Dr. YANG Zi Curriculum Vita

Present Position Research Fellow, the Institute of Arts Research, Shanghai.

Qualifications: Post-doctoral Researcher in Shanghai Jiaotung University. MA (East China Normal University, Shanghai), PhD (East China Normal University, Shanghai)

Research: Theater, film and visual studies , Urban studies, Cultural industries.

Professional / Organizational Membership: American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Shanghai Theater & Film Theory Research Association Shanghai International Culture Association China Literary and Art Critics Association (CLACA)

Publications： Books： 1、Performing Shanghai: Urban Imaginary in Theatrical Space, forthcoming, Shanghai People’s Press, 2015. 2、Differential Accent: Huaiju Troupe in Shanghai, forthcoming, Shanghai People’s Press, 2016. 3、Folklore in Jiangnan, co-author, Shanghai: Shanghai Renmin Press,2010.

Essays: 1、”Theater, Performance and Memory Politics：the case of Huai Opera Troupe in Globalizing Shanghai”, Journal of Henan Social Sciences（CSSCI）, 2015（9）.

2、”Constructing the Alternative:Grass-stage and the Little Society”, Staging China: 21st Century Theatre’s Interactivity with Society, Market and Culture ed. Li,Ruru. Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-1-1375-2944-2. 2015

3 、 "Performing Shanghai: Theatrical Transformation, Cultural Re-construction and Urban Imaginary”，Journal of Henan Social Sciences（CSSCI），2014（7）.

1 4、“Cultural Consumption of Shanghai Inhabitants and the Approach to its Cultivation and Construction”，Commentary on Cultural Industry in China（CSSCI）No.19.

5、“From A Stranger to A Spectator: the Theater and its Social Meaning in Consumption Era”，The Journal of Hundred Schools in Art(CSSCI), 2013（7）

6、“Urban Theater and Social Bodies: Social Individual’s Performance in Consumption Era”， Journal of Zhejiang Institute of Media Communications 2013（6）.

7、“The Stranger: Shanghai and Identification in Cross-cultural Theaters”，Journal of Wenyi zhengmin(Literature and Art Forum) (CSSCI)，2013（7）.

8、“What Is the Theater For in Capitalized Era?” Journal of China Theater 2013（2）.

9、"The Image of the Female Body and the Cultural Imagination of Modern China: The Triangle Relations in the Chinese Films Awarded in Berlin International Film Festival”, Journal of Beijing Film Academy(CSSCI), 2011(2).

10、"Theatre as the Representation of Space: the Case of the Folk Huaiju Opera Troupe in Shanghai", The Journal of Hundred Schools in Art(CSSCI), 2010(8).

11、"Space and Production Thereof of Emerging Workers in the City: the Case of the Rural Workers in Shanghai"，Metropolitan Culture Research in China, Volume 2, Shanghai: Shanghai Renmin Press, June 2010.

12、"The Image of the Female Body and the Cultural Imagination of Modern China: The Triangle Relations in the Chinese Films Awarded in Berlin International Film Festival”, Space Map: Nation and City in Film and Theatre Literature, Shanghai: Shanghai Wenyi Press, June 2010.

13、"Body ,Space and Identification—Revisiting Mei Lanfang’s Performance in America in 1930 ", The Journal of Hundred Schools in Art(CSSCI), 2009(6) .

14 、 "On the Disappearance Aesthetics of the TV Commercial Advertising", Papers of Dissemination Research, Volume 6,Shanghai: the Classics Publishing House, July 2008,30-39.

15、"The Representation of Fictional Architectural Spaces in Shanghai ‘Hyper-design’ Biennale in 2006", Papers of Dissemination Research, Volume 6,Shanghai:the Classics Publishing House, December 2007, 55-67.

16、"The Impact on Individual's Socialization From a Gated- Community", Urban Culture and Education: The Paper Anthology of Shanghai Postgraduates Academic Forum in 2006,Shanghai: Xuelin Press, May 2007,170-185.

17、"Who Comes, Who Goes: the Clone Phenomenon of the TV Programs in China ", Papers of

2 Dissemination Research,Volume5,Shanghai:the Classics Publishing House, August 2008,227-232.

Documentary Film and Television Series: 1、China CCTV Documentary Film South of China, Scrip-writer, 2014-2015.

2、The lamplighter: The Modern Spirit of Comparative Humanities. Scrip-writer & Director Documentary Film,40 Minutes, Produced by Simian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities in East China Normal University.

3、Documentary Film: Shanghai Memory,20 episodes, Executive Producer Sponsored by Shanghai Culture Development Foundation, October 2005-May 2006.

4、The Door of My House Will Never Be Closed, Executive Producer 40 episodes, Produced by Shanghai New Culture Media Investment Group Co.,Ltd, March 2005- September 2005.

5、Jiangtang Concentration Camp , Editor 26 episodes, Produced by Yangzhou TV Station and Shanghai Qianwu Investment Co.,Ltd., July 2004-October 2004.

Research Projects： 1 、 Research on Theatrical Spaces in Globalizing Shanghai, project director, March 2012-March 2014, sponsored by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

2 、 Study on Accelerating the Market Cultivation and Construction of the Cultural Consumption of Minhang District, Shanghai, project director, sponsored by Shanghai Minhang Municipal Government, March 2013-September 2013.

3、Performing Shanghai: Research on Post-80s Cultural Shanghai, sponsored by Shanghai Jiaotong University and Cornell University, May 2012-May 2014.

4、Research on Mega Events and Special Cultural City, the major project of National Social Science Fund 2012, April 2012-August 2013.

5、Research on Folklore in Jiangnan (Regions in South of the Yangtze River In China) executive project director, sponsored by Publicity Ministry of Shanghai Municipal committee of CPC, May 2009.

6、Research on Lifestyle and Cultural Fusion of Shanghai Migrating Population , executive project director, sponsored by Development Research Center of Shanghai Municipal Government, October 2006-February 2007.

Invited Academic Presentations： 1、”Tracking the Chinese Contemporary Avant-garde Theater: the Case of Downstream Garage”,

3 American Comparative Literature Association(ACLA)2015 Annual Conference, University of Washington，Seattle, March 2015.

2、”Theater, Performance and Memory Politics：the case of Huai Opera Troupe in Globalizing Shanghai” International Symposium on Cultural Memory: Time, History and Media, hosted by Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, May 2015.

3、“Theaters in /of the City”, “Differential Urbanism-The City, Revisited” An International Symposium, hosted by Shanghai Jiaotong University and Heidelberg University, Shanghai, June 12-13,2014.

4、“The Stranger: The Image of Shanghai and Identification in Cross-cultural Theaters”， The 9th Chinese Drama Festival, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, April 2014.

5、“Performing Shanghai: Theatrical Transformation, Cultural Re-construction and Urban Imaginary”, American Comparative Literature Association(ACLA)2014 Annual Conference “Capitals”, University of New York, New York, March 2014.

6、“Re-orientations: Trans-locality in Cross-Cultural Theater” Shanghai Film and Theater Theory Research Association 2013 Annual Conference, Shanghai Tongji University, Shanghai, December 20,2013.

7、“Theatrical Transformation and Cultural Re-construction in Globalizing Shanghai” “Media, City and Culture”, the First Journalism and Communication Forum of Young Scholar in Yangtse Delta Region, May 2013, Phoenix Communication School, Suzhou University. The Third Sino-British Bilateral Forum on Marxist Aesthetics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, April 2013.

8、"The Image of the Female Body and the Cultural Imagination of Modern China: The Triangle Relations in the Chinese Films Awarded in Berlin International Film Festival” International Conference on Chinese Women and Visual Representation, Fudan-Michigan University, December 17,2011.

9、"Theatre as the Representation of Space: the Case of the Folk Huaiju Opera Troupe in Shanghai" Ecnu-Cornell University workshop in April 2011 The 2nd Postgraduates Academic Forum on Film, Television and Theatre Literature in Yangtze Delta Region, Nov. 21,2010.

10、"The Image of the Female Body and the Cultural Imagination of Modern China: The Triangle Relations in the Chinese Films Awarded in Berlin International Film Festival” The First Postgraduates Academic Forum on Film, Television and Theatre Literature in

4 Yangtze Delta Region, Nov. 25, 2009, Shanghai Theatre Academy.

11、"Body, Space and Identity: Revisiting Mei Lanfang's Performance in America in 1930" Shanghai Postgraduates Academic Forum on Film, Television and Theatre Literature, May 23, 2009.Shanghai Theatre Academy.

12、"Body, Space and Identity: Revisiting Mei Lanfang's Performance in America in 1930" The 3rd National Symposium on Journalism and Communication Studies of Ph.D. Students , April 25,2009.Communication University of China.

13、"On the Disappearance Aesthetics of the TV Commercial Advertising", Shanghai Postgraduates Academic Forum , December 2007.

14、"The Representation of Fictional Architectural Spaces in Shanghai “Hyper-design” Biennale in 2006", The 1st Communication School Postgraduates Forum, ECNU, June 2007.

15、"The Impact on Individual's Socialization From a Gated- Community" Shanghai Postgraduates Academic Forum in December 2006.Shanghai Normal University.

16、"The Impact on Individual's Socialization From a Gated- Community" National Annual Conference of Journalism and Communication Studies of Postgraduates, November 2006, Shanghai Fudan University.