Zhiyi Yang

Prof. Dr. Zhiyi Yang is a University Professor (W3) in the Department of Sinology at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. His research focuses on premodern and modern classicist Chinese poetry, aesthetics, memory studies, WWII collaboration, and Sinophone cultures. Yang holds a PhD from Princeton University and degrees from Peking University. He has held fellowships at institutions including the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin and National Taiwan Normal University. His monographs include "Poetry, History, Memory: Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times" (2023) and "Dialectics of Spontaneity: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Su Shi" (2015). Yang co-organizes international workshops on Sinophone classicism and serves as editor of special journal issues.

Education: BA (Peking University, 2002), MA (Peking University, 2005), PhD (Princeton University, 2012).

Research emphasizes cultural memory and transnational exchanges, with projects like "Poetry, Memory, History: Wang Jingwei and China’s Wartime Collaboration". Awards include the Whiting Fellowship (2010–2011) and multiple DFG grants. He organizes conferences exploring modern classicism’s digital evolution and collaborates globally on cultural history initiatives.