Hang Tu
Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore and author of Sentimental Republic (Harvard UP, 2025), specializing in the cultural politics of emotion in modern and contemporary China.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 1h 2min
Hang Tu, "Sentimental Republic: Chinese Intellectuals and the Maoist Past" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Hang Tu, Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies at NUS and scholar of emotion in literature, discusses how feelings shaped post-Mao debates. He traces four emotional intellectual clusters and recounts the Red Guard generation’s role. Short scenes examine liberal mourning, leftist melancholy, nationalist resentment, and how affect steers memory and political power.
