Beyond the Books is a podcast from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. This is the third episode in Series 3, which is hosted by Beth Price (PhD student in Asian Studies).
In this episode, Beth talks to self-professed “fox type of scholar”, Dr Xuelei Huang, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies in LLC. From cinema to smells, they dive into the softer side of history and cultural cosmopolitism in Republican China.