Ying Qian

Scholar of cinema and media, assoc prof at @Columbia

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

Thank you Philip for being such an amazing editor. And I’m grateful to the prize committee for commending Revolutionary Becomings. I’m glad the book and the historical lessons it carries will reach a broader audience.

[Philip Leventhal @PhilipLeventhal]

Congratulations to Ying Qian, whose book, REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS: DOCUMENTARY MEDIA IN 20TH-CENTURY CHINA will receive Honorable Mention for the 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from the MLA! https://t.co/nP1WLKSvCs @yinnika @MLAnews @ColumbiaUP

[Philip Leventhal @PhilipLeventhal]

Interested in documentary film? Today only, save 50% on all books in @columbiaup's Investigating Visible Evidence series including THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT, by Pooja Rangan and REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS, by @yinnika. https://t.co/bZXy9DJIZZ

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

The Lionel Trilling award, for me, honors the ecology of reading, writing and discussion at our universities, where both students and teachers are readers and writers. I’m deeply grateful for Revolutionary Becomings to receive this award. @WEAI_Columbia @Columbiaealac @ColumbiaUP

[Philip Leventhal @PhilipLeventhal]

Congratulations to Ying Qian (@yinnika), whose boook, REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS: DOCUMENTARY MEDIA IN 20TH CENTURY CHINA is the winner of the 2025 Trilling Book Award! https://t.co/8a8DkdRpPB @columbiaup

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

We are pleased to announce that Ying Qian's REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS is the Winner of the 2024 Book Award from the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. https://t.co/xPhRmyj3bZ @AEJHistory #Communication #Media #AwardWinner

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

I recommend this. Sensual, voluptuous, feminist, monsoonal, oceanic, healing. Luminous with perfect lighting for darker skin. Gorgeous and fun soundtrack. Mumbai in its most draining and tender. What a debut by a young woman filmmaker. https://t.co/qc3TGNbHOE

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

Honored for Revolutionary Becomings to be on the list. “Deeply empathetic to revolution’s aspirations yet insists on learning hard lessons.” Grateful to Wanning Sun for the nomination. ⁦@ColumbiaUP⁩ https://t.co/BmUbRlpS0x

[eileen chengyin chow @chowleen]

“Write for your dead. Tell them a story. What are you doing with this life? Let them hold you accountable.

..Be sure you write for the living too. The ones you love, and the ones who are coming for your life."
Alexander Chee

Read the whole essay. I will, with my students today.

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

I have given book talks elsewhere, but this is what I have been waiting for all year - to celebrate communities and friendships whose support has made this book possible. Oct 2, in person or online, https://t.co/qPGcuVcrqy @WEAI_Columbia @Columbiaealac @ColumbiaUP @sofheyman

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

This New Books interview came out in July. Thank you ⁦@juliakeblinska⁩ for the interview! ⁦@ColumbiaUP⁩ ⁦@Columbiaealac⁩ ⁦@WEAI_Columbia⁩ https://t.co/cvIc9rz7K0

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

I’m so honored to share my love for documentary at the legendary Light Industry, a beloved venue for contemporary art, experimental cinema and documentary. @ColumbiaUP @WEAI_Columbia

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

I spoke to Kay Zou at the Carter Center last month on history of Chinese documentary. This is the first installment on 1895-1989. The second installment will be on contemporary independent documentary. My gratitude to Dr. Nick Zeller for editing the interview! @ColumbiaUP

[U.S.-China Perception Monitor @uscnpm]

@yinnika at @Columbiaealac @Columbia speaks to the Monitor about the historical, political, and epistemological significance of documentary film in China's revolutionary 20th century.

Read the interview here:
https://t.co/stiT3qPd3t

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

I’ve had long interactions with intellectual communities in Australia and look forward to sharing my book with Sydney friends and beyond tomorrow (June 27 Thursday)

[Minerva Inwald 殷萌 @minerva_meng]

Register now for the next event in the Talks in Chinese Humanities Series, where @yinnika will share her research on documentary media in 20th-century China's revolutionary movements.
🗓📷 Thurs 27 June, 12pm AEST: https://t.co/K81YM2hU0d

[positions journal @peacc]

New on praxis in positions politics, Darwin H. Tsen reviews Jennifer Dorothy Lee’s Anxiety Aesthetics: Maoist Legacies in China
https://t.co/rWl9IsrCJ3

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

My interview with Columbia news on documentary, media and political movements in 20th century China. So grateful to my CUP editor @PhilipLeventhal for your unwavering support for this project! @ColumbiaUP @WEAI_Columbia @Columbiaealac

[Philip Leventhal @PhilipLeventhal]

Here's an excellent interview w/ Ying Qian (@yinnika) in @Columbia News about the history of Chinese documentary film and her extraordinary new book, REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS. https://t.co/5knlTcUvEU @ColumbiaUP

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

I have had close connections to University of Sydney, and look forward to discuss my book with friends there and elsewhere in this online talk on June 27th!

[USYD Languages and Cultures @USydSLC]

🇨🇳 In our next Talks in Chinese Humanities webinar, join @Columbia associate professor in Chinese cinema and media @yinnika as she shares her research on documentary media in 20th-century China's revolutionary movements.

🗓💻 Thurs 27 June, 12pm AEST: https://t.co/B1U3oRAnCX

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

Learned so much from “Publicity and the Political” organized by Ravi Vasudevan, @VinzenzHediger, and Ritika Kaushik @suninthebelly. So special to be with Indian colleagues the morning after the election, and to conclude the conference dipping into the Szechuan hotpot!

[Ritika Kaushik @suninthebelly]

And it is a wrap for our Conference on "Publicity and the Political in the Long 20th Century" co-organized by Ravi Vasudevan, @VinzenzHediger, and me. It was deeply illuminating to talk about all things publicity with this fabulous bunch of scholars and friends.

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

So grateful to Luke Robinson for such a careful and generous review of my book, and to @chinaquarterly for publishing it!

[Philip Leventhal @PhilipLeventhal]

"[E]ssential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between non-fiction and political change, inside and outside China." via a review of REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS: DOCUMENTARY MEDIA IN 20TH-CENTURY CHINA, by Ying Qian (@yinnika) https://t.co/ADYTbsf9q4 @ColumbiaUP

[Ying Qian @yinnika]

Friends are welcome to this online book talk on April 2, 4pm (Hong Kong time). Many thanks to Prof Kenny Ng for the kind invitation! @hkbaptistu @WEAI_Columbia @ColumbiaUP @Columbiaealac

[Philip Leventhal @PhilipLeventhal]

The @SCMStudies conference is over but you can still save 30% on film and media studies books from @ColumbiaUP, including @magshenny's DEATH BY LAUGHTER, @yinnika's REVOLUTIONARY BECOMINGS, David Bordwell's PERPLEXING PLOTS, and much more! https://t.co/cjAvG8q60I