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Roy Chan is an Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Director of Graduate Studies for East Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Oregon's School of Global Studies and Languages. His academic work bridges Chinese and Russian literary traditions with critical theory, examining the intersections of literature, politics, and historical consciousness in modern contexts.
Professor Chan's academic background includes:
- Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (2009) from University of California, Berkeley
- B.A. in Russian and Comparative Literature (2002) from University of Washington
As a first-generation scholar from a working-class immigrant background (his parents came from China and Hong Kong), Chan brings a unique perspective to his research on modern Chinese and Russian literatures. His theoretical concerns span Marxism, post-Hegelian philosophy, gender studies, formalism, and sociolinguistics. His work consistently challenges reductive historical determinism while maintaining deep engagement with literary form and aesthetics.
Chan's scholarship reveals a consistent focus on how literature mediates historical experience, particularly examining narrative structures that capture revolutionary consciousness, geopolitical tensions, and cultural translation between East Asia and Russia. His monograph The Edge of Knowing: Dreams, History, and Realism in Modern Chinese Literature (2017) examines how dreams function as rhetorical devices in modern Chinese fiction and their relationship to literature, modernity, and revolutionary utopianism.
Professor Chan has successfully mentored numerous graduate students through doctoral and master's theses on diverse topics spanning revolutionary melodrama in modern Chinese culture, Manchukuo literature and film, Sino-French literary engagements, and representations of gender and sexuality in Chinese cinema. His advising reflects his broad intellectual interests and commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to literary study.
