Museum; The Age of Image Reading

Art History, Museum Public Education, Aesthetic Education

2014–2018: Ph.D. in Aesthetics, Renmin University of China

2019–Present: Lecturer, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), Tsinghua University

Deputy Secretary-General & Deputy Director, Design Education Committee, China National Interior Decoration Association

Deputy Secretary-General, Rural Art Construction Special Committee, Rural Construction University Alliance

Art and Technology in Museums (co-taught)

Introduction to Design (co-taught)

High-Quality Courseware in Higher Education in Beijing (2024)

Model Teacher and Model Course for Ideological and Political Education in Tsinghua University (2024)

Outstanding Instructor for SRT Program, Tsinghua University (2025)

Tsinghua University Annual Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)

Academic Research

Zhang Xi. An Analysis of the Path for Integrating University Art Museum Education into General Education Curriculum Systems: A Case Study of Princeton University’s ‘Museum’ General Education Writing Course. Art Education, November 2024.

Zhang Xi. An Analysis of the ‘Embodied’ Strategies and Practical Paths in University General Education Writing Course Instruction Journal of Higher Education, May 2024.

Wang Yuge, Zhang Xi. Translational Pathways and Aesthetic Characteristics of New Era Cultural Heritage Themed Dance Dramas — With the Dance Only This Green as an Example. Arts Criticism, May 2024.

Zhang Xi, Yang Dongjiang. From ‘Rural Beautification’ to ‘Harmonious Village’: An Analysis of the Connotation Change, Construction Path, and Value of ‘Beautiful Countryside’ in the New Era. Art & Design Research, June 2023.

Zhang Xi. Humanistic Literacy, Historical Consciousness, Critical Spirit: An Analysis of the Construction of University General Education Courses in Art History. China Art News, February 2023.

Zhang Xi. An Analysis of the Opera Elements in Xu Beihong’s ‘Jiufang Gao’. Arts Exploration, Issue 2, 2021, pp. 31–36.

Zhang Xi. Why is the Value of Brush and Ink Equate to Zero? Analysis on Wu Guanzhong’s View on the Value of Brush and Ink from the Perspective of Context Research. Art Magazine, Issue 7, 2020, pp. 136–137.

Research Projects

Participant: Major Project of Art Sciences, National Social Science Fund – “Research on the Independent Knowledge System of Chinese Design Art” (25ZD14)

Participant: Major Project of Beijing Social Science Fund – “Research on the Development Strategy and Operational Mechanism of Beijing Urban Public Art” (20JCA120)

Participant: Tsinghua University Teaching Reform Project – “Integrating Beauty into Disciplinary Teaching: Design of an Art-Science Integration Practice Teaching Unit Based on University Museums” (DX02_28)

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Teaching Reform Project – “Profound Integration of University Art Museums and General Education” (ZY01_06)

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase IV), TCWC, Tsinghua University – “Seeing History Through Images: The Tradition of Art History Writing and Its General Education Value” (xzjg2023-10)