Manling Luo

Manling Luo is an Associate Professor at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School, specializing in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Her research focuses on pre-modern Chinese narratives, literati culture, and gender studies in traditional literature.

She earned her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Literary Chinese, traditional women writers, and supernatural themes in Chinese culture.

• Pre-modern Chinese narratives
• Chinese literati culture
• Traditional Chinese literature
• Gender and cultural studies

Her recent publications analyze medieval Chinese storytelling, Buddhist monastic narratives, and ideological symbolism in Tang dynasty texts. Themes include memory construction, gender roles, and cultural authenticity.

She has received multiple awards and grants, including:

• New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship (2019–2020)
• Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation grants (2019, 2016–2017)
• Mellon Short Term Faculty Fellowship (2014–2015)
• ACLS Fellowship (2012–2013)
• American Fellowship (2012–2013)

Her work has been supported by Indiana University’s College Arts and Humanities Institute (2017–2018, 2014–2015) and the Association for Asian Studies (2014).