Qingyang Freya Zhou

Department: 
German
Bio/CV: 

Qingyang Freya Zhou is a PhD student in German with a Designated Emphasis in Film Studies. She joined the program in 2020 after receiving a BA in German Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Originally from Shenzhen, China, Freya is interested in the literary and cinematic interactions between Germany and East Asia, particularly as they pertain to socialist internationalism and migration studies. Freya is currently the book review editorial assistant of the German Studies Review and the managing editor of the website Multicultural Germany Project, Berkeley’s online forum that fosters cross-disciplinary research on Germany’s changing cultural identity in the era of globalization.