On September 15-16, 2023, "Interdisciplinary Research: The Second Symposium on Overseas Chinese literature & the Book Launch of Selected Chinese Literature of Southeast Asia in the New Century" were successfully held. The event was jointly organized by the team responsible of “Research on Asian American Literature’’, a major academic project funded by Renmin University of China and led by Prof. Guo Yingjian of the School of Foreign Languages of RUC; the Modern Literature Research Office of the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; the Chinese Society for Comparison of Chinese and Foreign Languages and Cultures, and the School of Liberal Arts of the Communication University of Zhejiang.

On behalf of the organizers, Prof. Guo Yingjian delivered an opening speech in which he pointed out that the establishment of a cooperation platform in the context of cross-disciplinary integration will lead to a broader research vision and accelerate the innovation and development of overseas Chinese literature and domestic Chinese literature. He emphasized the importance of carrying international research on overseas Chinese literature and domestic Chinese literature, which, according to Prof. Guo, is an important step for related research in China to go out and make Chinese voices heard in the global arena.

During the conference, Prof. Guo Yingjian also delivered a keynote speech titled "The Realistic Demand for the Integration of overseas Chinese literature and domestic Chinese literature” to emphasis the importance of the mutual influence of different literary fields, calling on scholars to carry out more frequent researches in this area.

(Prof. Guo Yingjian delivered the opening speech)

In addition, other members of Prof. Guo Yingjian's team also participated in heated discussions during the conference. The communication proved to be productive as many participants mentioned that they were inspired greatly. In his keynote speech, Prof. Liu Xianghui, a PhD student of the Class of 2022 under Prof. Guo Yingjian's supervision, also Vice Dean of the School of Foreign Languages of Xuchang College, demonstrated the collision and development of the radicals and moderates in overseas Chinese literature and domestic Chinese literature under the title of the Ideological Origins of the Zhao-Tang Controversy. Lv Wei, a post-doctoral fellow at School of Foreign Languages, RUC and four Phd candidates in RUC, Zhang Chengwen, He Naiting, Song Xiaohan, Liu Lifang, and Han Bing, presented their papers. their papers were awarded the "First Prize of Outstanding Papers" in the symposium.

The event attracted extensive participation from experts and scholars from many prestigious universities at home and abroad, among them are Renmin University of China, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Nanjing University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shandong University, to name but a few. The symposium is expected to help scholars in the field to continually generate new ideas on overseas Chinese literature and domestic Chinese literature. The intersection between overseas Chinese literature and domestic Chinese literature will inject new vitality into the inheritance and development of Chinese culture.

（group photo of participants）