Game and Culture

Literary Theory, Cultural Studies

2008–2012: Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University

2005–2008: M.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University

2001–2005: B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, Capital Normal University

2024–Present: Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), Tsinghua University

2023–2024: Lecturer & Deputy Director, TCWC, Tsinghua University

2020–2023: Lecturer, TCWC, Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University Annual Excellence in Teaching Award (2020)

Tsinghua University Young Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)

Academic Research

Cheng Xiangyu. History, Experience, and the Feeling Structure: Cultural Concepts of the British New Left. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2020.

Cheng Xiangyu. Experience, Structure of Feeling, and Drama: On the Development and Critical Practice of Williams’s‘Common Experience’. Journal of Fujian Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), Issue 4, 2019.

Cheng Xiangyu. On the Debate Between Thompson and Williams over ‘The Long Revolution’. Dongyue Tribune, Issue 5, 2019.

Scott Hamilton. The Crisis of Theory: E.P. Thompson, the New Left, and Postwar British Politics. Translated by Cheng Xiangyu. Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2018.

Yuk Hui. Marx, Simondon, and the Politics of Automation. Translated by Cheng Xiangyu. Marxism & Reality, Issue 6, 2018.

Research Projects

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project (2021) – “A Study on the Teaching of Undergraduate General Education Writing Courses Based on the Concept of Big Ideas.”

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project (2022) – “Exploring the Organization and Teaching Practice of a Virtual Teaching and Research Section for a Chinese General Education Writing Course Featuring Strong Connections, High Interaction, and Emphasis on Practice.”

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project (2023) – “Smart Writing Classroom: Exploring the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Writing Course Instruction.”

Teaching Case Studies on Tsinghua Writing and Communication Courses (Associate Editor)