The workshop features short presentations by thematically organized groups of participants from the United States and China, followed by extensive discussion. Our goal is as much to bring together (and build) a community of like-minded scholars as it is to work through the challenges of such things as the transnational and the transpacific, theory “and” China, world literature and Chinese studies, or the Sinophone. Workshop will be held at the Nittany Lion Inn (Friday), and 124 Sparks Building (Saturday)