Li YANG 杨莉 [email protected] (512) 294-8368
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin Dissertation: “The Second Wave of Chinese Art Film: Film System, Film Style, and Alternative Film Culture in the 1990s” Dissertation Chair: Dr. Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang
M.A., Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin Thesis: “A Glimpse at the Field of Chinese Fiction Production at the End of the 1990's—Wei Hui, Shanghai Baby, and ‘Post 70's’”
B.A., English Language and Literature, Peking University, Beijing, China Thesis: “Language in Joy Luck Club: the Barometer of the Mother-Daughter Relationship”
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Chinese language at all levels, Chinese Civilization, Chinese Literature in Translation, Contemporary Chinese Cinema, East Asian Cinemas, Chinese Film Industry, Chinese Popular Culture, Transnational Cinema, Cultural Globalization, Gender Studies, Digital Humanities
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Lecturer Department of Asian Studies 2019-present University of Texas at Austin Courses Contemporary Chinese Cinema, Introduction to China
Part Time Assistant Professor Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 2019-present Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas Courses Chinese III, Chinese IV
Assistant Professor Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures 2010-2019 Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Courses Elementary Chinese I & II, Intermediate Chinese I&II, Advanced Chinese I & II, Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Cinema, Introduction to Asian Studies
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PUBLICATIONS
The Formation of Chinese Art Cinema: 1990-2003. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
“The Blockbuster Breakthrough: the Fantastic in Hero (2002)” in The Fantastic in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas, edited by Andrew Stuckey and Kenneth Chan. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press (forthcoming).
“Mysterious Buddha, Popular Cinema, and the New Chinese Film Culture in the Early 1980s” in Cultural Studies special issue Chinese Popular Culture of the 1980s, edited by Zhao Ma and Tao Dongfeng (forthcoming).
“Screening Torture in The Message: the Body and Soul of a Genre Film,” Frontiers of Literary Studies in China 12, No. 1 (2018): 102-126.
“Art Cinema in China?: Examining the Discourse of Chinese Art Film in the 1980s,” The Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies 6 (2008): 19-28.
“Performing Mao: Stars in Chinese Propaganda Films” (journal article in preparation)
“Computation-Aided Analysis on Film Credits” (journal article in preparation)
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Crawling in the Dark: Film Credits and Chinese Film Industrialization” Southwest Conference on Asian Studies St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas. October 18-19, 2019.
“Becoming Film Directors: Chinese Celebrity Crossover and New Film Authorship in the 2010s” Nordic Association for China Studies Conference University of Bergen, Norway. June 13-14, 2019
“Performing Mao: Main Melody Films and Film Stars” Southwest Conference on Asian Studies Baylor University, Waco, Texas. October 19-20, 2018
“When the Most Political Meets the Most Commercial: The Evolvement of PRC Main Melody Films and Hong Kong’s Creative Talent” Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area Cultural Forum Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China. June 9-10, 2018
“The Beijing Film Academy: A Chinese Dream Factory” Association for Asian Studies Conference Washington D.C.. March 22-25, 2018
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“Computation-Aided Analysis on Film Credits” (co-authored with Weijia Xu) Digital Humanities Conference Krakow, Poland. July 12-16, 2016
“Between Realism and Modernism: Rereading Chinese Sixth Generation Cinema” American Comparative Literature Association Conference New York, NY. March 20-23, 2014
“Narrating the First Chinese Blockbuster” (panel organizer) Association for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Chicago, IL. March 6-10, 2013
“Remade in China: A New China-Hollywood Relationship” (panel organizer) Association for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Boston, MA. March 15-18, 2012
“Torture, the Female Body, and the Chinese Espionage Thriller: Analyzing the Chinese Film The Message” (panel organizer) Association for Asian Studies Conference Toronto, Canada. March 21-25, 2012
“The Changing Face of the Chinese Propaganda Film: Spreading Soft Power through Star Power” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference Princeton, New Jersey. October 21-23, 2011
“Shining on the Screened History: Film Stars in 24 City and Founding of a Republic” American Comparative Literature Association Conference Vancouver, Canada. April 1-3, 2011
“Migrating to the Mainstream: Analyzing Wang Xiaoshuai’s In Love We Trust (2008)” The Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature biannual meeting Beijing, China. June 20-21, 2009
“Living on the Edge: International Film Festival Rotterdam and Chinese Independent Cinema in the 1990s” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association annual meeting Reno, Nevada. October 9-11, 2008
“Film Genre in Post-Mao China” The Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature biannual meeting Chengdu, China. August 6-7, 2007
“International Film Festivals and the Chinese Experience” Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual meeting Vancouver, Canada. March 2-5, 2006
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“Art Cinema in China?” Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Southwest Conference on Asian Studies annual meeting, Denton, Texas, October 7-8, 2005
“Sexuality between the Public and Private: Contemporary Discourses of College Student Sex in Urban China” The Asian Studies Graduate Students Conference University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1-2, 2004
“Crossing Aesthetic and National Boundaries: Reading Ann Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (panel organizer) Nominated for the Best Student Paper Horst Frenz Prize American Comparative Literature Association annual meeting University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, April 15-18, 2004
“Contending the Nation, Ethnic, and Global: the Political Economy of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” Global Fusion Conference, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 22-23, 2003
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2017-2018 LVAIC-Teagle Hybrid Learning Project Award ($800) “Promoting Effective Chinese-American Cross-cultural Communication: An Online Cultural Discussion Program” (co-author with Han Luo and Limei Shan) 2016-2017 LVAIC-Teagle Hybrid Learning Project Development Award ($1000) “Promoting Effective Chinese-American Cross-cultural Communication: An Online Cultural Discussion Program” (co-author with Han Luo and Limei Shan) 2016 Mellon Digital Humanities Grant, Lafayette College ($2230) 2007-2008 Graduate School Fellowship, the University of Texas at Austin 2004, 2009 Professional Development Award, the University of Texas at Austin 2005 Texas Public Education Grant, the University of Texas at Austin
SERVICES at Lafayette College
Information Technology and Library Committee July 2016-2019 Film and Media Studies Advisory Committee July 2017-2019 Asian Studies Advisory Committee July 2012-2019 Student Appeals Committee Oct. 2015-July 2016 Department of Foreign Languages Hiring Committee Jan. 2014-May 2014 Institutional Review Board Committee July. 2013-July 2016
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Association of Asian Studies Modern Languages Association Asian Cinema Studies Association Society for Cinema and Media Studies American Comparative Literature Association Chinese Language Teachers Association
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
English Staff Writer and Correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter, 1998-1999 China Features, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China
LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese (native) and English (fluent)
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