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Nannan Liu | With or without Stalin: A Story of Bringing Hannah Arendt's Graphic Biography to China

by Program in Translation and Intercultural Communications

Lecture Humanities

Mon, Oct 20, 2025

12 PM – 1:20 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room 144

Princeton, NJ 08544, United States

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Censorship? In translation? Is that a thing? In this lecture, Nannan Liu will talk about her experience with censorship in translating a graphic biography of Hannah Arendt from English into Chinese. She will discuss the role the publisher played in navigating the opaque workings of censorship in the Chinese publishing sector. Drawing on these observations, She will offer reflections on the options for the translator when faced with the realities of censorship, both in practical and ethical terms.
Food Provided (Lunch available while supplies last.)

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Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room 144

Princeton, NJ 08544, United States

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Nannan Liu

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Nannan Liu is a translation studies scholar and academic translator from German and English into Chinese. She received her doctoral degree from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Her recent published translations include the complete correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, Ludwig Wittgenstein’s private notebooks, and a graphic biography of Hannah Arendt.

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Co-hosted with: Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies

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