Biwu Shang

Biwu Shang is a Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and holds the title of Changjiang Youth Scholar (2016-2019) and Youth Talent (2017-2021) from the Chinese Central Government. His research bridges Literary Theory, Ethical Literary Criticism, and Narratology, with a focus on Contemporary English Fiction and World Literature. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of Narrative Studies since 2004 and as Vice-Secretary of the International Association for Ethical Literary Criticism since 2012.

• Ph.D. in English, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2010)
• M.A. in English, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2007)
• B.A. in English, Anhui Normal University (2001)

Shang’s scholarship explores the intersection of Ethics and Narrative, analyzing how fictional works construct moral frameworks through Postclassical Narratology and Transnational Comparative Literature. His work on Unnatural Narratives in Chinese and Western contexts redefines narrative boundaries, while his studies of authors like Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro reveal universal ethical tensions in Contemporary Fiction.

He has received multiple honors including the Second Prize for Humanities Research from Shanghai Municipal Government (2016) and the Third Prize from the Ministry of Education (2015). As a Principal Investigator, he has led key projects funded by the National Social Sciences Foundation of China (2011-2022) and held fellowships at the National Humanities Center (2015-2016). His invited talks at institutions like Tel Aviv University (2017) and international symposia highlight his global academic influence.