Corey Byrnes

Corey Byrnes' project reconsiders the discourse of China's "rise" and the threat it is so often seen as posing. Combining approaches from literary and cultural studies, environmental humanities, animal studies, and oceanic studies, it reveals how long-standing discourses surrounding China as threat are being resurrected in response to global environmental and public health crises, while also bringing into view how Chinese artists and publics imagine and respond to perceived threats.