ZHANG Ying

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Main Experiences

Ph.D. in Philosophy, Peking University (2008)

Researcher, China Academy of Art (2020)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Arts and Literature Studies (2019); Editor-in-Chief (2024)

Professor, Tsinghua University (2024)


Research Interests

Western literary and artistic theories

History of French aesthetics

Philosophy of art


Monographs

Main Currents of French Aesthetics from the 17th to the 19th Century, Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2022

Theories and Arts in the Era of Existentialism, Beijing: Cultural and Art Publishing House, 2020

Meaning and Vision: Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics and Beyond, Beijing: Beijing Times Publishing House, 2017


Translations

Sens et Non-sens, Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2018

La grande image n’a pas de forme, Zhengzhou: Henan University Press, 2017

L’Histoire universelle des philosophes et des philosophies, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2013


Academic Papers

"Multiple Paths of Genius Theory and Its Artistic Orientation—On the Genius Dilemma and Vitalism in Early Art Sociological Debates," Literature and Art Forum, Issue 4, 2023

"La querelle du dessin et de la couleur and the Visual Turn in Art Criticism—Centered on Roger de Piles," Journal of the National Academy of Art, Issue 3, 2023

"Dubos's Poetic and Pictorial Observation and the Modern Origin of Art Theory," Literary Review, Issue 4, 2022

"Origins and Systematic Nature of Modern French Aesthetics—Based on the Reorganization of Documents," Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, Issue 1, 2022

"Expression and Sympathy in 19th-Century French Aesthetics," Literature and Art Forum, Issue 1, 2021

"Giacometti's Sartre Moment," Fudan Journal, Issue 4, 2020

"Determinism as a 'New Aesthetics': Reassessing Taine," Philosophical Trends, Issue 6, 2020

"Aesthetic Overview of Victor Cousin—On the Mainstream and Causes of 19th-Century French Aesthetics," Journal of Aesthetic Education, Issue 3, 2020

"Reinterpreting the Theme of Sartre's Play No Exit—Starting from the Chamber Setting," Journal of Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Issue 1, 2020

"The Change of 'Ideal': The Issue of Imitation in 19th-Century French Aesthetics," Journal of Capital Normal University, Issue 1, 2020

"The 'Invisible Object' as a Memory Image—On Interpreting Early Giacometti," World Art, Issue 2, 2019

"Continuity and Discontinuity: Between French Classicism and Enlightenment Aesthetics," Literature and Art Forum, Issue 2, 2019

"On the Aesthetic Concepts in André's Essai sur le Beau," Aesthetics, Volume 11

"The Hunter of Meaning—On Meaning and Meaninglessness as an Existentialist Text," China Book Review, Issue 11, 2018

"Emile Krantz's ‘Cartesian Aesthetics’ and Its Fate," Tsinghua Journal, Issue 5, 2018

"Dubos's Emotional Art Theory and Enlightenment Consciousness," Journal of Aesthetic Education, Issue 3, 2018

"Doubts on Montesquieu's Theory of Taste," Culture and Poetics, Volume 1, 2017

"The True Meaning of Diderot's 'Theory of Relations'," Literature and Art Forum, Issue 3, 2018

"The Internal Contradictions in Charles Batteux's Theory of Art Imitation," Fudan Journal, Issue 1, 2018

"Descartes' Theory of Passions and Le Brun's Theory of Expression—A Detailed Examination of French 17th-Century Classicist Aesthetics," Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, Issue 1, 2018

"Crusaz's Treaté du Beau and Its Position in the History of Aesthetics," International Aesthetics, Volume 27

"At the Threshold of the Visible/Sayable—Interpreting François Jullien's La grande image n’a pas de forme," Reading, Issue 7, 2017

"The Decline of French Classicist Aesthetics in the 17th Century Amidst the Querelle des anciens et des modernes," Journal of Aesthetic Education, Issue 1, 2017

"A Case of Art Nationalization: On 17th-Century French Classicist Aesthetics," Journal of Aesthetic Education, Issue 3, 2016

"A Thematic Research of Merleau-Ponty's ‘Cézanne's Doubt’," Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, Issue 4, 2015

"Early Merleau-Ponty's Existentialism," Études de la pensée française (Autumn 2014)

"Returning to 'Aesthetics': Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics of Painting," International Aesthetics, Volume 20

"An Audiovisual Gestalt: On Merleau-Ponty's Film Aesthetics," Études Françaises, Issue 2, 2010

"The 'Narcissism' of Vision: The Mirror Experience in Self-Portraits—An Interpretation of Eye and Mind," Aesthetics, Volume 8

"A New 'Stylistics': Merleau-Ponty's Concept of 'Style'," Journal of Yunnan University, Issue 4, 2008


Edited Works

Editor-in-Chief: the first series (7 volumes), second series (6 volumes), third series (6 volumes), and fourth series (5 volumes, forthcoming) of Literature & Art Studies Mini-Series, Beijing: Cultural and Art Publishing House, 2022-2024

Co-editor: Doctoral Dissertations: How We Write Them, Beijing:Cultural and Art Publishing House, 2023


Research Projects Undertaken

National Social Science Fund-Art Project "Compilation and Research of Modern French Art Theory Documents" (Approval No.: 22BA020)

National Social Science Fund-Post Project "The Main Currents of French Aesthetics from the 17th to the 19th Century" (Approval No.: 18FZX047)

Art Research Fund (Ministry of Culture) Project "Research on French Existentialist Art Theory" (Approval No.: 14DA02)

Research Project (National Academy of Arts) "French Art Theories from the Perspective of 'Changes Between Ancient and Modern Times'" (Approval No.: 2022-2-21)


Honors

"Shiying Philosophy Award" for Young Scholars, Peking University, 2023

"Woodpecker Cup" for Outstanding Annual Work in Chinese Arts and Literature Criticism, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, 2023

"Important Reprint Source Author", Center of Reprint Newspapers and Periodicals, RUC, 2020

Annual Outstanding Research Achievement Award, National Academy of Arts, 2015-2019


Social Appointments

Adjunct Researcher, Aesthetics and Aesthetic Education Research Center, Peking University

Executive Director, Chinese Aesthetics Society

Director, Youth Aesthetics Professional Committee of Chinese Aesthetics Society

Member of the Board of Directors, Chinese Association of Literary and Art Theories

Member of the Board of Directors, Chinese Association for Theory of Literature and Art

Director, Expert Committee (Art Theory ), for Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Evaluation

Deputy Director, Committee for Art and Society Studies, China Society for Anthropology of Arts

Member of Theory Committee, China Literature and Art Critics Association