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Jinyi Chu serves as Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University, specializing in transnational cultural exchanges between Russia and China during the 19th-20th centuries. His scholarly work bridges literary studies, geopolitics, and translation theory within global modernist frameworks.
Education:
- Ph.D. Slavic Languages and Literatures, Stanford University (2019)
- M.A. Russian Literature, Shanghai International Studies University (2012)
- B.A. Russian and English, Shanghai International Studies University (2010)
- Visiting Researcher, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskii Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences (2015-2016)
Chu's research centers on two interconnected axes: Russian modernism of the fin-de-siècle period and Russo-Chinese cultural relations. He investigates how Russian writers engaged with China to reimagine universalism, and how 'reform' was aestheticized in Soviet and Chinese cultural productions of the 1980s. His work spans socialist cultures, memory studies, science fiction, and the history of science, emphasizing translation as a catalyst for global consciousness.
His publication portfolio reveals consistent transnational methodology, analyzing cultural circulation across borders through studies of Chinese science fiction in Russia, Daoist philosophy in Tolstoy's work, and avant-garde movements. Recent articles demonstrate growing emphasis on geopolitical dimensions of literature, particularly regarding socialist-era cultural networks and post-apocalyptic narratives in contemporary reception.
