, and Social Responsibility: A Dialogue with Baitong Yan
Ms. Baitong Yan is the founder of NOBOundaries Education and the director of ANOBO international education R&D team. In today’s interview, we chat with Baitong about how she founded NOBO, her understanding of global competence, and her experiences in arts education and curating international art exhibitions.
Sources and Expressions of Chinese and Western Contemporary Art: An Interview with Professor Zhang Gan
UCBRC's first online art exhibition, "Home is...?", invites artists from different cultural backgrounds to explore the meaning of "home" through paintings, photography, installations, and other media. As part of the program, we invited Professor Zhang Gan to talk about the concept of home in art and the current situation of Chinese and Western contemporary art. From the concept of home to exhibition culture, from artistic developments to the differences in expression, Professor Zhang provides us with a new perspective for understanding Chinese and Western cultures with critical lucidity.