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Yingjin Zhang is a Distinguished Professor of Modern Chinese Literature at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), affiliated with the School of Arts and Humanities. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University (1992). His research focuses on Chinese literature, comparative literature, cinema studies, visual culture, cultural history, and urban studies. Previously, he taught at Indiana University and served as President of the American Association of Chinese Comparative Literature. He has held prestigious fellowships including the Fulbright China Research Fellowship (2003-04) and has been a visiting professor at institutions like the University of Chicago and Nanjing University. Education: Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Stanford University (1992) M.A., University of Iowa (1987) Research Interests: Zhang’s work interrogates intersections between literature, cinema, and urbanization in modern China. He analyzes how cultural forms like documentary film and urban narratives reflect societal transformations, translocal identities, and global cultural flows. Notable themes include post-disaster epistemologies in Chinese reportage, the politics of space in Jia Zhangke’s films, and the reconfiguration of Shanghai’s cinematic legacy. His scholarship bridges comparative literature methodologies with empirical film and literary analysis. Awards & Fellowships: Fulbright China Research Fellowship (2003-04) National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship (1999) Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (Indiana University, 1996) Advising & Editorial Roles: Doctoral advisor for scholars now at institutions like Peking University and Texas A&M Editorial board member for journals including Journal of Chinese Cinemas and Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature His transnational research collaborations and editorial work position him as a key figure in global Sinophone studies and Chinese cinema scholarship.

• Chinese Literature
• Comparative Literature
• Cinema and Media Studies
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Zoe Goldstein is an Amro Lecturer in Postcolonial and Environmental Literature at Stanford University. She holds a PhD in English from CUNY Graduate Center (2024), an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU (2016), and a BA in English from UCLA (2014). Her research focuses on intersections of waste, queerness, and post-1945 anti-colonial literature and practice, particularly in challenging capitalist hierarchies of matter through reclamation of discarded spaces. Her work spans academic criticism and creative projects including a poetry manuscript and short story collection. Key publications include Void Ecologies: Resistance, Commoning and Pleasure in the Discard Space (2024 dissertation) and articles in The Radical History Review and Digital China . Supported by the Futures Initiative and recipient of the Jane Marcus Award, her interdisciplinary research bridges environmental humanities, postcolonial studies, and queer theory. Goldstein's academic contributions emphasize activist interventions in marginalized geographies and the transformative potential of creative writing to confront ecological crises.

• Environmental Humanities
• Postcolonial Literature
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
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David Der-Wei Wang serves as Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature and Comparative Literature at Harvard University, holding dual appointments in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. He directs the CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological Studies and holds prestigious Academician positions at both Academia Sinica and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His distinguished career includes prior faculty roles at National Taiwan University (1982-1986) and Columbia University (1990-2004), with continuous Harvard affiliation since 1986. His academic credentials include: B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1978) Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1982) Wang's research pioneers interdisciplinary approaches to Modern and Contemporary Chinese/Sinophone Literature, Late Qing fiction, and colonial Taiwanese studies. His work critically examines historical trauma , cultural identity formation , and transnational literary networks , particularly through the lens of political upheaval and diasporic experiences. Special attention is given to mid-20th century Chinese intellectuals navigating ideological crises, with methodologies blending comparative literary theory and historical analysis. His eight major publications (1997-2020) reveal consistent thematic evolution toward global frameworks for Chinese literary studies. Early works like Fin-de-Siècle Splendor established foundations in Late Qing modernities, while later volumes including A New Literary History of Modern China and Why Fiction Matters expand into transnational Sinophone networks and contemporary sociopolitical relevance. The corpus demonstrates increasing emphasis on diasporic perspectives and decolonizing methodologies across Chinese literary historiography. Wang's scholarly recognition includes: Academician, Academia Sinica Academician, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Changjiang Scholar Award (2008) Humanitas Visiting Professorship at CRASSH, Cambridge (2013-14) As Director of the CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological Studies, Wang coordinates international research initiatives connecting North American and Taiwanese institutions. This leadership role facilitates collaborative projects in digital humanities and comparative Sinology, supporting emerging scholars through cross-institutional fellowships and academic exchanges focused on reimagining Chinese studies through global perspectives.

• Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
• Sinophone Literature
• Late Qing Fiction and Drama
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Sheldon Lu is a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. He holds affiliations with East Asian Studies, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, Film and Media Studies, Critical Theory, and Environmental Humanities. His academic career includes roles as Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature, Director of the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature, and Founding Co-Director of the Film Studies Program. Lu has taught at institutions including the University of Pittsburgh and Beijing Normal University, and served as a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine (2004-2005). Education: B.A. (1984) and Ph.D. (1990) in Comparative Literature from Indiana University and University of Wisconsin-Madison, respectively. His research bridges literary studies, visual culture, film, and China studies. Key publications include Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Visual Culture (2021, BAFTSS Honorable Mention) and Chinese Modernity and Global Biopolitics (2007). He edited the Critical Interventions book series (2009-2019). Lu's work has appeared in journals like New Literary History , Journal of World Literature , and Cinema Journal . Awards include the 2005 Choice Award for Chinese-Language Film: Historiography, Poetics, Politics . He has organized special journal issues on topics ranging from ecocinema to transnational Chinese cinemas. Teaching focuses on Asian literature, film studies, critical theory, and urban culture. Notable courses include World Cinema and East-West Literary Relations .

• Comparative Literature
• Film Studies
• Visual Culture
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Sijia Yao is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Soka University of America. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University. Her research focuses on comparative and Sinophone literature/media studies, love/affect studies, critical theory, and post-socialism. Yao teaches courses such as CHI 401 (Cultural History of China) and Learning Cluster 200 (Sinophone Cinema). Her scholarship includes the book *Cosmopolitan Love: Utopian Vision in D.H. Lawrence and Eileen Chang* (2023) and peer-reviewed articles analyzing Chinese literature, film, and cultural phenomena. Yao has received grants for Chinese language education research and teaching excellence awards at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has reviewed works in Sinophone studies, including Lily Wong’s *Transpacific Attachments*.

• Comparative Literature
• Sinophone Media Studies
• Love and Affect Studies
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Chloe Estep is an Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese and Sinophone Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences, affiliated with East Asian Languages and Civilizations. She holds a PhD from Columbia University, an MA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an AB from Princeton University. PhD, Columbia University MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor AB, Princeton University Her research interrogates the intersections of classical/modern Chinese poetics, media theory, material culture, and gender/sexuality studies. She explores how traditional artistic forms are reinterpreted in modern contexts, with a particular focus on manuscript culture, calligraphic aesthetics, and translation practices. Recent publications examine scroll painting interpretation, Republican-era adaptations of classical poetry, and the politics of prosody. Her work appears in the Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture and Nan Nü: Men, Women, and Gender in China , with forthcoming contributions in Comparative Literature .

• Modern Chinese Literature
• Sinophone Literatures
• Poetry Studies
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Lingchei Letty Chen is the Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures and a Professor of Modern Chinese Language and Literature at Washington University. She also holds an Affiliate Professorship in Comparative Literature. Her research focuses on identity politics, memory studies, and postcolonial theory, with a specialization in modern Chinese literature and cultures across Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the diaspora. She earned her PhD from Columbia University. Her work interrogates the dynamics of cultural identity, globalization, and trauma through analyses of literary narratives. Notable publications include Writing Chinese: Reshaping Chinese Cultural Identity (2006) and The Great Leap Backward: Forgetting and Representing the Mao Years (2020), which explore memory and historical trauma in Chinese contexts. Her current research project examines Nationalist cultural policies and literary production in 1950s–60s Taiwan during the Cold War, extending her focus on authoritarian regimes and memory politics. She teaches courses on modern Chinese literature, diaspora studies, and comparative literature. Her academic approach emphasizes the political dimensions of literature, particularly how marginalized groups negotiate identity under state and imperial pressures. She advocates for an ethical, humanistic scholarship that confronts historical silences and trauma.

• Cultural Identity Studies
• Memory and Postmemory Studies
• Modern Chinese Literature
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Lucas Klein is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University within the School of International Letters and Cultures . His research focuses on Chinese literature, translation studies, and the intersection of classical and modern poetics. He holds a PhD from Yale University (2010) and a BA from Middlebury College (2000). Research Interests: Modern/prehistorical Chinese literature, poetry translation theory, meta-sinology, labor/environmental writing, and kung-fu cinema. Active in editorial roles for the Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature , Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Translation , and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal . Awards: 2019 PEN/Heim Grant, 2013 Lucien Stryk Prize, and 2013 Best Translated Book Award shortlist. His work emphasizes translational poetics and the global positioning of Chinese literature. Teaching: Offers courses on Chinese literature, translation theory, and cultural studies, including East Asian Humanities and Modern Poetry Translation . Supervises graduate research across disciplines. Publications: Authored The Organization of Distance (2018), co-edited volumes on Chinese poetry translation, and translated works by Mang Ke, Li Shangyin, and Xi Chuan. Maintains active research on transnational literary networks and Sinophone studies.

• Chinese Literature
• Translation Studies
• Poetry Translation
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Nayoung Aimee Kwon is an Associate Professor at Duke University, affiliated with the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. As Founding Director of Duke's Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program and Co-Founder of the Andrew Mellon Games & Culture Humanities Lab, she bridges transpacific and postcolonial studies. Current Appointments: Associate Professor (2015–Present) Co-Founder: Andrew Mellon Games & Culture Humanities Lab (2024) Her research focuses on colonial cinema, postcolonial literature, and transnational cultural studies , emphasizing Afro-Asian solidarities and Zainichi diaspora narratives. She has received multiple awards, including the 2023 SCMS Best Edited Collection Award and the 2019 Duke Dean's Award in Diversity Leadership. 2023 Best Edited Collection Award (SCMS) 2019 Duke Dean's Award in Diversity Leadership 2010 AAS NEAC Japan Studies Grant Kwon actively engages in global academic outreach, delivering keynote lectures at institutions like Yonsei University and Stanford, and contributes to Duke Engage Koreas through service-learning programs for migrant youth.

• Asian American Studies
• Postcolonial Literature
• Colonial Cinema
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Jing Tsu is the Jonathan D. Spence Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. She holds affiliations with the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (as Senior Research Fellow), the Humanities Program, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ER&M). Her interdisciplinary research focuses on modern Chinese literary and cultural studies, with specialties in diaspora, science history, and comparative frameworks. Her key works include Sound and Script in Chinese Diaspora (2010) and Failure, Nationalism, and Literature (2005), which explore themes of cultural identity, transnational networks, and historical transformations. Tsu has held prestigious fellowships from institutions including Harvard Society of Fellows, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Her research bridges literary analysis with technological history, examining how language, script, and scientific knowledge shape cultural power dynamics. Her recent publications analyze global literary frameworks (e.g., 2023’s World Literature and National Literature(s) ) and the intersections of science translation with national identity (e.g., 2014’s Science in Translation: Yan Fu’s Role ). Tsu’s work consistently interrogates the boundaries between global and local cultural systems, emphasizing the agency of marginalized voices in shaping intellectual histories. Awards: Harvard Society of Fellows Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, Mellon Foundation Fellowship, and others. Grants/Advising: Extensive institutional support through fellowships; her advisory roles focus on guiding interdisciplinary scholarship in Sinophone studies and transnational literatures. Labs/Teams: Collaborates through the MacMillan Center’s international studies initiatives and interdisciplinary programs like ER&M and WGSS.

• Diaspora Studies
• Sinophone Studies
• Comparative Literature
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Xiaojue Wang is an Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and Director of Graduate Studies in the Program in Comparative Literature. Her work bridges Chinese literary modernity, cultural Cold War studies, and transdisciplinary sound/media analysis. Education: Ph.D., M.Phil. in Comparative Literature, Columbia University M.A., B.A. in German Literature, Peking University Her research explores Chinese literary responses to Cold War geopolitics , Sino-German intellectual exchanges, sonic Sinophone environments, and gender/sexuality frameworks. Recent projects map transpacific Cold War cultural geographies through Eileen Chang’s oeuvre and trace sonic modernity across Sinophone regions. The article list reveals persistent engagement with: Cold War cultural diplomacy networks Urban soundscapes and media archaeology Post-1949 literary transitions Comparative borderland narratives Landscape poetics across Sino-German traditions Scientific distinctions include: CALA Best Book Award (2014) Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation grants (2009-2019) Harvard/Yale/Hong Kong University Press publications DAAD and An Wang fellowships Professor Wang’s Modernity with a Cold War Face (2013) established her as a leading Cold War literary scholar, with a 2024 expanded Taipei edition incorporating new transpacific research developments.

• Chinese Literature
• Cultural Cold War Studies
• Comparative Literature
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Andrea Bachner is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. She served as Director of the East Asia Program (2019–2022) and contributes to transregional research through editorial and committee roles. Her work bridges Sinophone, Latin American, and European cultural productions. MA, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich PhD, Harvard University Her research focuses on theories of interculturality, media studies (visuality/textuality), gender/sexuality, and transcultural queer theory. She examines how cultural comparison reshapes literary and media analysis, with attention to Sinophone diasporic and minor cultural expressions. Her recent publications explore Sinographic practices in global contexts, poststructuralist media theory, and cross-Pacific cultural projects. Key journals include Comparative Literature , Modern Chinese Literature and Culture , and Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures . Notable awards include the 2002 Owen A. Aldridge Prize for her article in Comparative Literature Studies . She teaches courses on literary theory, Judith Butler, and global literature at Cornell.

• Comparative Literature
• Sinophone Studies
• Latin American Cultural Production
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Wayne C. F. Yeung is an Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures at the University of Denver, within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. He is also affiliated with the Asian Studies program. His research and teaching focus on modern and contemporary Chinese and Sinophone literature, cinema, and cultural politics, with a comparative dimension drawn from French and Francophone studies. His scholarly interests include: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Sinophone and Francophone literary and cultural studies Decolonial and postcolonial theory Historiography and cultural politics in Hong Kong and other non-sovereign spaces Comparative literary analysis, particularly between Lu Xun and Louis-Ferdinand Céline The role of silence and contemplation in literary and political discourse Wayne Yeung’s recent publications analyze the intersections of literature, identity, and political movements, particularly in the context of Hong Kong. His work in journals such as the Journal of Asian Studies and Modern Asian Studies demonstrates a strong engagement with theoretical frameworks from cultural studies and political theory. His research often explores how marginalized or extraterritorial cultures negotiate identity and agency within larger imperial or national formations. His notable articles include: "Deep Imperial Time in Sinophone Poetics of History" (2024), which introduces the concept of "deep imperial time" as a strategy of deimperialization in Sinophone cultural texts. "Poetics of the People" (2021), which examines the Umbrella Movement and literary responses by Dung Kai-cheung and Wong Bik-wan. "Lu Xun's Affirmative Biopolitics" (2024), a critical reflection on Lu Xun’s philosophical dimensions. He has received his PhD in Comparative Literature & Asian Studies from Pennsylvania State University in 2023, following an M.Phil and BA from the University of Hong Kong. He is a member of several academic associations, including the Association of Asian Studies and the Society of Sinophone Studies. While specific information about advising students or securing grants is not available in the provided text, his active publication record and academic position suggest ongoing scholarly leadership and mentorship. He is also involved in public intellectual discourse, occasionally writing about film for Hong Kong newspapers. Wayne Yeung is affiliated with the following academic units: Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures Asian Studies Program College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
• Sinophone Literature
• Comparative Literature
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Howard Chiang is a Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, holding the Lai Ho & Wu Cho-liu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies. He specializes in queer Asian Pacific history, transgender studies, and the history of the human sciences, particularly psychoanalysis and cultural psychiatry. His research bridges transnational and decolonial frameworks, examining how geopolitical contexts shape knowledge production. Chiang is the Editor-in-Chief of the Global Encyclopedia of LGBTQ History and editor of multiple book series, including Global Queer Asias . He has held leadership roles, such as Founding Chair of the Society of Sinophone Studies, and taught at NYU, the University of Warwick, and UC Davis. Chiang’s academic contributions include award-winning monographs like Transtopia in the Sinophone Pacific (2021) and After Eunuchs (2018), which explore transgender history and the transformation of gender norms in modern China. His current projects include The Confucian Freud , examining psychoanalysis in transpacific contexts. His work has been supported by grants from the National Humanities Center, Wellcome Trust, and others. Education: Ph.D., Princeton University Awards: Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough Book Award, Dartmouth Medal, Lambda Literary Award finalist Publications: Over 20 authored/edited volumes, including Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies and Sinoglossia Grants: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Chiang’s teaching focuses on critical Taiwan studies, medical humanities, and Sinophone studies. He directs UCSB’s Center for Taiwan Studies and actively contributes to interdisciplinary dialogues on queer theory, geopolitics, and decolonial methodologies.

• Queer Studies
• East Asian History
• Transgender Studies
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Virginia Conn is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Writing and Humanities at Stevens Institute of Technology’s School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Her work bridges Comparative Literature , Science Fiction Studies , and Translation Theory , with a focus on Sinofuturism , Socialist Science Fiction , and Cold War Literary History . PhD (2021) , Comparative Literature, Rutgers University MA (2019) , Comparative Literature, Rutgers University BA (2009) , Art Studio and English Literature, University of Kentucky Other (2008) , Language, Media, and Communication, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie Conn’s research interrogates the cultural politics of translation in science fiction, particularly in Sinophone and Anglophone contexts. She analyzes how gendered subjectivities , nation-building , and technoscientific speculation intersect in Cold War and contemporary texts. Her work on Chinese visual materials and national Sinofuturist imaginaries emphasizes the mundane futurities embedded in art and literature. Her recent publications (2023-2024) reflect trends in Sinofuturism , translational worldbuilding , and visual narrative aesthetics . These works span book chapters, journal articles, and collaborative essays in Cultural Studies , Science Fiction , and Critical Theory domains. Conn serves on institutional committees like the First Generation and Limited Income Faculty Mentorship Program and the Teaching Writing in the Age of ChatGPT Committee . She is actively involved with professional societies including the Science Fiction Research Association and Modern Language Association .

• Socialist Science Fiction
• Chinese Science Fiction
• Sinofuturism
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