Doctoral CandidateHui Tong
Contact Information
Hui Tong
Karl Jaspers Centre
Voßstraße 2, Building 4400
Room 400.00.17
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
+49 (0) 6221 54 4314
hui.tong@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de
Curriculum Vitae
2023- Doctoral Candidate, Center for Transcultural Studies, University of Heidelberg
2019-2023 Documentary Filmmaker, Curtain Up! (2020), 大运河之歌 (2023), Home Away, Home Close (2024)
2018-2019 Master of Journalism, Columbia University School of Journalism, Documentary Specialization
2014-2018 Bachelor of Arts in History, Cornell University, Magna cum Laude with Senior Honors Thesis “Performing Authenticity: Chinese Student Drama in the U.S., 1910-1923.”
2016-2017 Junior Year Abroad, Robinson College, University of Cambridge
Grants and Awards
2023-2026 DAAD-GPTS Scholarship
2020 Audience Award, Curtain Up!, Asian American International Film Festival, New York
2020 Emerging Filmmakers Award, Curtain Up!, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
2019 Outstanding Non-Fiction Writing, “Performing Authenticity: Chinese Student Drama in the U.S., 1910-1923”, ThePaper.cn (澎湃新闻)
Current Project
I am currently researching on the transcultural productions of theater about China across the globe in the interwar period, with special focuses on North America, Germany and the Soviet Union.
Besides research and reading, I am a cinephile-turned filmmaker, amateur guitar player and not-so-brave snowboarder.