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Xiaowen Xu is an Associate Professor of Teaching in Chinese Applied Linguistics at the University of British Columbia's Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts. She is currently on academic leave from July 1 to December 31, 2025. Dr. Xu holds two doctoral degrees: a Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from the University of Toronto (2014) and a Ph.D. in English from Beijing Foreign Studies University (1997), along with an M.A. and B.A. in English from Shandong University.
Her research focuses on the intertextual relationship between historiography and prose fiction in Chinese literature, with particular emphasis on the 'fantastic' element in Chinese classical tales, vernacular stories, and contemporary fiction. She has presented numerous papers at major academic conferences including MLA, ACLA, and CCLA, and has served as a panel chair and reviewer for scholarly publications.
Dr. Xu's scholarly output shows a consistent trajectory exploring the fantastic in Chinese literature across historical periods, with recent work examining contemporary authors like Su Tong and Yu Hua alongside classical texts. Her publications demonstrate interdisciplinary connections between literature, history, and cultural studies, with particular attention to narrative techniques and transgressive elements.
- Reviewer of Manuscripts, Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique (2017)
- Initial Executive Committee Member, MLA Forum in Pre-14th-Century Chinese Literature (2017)
- Panel Chair at multiple major conferences including CCLA, AAS, and RMMLA
- Organizer of Chinese Speech Contest at University of Toronto (2015)
- Judge for Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition (2014)
As an educator, Dr. Xu teaches courses on Chinese language, literature, and English/Chinese translation. She is also an accomplished professional translator with numerous significant Chinese translations of Western literary works and theoretical texts, including James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, as well as critical works by Linda Hutcheon and Bruce Robbins.
