Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Department and Principal Leader of the International School of Design, Dongguan University of Technology

Biography

Xu Yanzhuan is a scholar who has primary research interests in literary theory, regional literary studies, cultural industries, and cultural criticism. Has authored numerous monographs, including Essays on New Immigrant Literature in Macau, A Study of Nie Hualing’s Diasporic Writing from a Cross-Cultural Perspective, A Century of Religious and Cultural History, A Chronicle of Macau Literature, and 2011 Dongguan Literature Report.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

l Ph.D. in Literary Theory, Jinan University

l Postdoctoral Researcher in Literary Theory, University of Macau

l Senior Visiting Scholar, University for the Creative Arts, UK

l Professor and Master’s Supervisor, Jiangnan University

Awards and Distinctions

l Provincial talent under the Thousand-hundred-ten Talent Program of Guangdong Higher Education Institutions

l First Prize, First and Fifth Macau Social Sciences and Humanities Studies Award

l Recipient of the First Guangdong Press and Publication Government Award

l Recipient of the university’s inaugural "Teaching Master" Climbing Plan

l Recipient of the Shenzhen Third Literary and Art Criticism Award, and the Dongguan Lotus Literary Award for Criticism

l Outstanding University Teacher

Professional Experience

l Principal Investigator of two major sub-projects under the National Press and Publication Administration, and of five research grants from the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Federation of Social Science

l Author of 30 academic papers, many published in CSSCI-indexed journals and reprinted by the China Social Science Excellence

l Member of the China Literature and Art Critics Association, Chairman of the Dongguan Critics Association, and Director of the Guangdong Literary and Art Critics Center

l Participation in two national teaching reform projects and leader of four provincial-level teaching reform projects

l Course Introduction to Literary Theory designated as a Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Course

l Lead advisor for undergraduate students who won four national or provincial-level competition awards