Science Fiction Literature, Film and Cultural Studies

Creative Writing in Science Fiction, Film: Culture and Society

Ph.D. in Chinese Literature (2010–2015), Tsinghua University, Department of Chinese Language and Literature

M.A. in Literature (2007–2010), Beijing Normal University, School of Chinese Language and Literature

B.A. in Environmental Engineering (2002–2006), Beijing Normal University, School of Environment

Associate Professor (2017–Present), Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University

Postdoctoral Researcher (2015–2017)

School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University

1. “Modernity” and the “Unknown”: Studies in Late Qing Science Fiction. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2021.

2. "Chinese Science Fiction and the 'Sci-Fi China' Paradigm." Southern Cultural Forum, no. 6 (2010).

3. “‘Glorious China’: National Imagery in Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction.” Journal of Bohai University (Philosophy & Social Sciences), no. 1 (2011).

4. “Han Song and the ‘Phantasmagoric China’.” Contemporary Writers Review, no. 1 (2011).

5. “A Wanderer in the Ghost Realm: Han Song and His Literary World.” Southern Cultural Forum, no. 1 (2012).

6. “An Unfolded Blueprint.” Du Shu, no. 9 (2012).

7. “Gloomy China: China's Image in Han Song’s Science Fiction.” Science Fiction Studies (March 2013). Translated by Joel Martinsen.

8. “New Era and ‘Soul-Stealing Sand’: Time and War in The New Era.” Comparative Literature in China, no. 3 (2015).

9. “A Bizarre New World: Strange Temporalities in Late Qing Science Fiction.” Du Shu, no. 11 (2015).

10. “Marching Toward the ‘Future’: A Reinterpretation of Liang Qichao’s The Future of New China.” Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, no. 4 (2016).

11. “Colonial Narratives in Late Qing Science Fiction: Tales of Lunar Colonization as a Case Study.” Literary Review, no. 5 (2016).

12. “Love Blooms in the ‘Apocalypse’: Liang Qichao and The End of the World.” Southern Cultural Forum, no. 6 (2016).

13. “Defining ‘Late Qing Science Fiction’: A Conceptual Analysis.” Modern Chinese Literature Studies, no. 8 (2017).

14. “‘Soul-Stealing Sand’: War and Time in Xin jiyuan (The New Era).” Science Fiction Studies (March 2018). Translated by Nathaniel Isaacson.

15. “Mirror and Image: The New Story of the Stone and Wu Jianren’s Visual Poetics.” Modern Chinese Literature Studies, no. 3 (2019).

16. “1939: The Birth Year of Chinese Sci-Fi Cinema.” Du Shu, no. 4 (2019).

17. “Publication Date of New Fiction Issue 3 and Related Matters.” From Late Qing Fiction (Japan), no. 134 (July 2019).

18. “Humanoid Machines: Body-Mind Transformation in Late Qing Science Fiction.” Modern Chinese Literature, no. 35 (June 2019).

19. “The Dissemination of Hypnotism in Modern China (1839–1911).” Science and Culture Review 17, no. 3 (2020).

1. Fabrications of Innocence《纯真及其所编造的》. Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2011.

2. The Storytelling Robot《讲故事的机器人》. Hope Publishing House, 2013.

3. China’s Sci-Fi Blockbuster《中国科幻大片》. Tsinghua University Press, 2013.

4. The Long Journey to Death 《去死的漫漫旅途》. Changjiang Literature & Art Press, 2016.

5. Four and a Half 《四部半》. Writers Publishing House, 2018.

6. Records of the Milky Way《银河闻见录》. Huacheng Publishing House, 2020.

1. Late Qing Science Fiction in the Context of Modern Thought (China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016).

2. Compilation and Study of Modern Science Fiction Theories (National Social Science Fund for Young Scholars, 2017).

3. A History of 20th-Century Chinese Science Fiction (National Social Science Fund Key Project, 2012).