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Petrus Liu is a Professor of Chinese & Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Boston University. He holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2005) and has taught at Cornell University and Yale-NUS College before joining BU in 2017. His research bridges queer theory and Marxist cultural criticism, focusing on modern Chinese literature, digital media, and global capitalism's impact on sexuality.
Education: BA, MA, and PhD in Comparative Literature (Chinese, German, Latin) from UC Berkeley.
Research interests include queer Marxism, transnational Chinese politics, and the political economy of sexuality. His work critiques global capitalism through postcolonial lenses and explores new social movements in the Global South.
Awards include the Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize Honorable Mention (2015), Lambda Literary Award Finalist (2016), and BU’s Gitner Teaching Award (2023). He has held fellowships from Harvard Radcliffe Institute, National Humanities Center, and others.
He co-edits positions: asia critique and serves on editorial boards of several journals. His works are translated into multiple languages and address topics like queer bodies, digital media, and capitalist narratives in literature.
Liu’s labs/teams focus on critical theory and global cultural studies, collaborating internationally through institutions like the Institute for Cultural Inquiry Berlin and the J Y Pillay Global-Asia Programme.
