Yao, Jianbin | China
Basic information
BASIC INFO:
¬ Gender: Male
¬ Position: Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature at Beijing Normal University
AREAS of INTEREST
19th- and 20th-century British and American literature and culture; Principles of Comparative Literature; Disciplinary History of Comparative Literature; Utopian Literature, Utopianism; Western Marxism; gender and sexuality; aestheticism; interdisciplinary history of Victorian Britain
DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES and CONTACT INFO:
School of Chinese Language and Literature
BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY
No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street
Haidian District, Beijing, 100875
P. R. China
Office: (86)10-5880-7785
Email- yaojianbin@bnu.edu.cn,
or ,
Confucius Institute at TUFTS UNIVERSITY
112 Pakcard Ave, Medford, MA 02155-5806
jianbin.yao@tufts.edu
Office: (617)627-8899
POSITIONS:
1. Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature at Beijing Normal University (2013-present)
2. Chinese Director of Confucius Institute at TUFTS UNIVERSITY (2015-present)
3. Vice Dean for International Exchange and Cooperation, School of Chinese Language and Literature (2010-present)
4. Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Literature Today Journal (2012-present)
5. Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Chinese Literature Abroad, BNU(2011-present)
6. Member of Expert-Evaluation Council, the Scientific Research Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, P. R. China(2008-present)
7. Member of Expert-Evaluation Council, the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, China Scholarship Council, P. R. China (2012-present)
8. Deputy Director, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature (2009-2012)
9. Class Tutor, Ph. D Program in Comparative Literature and World Literature (2009-2015)
EDUCATION:
July 2001—June 2003 Postdoctoral Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Sep. 1998—June 2001 Renmin University of China, Beijing, P. R. China. Ph. D. in Literary Theories, the Graduate Program in Literary Theories.
Sep.1995—June 1998 Hunan Normal University, Changsha, P. R. China. M.A. in Literary Theories, School of Chinese Language and Literature.
Sep. 1991—June 1995 Hunan Normal University, Changsha, P. R. China. B.A. in Chinese Literature, Department of Chinese Language and Literature.
EMPLOYMENT：
Feb.2016 — Present Visiting Professor, Tufts University, US
Sep. 2013 — Present Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Oct. 2006—Sep. 2007 Academic Visitor, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sep. 2005—Aug. 2013 Associate professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
July 2003— Aug. 2005 Lecturer in Comparative Literature and World Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP:
1. 2012--2015 National Research Grant for Significant Projects (core member) from the National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, P.R. China ( guojia sheke jijin zhongdian xiangmu)
2. 2011 First Class Jingshi Distinguished Young Scholars’ Fellowship from Beijing Normal University（jingshi yingcai jiangli jihua）
3. 2010—2014 Research Grant from the Scientific Research Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, State Ministry of Education, P. R. China (jiaoyubu renwu shehui kexue yanjiu qingnian xiangmu)
4. 2009—20010 Research Grant from the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Ministry of Education, P. R. China (jiaoyubu liuxue huiguo renyuan keyan qidong jijin)
5. 2006—2007 Beijing Normal University Scholarship, for core young scholars’ studying abroad, Beijing Normal University
6. 2006—2007 China Scholarship (guojia liuxuejijinwei qingnian gugan jiaoshi yibiyi peitao chuguo yanxiu xiangmu), China Scholarship Council
7. 2005—2008 Research Grant for Teaching Reform in Classics of Comparative Literature, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China (beijing shifan daxue yanjiushengyuan jiaoxue gaige xiangmu)
8. 2005—2006 Research Grant for Teaching Reform in Bilingual Teaching of Comparative Literature, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China (beijing shifan daxue jiaoxue gaige xiangmu)
9. 2003—2005 Research Grant from the Scientific Research Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China (beijing shifan daxue qingnian gugan jiaoshi keyan xiangmu)
10. 2003 Renmin University of China’s Distinction PH.D Dissertation Prize, for dissertation entitled: Jameson’s Marxism Hermeneutics An Ideal for the Cultivated Body, Renmin University of China (zhongguo renmin daxue youxiu boshilunwen jiang)
11. 1997 Hunan Normal University’s MA Scholarship, Hunan Normal University (hunan shifan daxue yanjiusheng zhuanye jiangxuejin)
12. 1993 First Class Scholarship, for excellent performance in studies, Hunan Normal University. (hunan shifan daxue yideng zhuanye jiangxuejin)
PUBLICATIONS (mainly from 2000)
Books:
1. Anthology of Chinese Contemporary Literature's Dissemination Abroad, Beijing: Peking University Press (beijing daxue chubanshe), 2016 (forthcoming).
2. Towards Marxism Hermeneutics, Beijing: Peking University Press (beijing daxue chubanshe), 2013.
3. Studies on Frederic Jameson, Beijing: Kunlun Press (kunlun chubanshe), 2013.
4. Oh, Shanghai, You China’s Nest of Ease and Comfort! Eds. Jianbin Yao & Jihao Qu. Changsha: Yuelu Press (yuelu shushe), 2003.
Chapters in Scholarly Books:
1. “How in Earth Is Marxism Related with Utopia?” Marxism and the Future. Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2013. (6pgs)
2. Selected Readings in Foreign Literatures. (co-editor). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press (beijing shifan daxue chubanshe), 2010.
3. New College Chinese. (co-author).Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press (beijing shifan daxue chubanshe), 2008.
4. “Modern Literary Theories: From Formalism to Structuralism,” From Modernism to Post-modernism. Beijing: Higher Education Press (gaodeng jiaoyu chubanshe), 2007. (25pgs)
5. “Marius-Francois Guyard’s Comparative Literature,” Introduction to Classics in Comparative Literature from West and East. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press (zhejiang daxue chubanshe), 2006. (21pgs)
6. Reading and Appreciation in World Literature. (co-editor). Beijing: Capital Normal University Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 1999.
7. Companion to College Chinese Language and Literature Major. (co-author). Changsha: Hunan Normal University Press (hunan shifan daxue chubanshe), 1998.
Essays in Journals and Newspaper Essays (including book reviews):
1. “Outline of Utopian Literature” (wutuobang wenxue lungang), New Asia Journal (xinyaluncong), no. 14, 2013.
2. “Changes of E. M. Forster’s Image in China Under the Perspective of Poly-layers of Text Sequence” (cong duocengji wenben xulie kan fusite zai zhongguo de xingxiang bianqian), Research of Chinese Literature (zhongguowenxue yanjiu), no.1, 2013.
3. “What kind of Comparative Literature Textbooks do We need? ”(bijiao wenxue jiaocaiguan), Social Science Journal (shehuikexue jikan), no.2, 2013.
4. “Violence: AS the Fundamental Characteristics of Western Civilization” (Introduction to Russell Jacoby’s Blood Lust), Beijing: Commercial Publishing House (shang wuyinshu guan), 2013.
5. “Is violence the fundamental characteristics of Western Civilization?”, Social Sciences Weekly (shehui kexue bao), 29 March, 2013.
6. “Historization: As the Main Strategy of Marxism Hermeneutics” (shilun zuowei makesi zhuyi chanshixue zhuyao celue de “lishihua”), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesizhuyi meixue yanjiu), Vol. 11, no. 2, 2008.
7. “British Utopian Literature ever since Sixteen Century” (jianlun shiliu shiji yilai de yingguo wutuobang wenxue), Journal of Liyun (liyun xuekan), No.7, 2006.
8. “Cultivating Flowers and Planting Willows” (zaihua yu chaliu), Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no. 6, 2005.
9. “From the Margin to the Center: A Passing Glance at Kertész Imre’s Recent Works” (cong bianyuan zouxiang zhongxin: kai’ertaisi zouma kan), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 27 Feb., 2004.
10. “Outline of Utopian Literature” (wutuobang wenxue lungang), Literary Theories and Criticism (wenyi lilun yu piping), no. 2, 2004.
11. “Fruitful Harvest upon Years’ Ploughing and Weeding ”(zhizhuo zhuiqiu jie shuoguo—du wenyi pinglun fangzhen·Yushanding juan), Journal of Chenzhou Teachers Education College (chenzhou shifan xueyuan xuebao), no. 4, 2003.
12. “To Construct Shanghai into a Nest of Ease and Comfort with Memory and Imagination” (yong jiyi he xiangxiang dajiang de shanghai anlewo), The Fragrance of Books in Beijing Evening Newspaper (beijing wanbao•shuxiang), 21 June, 2003.
13. “The Specter of Mrs Dalloway”(daluowei furen de youling), The Fragrance of Books in Beijing Evening Newspaper (beijing wanbao·shuxiang), 28 April, 2003.
14. “Ideology: As the core of Marxism Hermeneutics” (yishi xingtai, zuowei makesi zhuyi chanshixue de hexin), Literary Theories and Criticism (wenyi lilun yu piping), no.3, 2003.
15. “Utopian Fictions, As the Art of Studying Existence” (wutuobang xiaoshuo, zuowei yanjiu cunzai de yishu), Journal of Beijing Normal University (beijing shifan daxue xuebao), no.2, 2003.
16. “My Humble Opinion on The History of Western Theater’s Performance” (xifang yanjushi lungao suiyi)”, Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.1, 2003.
17. “On the Relationships of Frederic Jameson’s Marxist Hermeneutics with Classical Christian Hermeneutics”(shilun fu ·zhanmuxun makesi zhuyi chanshixue yu jiduiao jingdian chanshixue de lianxi), Foreign Literatures, no.4., 2002.
18. “A Loyal Interpreter of William Shakespeare’s Plays” (shaweng xiju de zhongshi chanshizhe),” Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.4, 2002.
19. “The Authority and Glamour of Tony Awards”, (quanwei yu meili tongzai de tuonijiang)”, Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.1, 2002.
20. “The Theater Lamp is Brightening on the Opposite Bank (bi’an liyuan denghuo hong)”, Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.4, 2001.
21. “The Importance of Herbert Marcuse’s Thoughts on Humanism Aesthetics”(ma’erkusai renbenzhuyi meixue sixiang de yiyun), Journal of Guangxi Teachers Education University (guangxi shifan xueyuan xuebao), no.1, 2001.
22. “On Dingguo Bo’s China Background Methodology” (jianping zhongguo beijing fangfa), Journal of Yunmeng (yunmeng xuekan), no.4, 2001.
23. “On Characteristics of Herbert Marcuse’s Thoughts on Humanism Aesthetics”( luelun ma’erkusai renbenzhuyi meixue sixiang de tezheng), Journal of Yunmeng (yunmeng xuekan), no.1, 2001.
24. “The ‘aphasia’ of Chinese Literary Theories’ Discourse under the Perspective of System Thinking”(cong xitong siwei kan zhongguo wenlun huayu de “shiyuzheng”), Research of Chinese Literature (zhongguowenxue yanjiu), no.3, 2000.
25. “Impact of Knowledge Economy on Literature and Arts” (zhishijingji yingxiang xia de wenxue yishu), Journal of Yunmeng (yunmeng xuekan), no.1, 2000.
26. “On Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s ‘A Thousand Plateaus’” (gaoyuan dipingxian shang youmu de xiangbian), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 08 Nov. 2000.
27. “Towards Marxism Hermeneutics” (zouxiang makesi zhuyi chanshixue), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 07 Nov., 2000.
28. “The Founder of Modern Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft” (xiandai nvquan zhuyi de dianjizhe—mali wositongkelafute), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 25 Sept.2000.
29. “Died Young the Guitar Hero Jimi Hendrix (yaozhe de jita yingxiong)”, International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 22 Sept.2000.
30. “Gilles Deleuze and Perspectivism” (delezi he shijiao zhuyi), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 08 Aug.2000.
31. “From an Wretched Orphan to an Culture Ambassador: Louis Armstrong”, International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 02 Aug., 2000.
32. “Why Should you Have been Complaining all the time, You Beautiful Girl?” (jiaren jinse hexu yuan?) Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 11 July, 2000.
33. “The End of Performing Shakespeare in the 20th Century: John Gielgud Dies Aged 96” (ershi shiji shashibiya xiju de zhongjie), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 19 July, 2000.
34. “Between Utilitarianism and Aestheticism” (zai gongli yu weimei zhi jian), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 06 June.2000.
35. “Between Ethics and Academic Criterion” (zai daode yu xueshu guifan zhi jian), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 07 June, 2000.
36. “True Boundary” (zhen jingjie), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 03 May, 2000.
Translation (English to Chinese):
1. Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett’s Comparative Literature (translation and introduction, bijiao wenxue), China Social Sciences Press (zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe),2015.
2. Russell Jacoby’s Bloodlust (translation and introduction, shaluyu: xifang wenhua zhong de baoli genyuan), The Commercial Press（shangwu yinshu guan）, 2013.
3. Russell Jacoby’s Picture Imperfect（Co-translator, Introduction, and Afterword）, New Star Press（xinxing chubanshe）, 2007.
4. Russell Jacoby’s The End of Utopia（translation and Introduction, wutuobang zhi si）, New Star Press（xinxing chubanshe）, 2007.
5. Tanure Ojaide’s “Migration, Globalization, and Recent African Literature”(yimin, quanqiuhua yu zuijin de feizhouwenxue), World Literature Today (dangdai shijie wenxue, Chinese Edition), no.2, 2010.
6. Laird Christensen’s “Writing Home in a Global Age” (zai quanqiuhua shidai shuxie jiayuan), World Literature Today (dangdai shijie wenxue, Chinese Edition), no.2, 2010.
7. Michael Sanders’ “Talk about Politics and Poetry in Turn” (lunliu tanlun zhengzhi yu shige), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesi zhuyi meixue yanjiu) vol. 11 no. 2, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2008.
8. Michael Sanders’ “Constellating Chartist Poetry: Gerald Massey, Walter Benjamin and the Uses of Messianism” (jiang xianzhangpai shige xingzuohua: jielade·maixi, wa’erte·benyaming yu misaiya zhuyi de duozhong yongtu), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesi zhuyi meixue yanjiu) vol. 14 no. 2, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2011.
9. Aleš Erjavec’s “Aesthetic Revolution” (meixue de geming), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesi zhuyi meixue yanjiu) vol.13 no. 1, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2010.
10. Tony Bennett’s Aesthetics, Government, Freedom (shenmei, zhili, ziyou), Journal of Nanjing University (Nanjing daxue xuebao), no.5 2009.
11. Michelle Johnson’s “Viewing War through Women’s Eyes: An Interview with Roshini Thinakaran” (funü yanzhong de zhanzheng: luoshini·xinakalan fangtan lu), World Literature Today (dangdai shijie wenxue, Chinese Edition), no.1, 2008.
12. Masao Miyoshi’s “Ivory Tower in Escrow” (zhuanrangzhong de xiangyata), Boundary 2 (jiangjie er), Beijing: People’s Literature Publishing House (renmin wenxue chubanshe), 2003.
13. Sieglinde Lemke’s “Berlin and the Edge: Ideal and Reality” (bolin he bianjie: yingran he shiran), Boundary 2 (jiangjie er), Beijing: People’s Literature Publishing House (renmin wenxue chubanshe), 2003.
14. José Saramago’s“ The Master and His Disciple” (shifu yu tudi), World Literature (shijie wenxue), no.1, 2000.
15. José Saramago’s “Who Has Taught Me to Write?” (shui jiaohui le wo xiezuo ?), Chinese Literature (zhongguo wenxue, English Edition), no.1 2000.
16. René Girard’s “Literature and Christianity” (wenxue yu jidujiao), The Graduate Age (yanjiusheng shidai), no.1 2000.
EDITING:
Chinese Literature Today vol. 3. Issue 4. (co-edited with Jonathan Stalling), Fall-Winter 2014.
ACADEMIC AFILIATION:
¬ 2015—Present Vice-president Beijing Writing Association (BWA)
¬ 2003—Present Member International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA)
¬ 999—Present Member of Chinese Comparative Literature Association (CCLA).
¬ 2012—Present Council Member Chinese Comparative Literature Teaching and Research Association (CCLTRA)
¬ 2012—Present, BOARD MEMBER
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES :
¬ Chair, The First International Conference of Utopian and Science Fiction Studies, 2016
¬ Guest Editor, Journal of Sichuan International Studies University, 2015-present
¬ Member of Editorial Board, Comparative Literature and World Literature, 2015-present
¬ Editor, Chinese Literature Today, 2012—Present
¬ Member of Editorial Board, Liyun Journal, 2012—Present
¬ Member of Editorial Board, Library of Comparative Literature and World Literature, 2012—Present
¬ Member of Editorial Board , Anthology of World Masterpieces: East and West, 2013-2015
¬ Deputy Executive Director of Organization Committee, International Conference on the Communication of Chinese Literature Abroad, 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Beijing Normal University (P.R. China)
Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature
1. History of Foreign Literatures (3), Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002
2. Principles of Comparative Literature, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005
3. Selected Topics Comparative Literature, Fall 2014, Fall 2010
4. History of Foreign Literatures (2), Spring 2014 , Spring 2013, Spring 2012,Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004 , Spring 2003
5. Selected Classics in Comparative Literature (Graduate), Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Fall 2003
6. Advanced College Chinese, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
7. Basic Theories of Comparative Literature (Graduate), Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009
8. Studies on Utopian Fictions (Graduate), Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009
SIM University (Singapore, through BNU)
1. Selected topics on World Literature (Graduate, 2013)
2. Introduction to Comparative Literature (2012)
3. Selected topics on Comparative Literature (Graduate, 2012)
4. Introduction to Comparative Literature (2011)
5. Introduction to Comparative Literature (2010)
6. Principles of Comparative Literature (2009)
Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong, through BNU)
1. Selected topics on World Literature (Graduate, 2013)
2. Selected topics on Comparative Literature (Graduate, 2012)
LANGUAGE:
English
Some knowledge of German, Greek, and Latin.
¬ Gender: Male
¬ Position: Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature at Beijing Normal University
AREAS of INTEREST
19th- and 20th-century British and American literature and culture; Principles of Comparative Literature; Disciplinary History of Comparative Literature; Utopian Literature, Utopianism; Western Marxism; gender and sexuality; aestheticism; interdisciplinary history of Victorian Britain
DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES and CONTACT INFO:
School of Chinese Language and Literature
BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY
No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street
Haidian District, Beijing, 100875
P. R. China
Office: (86)10-5880-7785
Email- yaojianbin@bnu.edu.cn,
or ,
Confucius Institute at TUFTS UNIVERSITY
112 Pakcard Ave, Medford, MA 02155-5806
jianbin.yao@tufts.edu
Office: (617)627-8899
POSITIONS:
1. Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature at Beijing Normal University (2013-present)
2. Chinese Director of Confucius Institute at TUFTS UNIVERSITY (2015-present)
3. Vice Dean for International Exchange and Cooperation, School of Chinese Language and Literature (2010-present)
4. Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Literature Today Journal (2012-present)
5. Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Chinese Literature Abroad, BNU(2011-present)
6. Member of Expert-Evaluation Council, the Scientific Research Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, P. R. China(2008-present)
7. Member of Expert-Evaluation Council, the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, China Scholarship Council, P. R. China (2012-present)
8. Deputy Director, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature (2009-2012)
9. Class Tutor, Ph. D Program in Comparative Literature and World Literature (2009-2015)
EDUCATION:
July 2001—June 2003 Postdoctoral Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Sep. 1998—June 2001 Renmin University of China, Beijing, P. R. China. Ph. D. in Literary Theories, the Graduate Program in Literary Theories.
Sep.1995—June 1998 Hunan Normal University, Changsha, P. R. China. M.A. in Literary Theories, School of Chinese Language and Literature.
Sep. 1991—June 1995 Hunan Normal University, Changsha, P. R. China. B.A. in Chinese Literature, Department of Chinese Language and Literature.
EMPLOYMENT：
Feb.2016 — Present Visiting Professor, Tufts University, US
Sep. 2013 — Present Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Oct. 2006—Sep. 2007 Academic Visitor, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sep. 2005—Aug. 2013 Associate professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
July 2003— Aug. 2005 Lecturer in Comparative Literature and World Literature, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP:
1. 2012--2015 National Research Grant for Significant Projects (core member) from the National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, P.R. China ( guojia sheke jijin zhongdian xiangmu)
2. 2011 First Class Jingshi Distinguished Young Scholars’ Fellowship from Beijing Normal University（jingshi yingcai jiangli jihua）
3. 2010—2014 Research Grant from the Scientific Research Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, State Ministry of Education, P. R. China (jiaoyubu renwu shehui kexue yanjiu qingnian xiangmu)
4. 2009—20010 Research Grant from the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Ministry of Education, P. R. China (jiaoyubu liuxue huiguo renyuan keyan qidong jijin)
5. 2006—2007 Beijing Normal University Scholarship, for core young scholars’ studying abroad, Beijing Normal University
6. 2006—2007 China Scholarship (guojia liuxuejijinwei qingnian gugan jiaoshi yibiyi peitao chuguo yanxiu xiangmu), China Scholarship Council
7. 2005—2008 Research Grant for Teaching Reform in Classics of Comparative Literature, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China (beijing shifan daxue yanjiushengyuan jiaoxue gaige xiangmu)
8. 2005—2006 Research Grant for Teaching Reform in Bilingual Teaching of Comparative Literature, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China (beijing shifan daxue jiaoxue gaige xiangmu)
9. 2003—2005 Research Grant from the Scientific Research Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China (beijing shifan daxue qingnian gugan jiaoshi keyan xiangmu)
10. 2003 Renmin University of China’s Distinction PH.D Dissertation Prize, for dissertation entitled: Jameson’s Marxism Hermeneutics An Ideal for the Cultivated Body, Renmin University of China (zhongguo renmin daxue youxiu boshilunwen jiang)
11. 1997 Hunan Normal University’s MA Scholarship, Hunan Normal University (hunan shifan daxue yanjiusheng zhuanye jiangxuejin)
12. 1993 First Class Scholarship, for excellent performance in studies, Hunan Normal University. (hunan shifan daxue yideng zhuanye jiangxuejin)
PUBLICATIONS (mainly from 2000)
Books:
1. Anthology of Chinese Contemporary Literature's Dissemination Abroad, Beijing: Peking University Press (beijing daxue chubanshe), 2016 (forthcoming).
2. Towards Marxism Hermeneutics, Beijing: Peking University Press (beijing daxue chubanshe), 2013.
3. Studies on Frederic Jameson, Beijing: Kunlun Press (kunlun chubanshe), 2013.
4. Oh, Shanghai, You China’s Nest of Ease and Comfort! Eds. Jianbin Yao & Jihao Qu. Changsha: Yuelu Press (yuelu shushe), 2003.
Chapters in Scholarly Books:
1. “How in Earth Is Marxism Related with Utopia?” Marxism and the Future. Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2013. (6pgs)
2. Selected Readings in Foreign Literatures. (co-editor). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press (beijing shifan daxue chubanshe), 2010.
3. New College Chinese. (co-author).Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press (beijing shifan daxue chubanshe), 2008.
4. “Modern Literary Theories: From Formalism to Structuralism,” From Modernism to Post-modernism. Beijing: Higher Education Press (gaodeng jiaoyu chubanshe), 2007. (25pgs)
5. “Marius-Francois Guyard’s Comparative Literature,” Introduction to Classics in Comparative Literature from West and East. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press (zhejiang daxue chubanshe), 2006. (21pgs)
6. Reading and Appreciation in World Literature. (co-editor). Beijing: Capital Normal University Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 1999.
7. Companion to College Chinese Language and Literature Major. (co-author). Changsha: Hunan Normal University Press (hunan shifan daxue chubanshe), 1998.
Essays in Journals and Newspaper Essays (including book reviews):
1. “Outline of Utopian Literature” (wutuobang wenxue lungang), New Asia Journal (xinyaluncong), no. 14, 2013.
2. “Changes of E. M. Forster’s Image in China Under the Perspective of Poly-layers of Text Sequence” (cong duocengji wenben xulie kan fusite zai zhongguo de xingxiang bianqian), Research of Chinese Literature (zhongguowenxue yanjiu), no.1, 2013.
3. “What kind of Comparative Literature Textbooks do We need? ”(bijiao wenxue jiaocaiguan), Social Science Journal (shehuikexue jikan), no.2, 2013.
4. “Violence: AS the Fundamental Characteristics of Western Civilization” (Introduction to Russell Jacoby’s Blood Lust), Beijing: Commercial Publishing House (shang wuyinshu guan), 2013.
5. “Is violence the fundamental characteristics of Western Civilization?”, Social Sciences Weekly (shehui kexue bao), 29 March, 2013.
6. “Historization: As the Main Strategy of Marxism Hermeneutics” (shilun zuowei makesi zhuyi chanshixue zhuyao celue de “lishihua”), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesizhuyi meixue yanjiu), Vol. 11, no. 2, 2008.
7. “British Utopian Literature ever since Sixteen Century” (jianlun shiliu shiji yilai de yingguo wutuobang wenxue), Journal of Liyun (liyun xuekan), No.7, 2006.
8. “Cultivating Flowers and Planting Willows” (zaihua yu chaliu), Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no. 6, 2005.
9. “From the Margin to the Center: A Passing Glance at Kertész Imre’s Recent Works” (cong bianyuan zouxiang zhongxin: kai’ertaisi zouma kan), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 27 Feb., 2004.
10. “Outline of Utopian Literature” (wutuobang wenxue lungang), Literary Theories and Criticism (wenyi lilun yu piping), no. 2, 2004.
11. “Fruitful Harvest upon Years’ Ploughing and Weeding ”(zhizhuo zhuiqiu jie shuoguo—du wenyi pinglun fangzhen·Yushanding juan), Journal of Chenzhou Teachers Education College (chenzhou shifan xueyuan xuebao), no. 4, 2003.
12. “To Construct Shanghai into a Nest of Ease and Comfort with Memory and Imagination” (yong jiyi he xiangxiang dajiang de shanghai anlewo), The Fragrance of Books in Beijing Evening Newspaper (beijing wanbao•shuxiang), 21 June, 2003.
13. “The Specter of Mrs Dalloway”(daluowei furen de youling), The Fragrance of Books in Beijing Evening Newspaper (beijing wanbao·shuxiang), 28 April, 2003.
14. “Ideology: As the core of Marxism Hermeneutics” (yishi xingtai, zuowei makesi zhuyi chanshixue de hexin), Literary Theories and Criticism (wenyi lilun yu piping), no.3, 2003.
15. “Utopian Fictions, As the Art of Studying Existence” (wutuobang xiaoshuo, zuowei yanjiu cunzai de yishu), Journal of Beijing Normal University (beijing shifan daxue xuebao), no.2, 2003.
16. “My Humble Opinion on The History of Western Theater’s Performance” (xifang yanjushi lungao suiyi)”, Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.1, 2003.
17. “On the Relationships of Frederic Jameson’s Marxist Hermeneutics with Classical Christian Hermeneutics”(shilun fu ·zhanmuxun makesi zhuyi chanshixue yu jiduiao jingdian chanshixue de lianxi), Foreign Literatures, no.4., 2002.
18. “A Loyal Interpreter of William Shakespeare’s Plays” (shaweng xiju de zhongshi chanshizhe),” Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.4, 2002.
19. “The Authority and Glamour of Tony Awards”, (quanwei yu meili tongzai de tuonijiang)”, Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.1, 2002.
20. “The Theater Lamp is Brightening on the Opposite Bank (bi’an liyuan denghuo hong)”, Home of Theater (xiju zhi jia), no.4, 2001.
21. “The Importance of Herbert Marcuse’s Thoughts on Humanism Aesthetics”(ma’erkusai renbenzhuyi meixue sixiang de yiyun), Journal of Guangxi Teachers Education University (guangxi shifan xueyuan xuebao), no.1, 2001.
22. “On Dingguo Bo’s China Background Methodology” (jianping zhongguo beijing fangfa), Journal of Yunmeng (yunmeng xuekan), no.4, 2001.
23. “On Characteristics of Herbert Marcuse’s Thoughts on Humanism Aesthetics”( luelun ma’erkusai renbenzhuyi meixue sixiang de tezheng), Journal of Yunmeng (yunmeng xuekan), no.1, 2001.
24. “The ‘aphasia’ of Chinese Literary Theories’ Discourse under the Perspective of System Thinking”(cong xitong siwei kan zhongguo wenlun huayu de “shiyuzheng”), Research of Chinese Literature (zhongguowenxue yanjiu), no.3, 2000.
25. “Impact of Knowledge Economy on Literature and Arts” (zhishijingji yingxiang xia de wenxue yishu), Journal of Yunmeng (yunmeng xuekan), no.1, 2000.
26. “On Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s ‘A Thousand Plateaus’” (gaoyuan dipingxian shang youmu de xiangbian), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 08 Nov. 2000.
27. “Towards Marxism Hermeneutics” (zouxiang makesi zhuyi chanshixue), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 07 Nov., 2000.
28. “The Founder of Modern Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft” (xiandai nvquan zhuyi de dianjizhe—mali wositongkelafute), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 25 Sept.2000.
29. “Died Young the Guitar Hero Jimi Hendrix (yaozhe de jita yingxiong)”, International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 22 Sept.2000.
30. “Gilles Deleuze and Perspectivism” (delezi he shijiao zhuyi), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 08 Aug.2000.
31. “From an Wretched Orphan to an Culture Ambassador: Louis Armstrong”, International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 02 Aug., 2000.
32. “Why Should you Have been Complaining all the time, You Beautiful Girl?” (jiaren jinse hexu yuan?) Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 11 July, 2000.
33. “The End of Performing Shakespeare in the 20th Century: John Gielgud Dies Aged 96” (ershi shiji shashibiya xiju de zhongjie), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 19 July, 2000.
34. “Between Utilitarianism and Aestheticism” (zai gongli yu weimei zhi jian), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 06 June.2000.
35. “Between Ethics and Academic Criterion” (zai daode yu xueshu guifan zhi jian), International Cultures in China Reading Weekly, 07 June, 2000.
36. “True Boundary” (zhen jingjie), Weekly Book Review in China Book Business Report, 03 May, 2000.
Translation (English to Chinese):
1. Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett’s Comparative Literature (translation and introduction, bijiao wenxue), China Social Sciences Press (zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe),2015.
2. Russell Jacoby’s Bloodlust (translation and introduction, shaluyu: xifang wenhua zhong de baoli genyuan), The Commercial Press（shangwu yinshu guan）, 2013.
3. Russell Jacoby’s Picture Imperfect（Co-translator, Introduction, and Afterword）, New Star Press（xinxing chubanshe）, 2007.
4. Russell Jacoby’s The End of Utopia（translation and Introduction, wutuobang zhi si）, New Star Press（xinxing chubanshe）, 2007.
5. Tanure Ojaide’s “Migration, Globalization, and Recent African Literature”(yimin, quanqiuhua yu zuijin de feizhouwenxue), World Literature Today (dangdai shijie wenxue, Chinese Edition), no.2, 2010.
6. Laird Christensen’s “Writing Home in a Global Age” (zai quanqiuhua shidai shuxie jiayuan), World Literature Today (dangdai shijie wenxue, Chinese Edition), no.2, 2010.
7. Michael Sanders’ “Talk about Politics and Poetry in Turn” (lunliu tanlun zhengzhi yu shige), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesi zhuyi meixue yanjiu) vol. 11 no. 2, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2008.
8. Michael Sanders’ “Constellating Chartist Poetry: Gerald Massey, Walter Benjamin and the Uses of Messianism” (jiang xianzhangpai shige xingzuohua: jielade·maixi, wa’erte·benyaming yu misaiya zhuyi de duozhong yongtu), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesi zhuyi meixue yanjiu) vol. 14 no. 2, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2011.
9. Aleš Erjavec’s “Aesthetic Revolution” (meixue de geming), Research on Marxist Aesthetics (makesi zhuyi meixue yanjiu) vol.13 no. 1, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press (zhongyang bianyi chubanshe), 2010.
10. Tony Bennett’s Aesthetics, Government, Freedom (shenmei, zhili, ziyou), Journal of Nanjing University (Nanjing daxue xuebao), no.5 2009.
11. Michelle Johnson’s “Viewing War through Women’s Eyes: An Interview with Roshini Thinakaran” (funü yanzhong de zhanzheng: luoshini·xinakalan fangtan lu), World Literature Today (dangdai shijie wenxue, Chinese Edition), no.1, 2008.
12. Masao Miyoshi’s “Ivory Tower in Escrow” (zhuanrangzhong de xiangyata), Boundary 2 (jiangjie er), Beijing: People’s Literature Publishing House (renmin wenxue chubanshe), 2003.
13. Sieglinde Lemke’s “Berlin and the Edge: Ideal and Reality” (bolin he bianjie: yingran he shiran), Boundary 2 (jiangjie er), Beijing: People’s Literature Publishing House (renmin wenxue chubanshe), 2003.
14. José Saramago’s“ The Master and His Disciple” (shifu yu tudi), World Literature (shijie wenxue), no.1, 2000.
15. José Saramago’s “Who Has Taught Me to Write?” (shui jiaohui le wo xiezuo ?), Chinese Literature (zhongguo wenxue, English Edition), no.1 2000.
16. René Girard’s “Literature and Christianity” (wenxue yu jidujiao), The Graduate Age (yanjiusheng shidai), no.1 2000.
EDITING:
Chinese Literature Today vol. 3. Issue 4. (co-edited with Jonathan Stalling), Fall-Winter 2014.
ACADEMIC AFILIATION:
¬ 2015—Present Vice-president Beijing Writing Association (BWA)
¬ 2003—Present Member International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA)
¬ 999—Present Member of Chinese Comparative Literature Association (CCLA).
¬ 2012—Present Council Member Chinese Comparative Literature Teaching and Research Association (CCLTRA)
¬ 2012—Present, BOARD MEMBER
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES :
¬ Chair, The First International Conference of Utopian and Science Fiction Studies, 2016
¬ Guest Editor, Journal of Sichuan International Studies University, 2015-present
¬ Member of Editorial Board, Comparative Literature and World Literature, 2015-present
¬ Editor, Chinese Literature Today, 2012—Present
¬ Member of Editorial Board, Liyun Journal, 2012—Present
¬ Member of Editorial Board, Library of Comparative Literature and World Literature, 2012—Present
¬ Member of Editorial Board , Anthology of World Masterpieces: East and West, 2013-2015
¬ Deputy Executive Director of Organization Committee, International Conference on the Communication of Chinese Literature Abroad, 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Beijing Normal University (P.R. China)
Professor of Comparative Literature and World Literature
1. History of Foreign Literatures (3), Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002
2. Principles of Comparative Literature, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005
3. Selected Topics Comparative Literature, Fall 2014, Fall 2010
4. History of Foreign Literatures (2), Spring 2014 , Spring 2013, Spring 2012,Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004 , Spring 2003
5. Selected Classics in Comparative Literature (Graduate), Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Fall 2003
6. Advanced College Chinese, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
7. Basic Theories of Comparative Literature (Graduate), Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009
8. Studies on Utopian Fictions (Graduate), Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009
SIM University (Singapore, through BNU)
1. Selected topics on World Literature (Graduate, 2013)
2. Introduction to Comparative Literature (2012)
3. Selected topics on Comparative Literature (Graduate, 2012)
4. Introduction to Comparative Literature (2011)
5. Introduction to Comparative Literature (2010)
6. Principles of Comparative Literature (2009)
Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong, through BNU)
1. Selected topics on World Literature (Graduate, 2013)
2. Selected topics on Comparative Literature (Graduate, 2012)
LANGUAGE:
English
Some knowledge of German, Greek, and Latin.