WANG, Dun
Assistant Professor in Chinese Literature in the Department of Chinese at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China since November 2008. (Recruited within the university's "Hundred Talents Scheme.")
Email:wangdun000@yahoo.com


EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chinese Literature, University of California at Berkeley, CA, 2008.
Advisor: Andrew F. Jones
Dissertation: “Give Me a Day, and I Will Give You the World”: Chinese Fiction Periodicals in Global Context, 1900-1910
Committee Members: Andrew F. Jones, William Schaefer, Gautam Premnath

M.A. in Chinese Literature, University of California at Berkeley, CA, 2004.
Thesis: "Producing Modernized Children: The Pedagogical Novel in the First Decade of Twentieth Century China"
Committee Members: Stephen H. West, Andrew F. Jones, Wen-Hsin Yeh 葉文心

B.A. in Chinese Literature, Beijing University (Peking University), China, 1995.
Thesis: "Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren’s Concepts of Children and Modern Fairy Tale in China" (〈魯迅、周作人的儿童觀以及中國現代童話問題〉)
Advisor: Chen Pingyuan 陳平原

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Publications
__Wang, Dun and Michael Rodriguez trans. Excerpt from the novel Love in an Age of Revolution (革命時期的愛情) by Wang Xiaobo (王小波). PEN International (London; supported by UNESCO, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and Bloomberg), Volume 59, No. 2, Autumn/Winter 2009: "Context: Asia Pacific", 58-62.
__Wang, Dun and Michael Rodriguez trans. Love in an Age of Revolution (革命時期的愛情) by Wang Xiaobo (王小波). Columbus, Ohio: Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center (July 2009 for Chapter One; the remaining chapters will continue to be published).
__“Changing Lanes: Fiction Translation and Modern Imagination in 1900’s China.” Journal of Renmin University of China (English Edition) 4.2 (Autumn 2009): 86-93.
__"Life of a Word: the Late Qing's 'Unimaginables'." (〈一個詞的遭遇：“不可思議”在晚清〉) Dushu 讀書 (May 2009): 92-94.
__"San Francisco Chinatown 1900: The Wolf Doctor's Ravage." (〈舊金山唐人街1900: 狼醫焚埠〉) Guojia Lishi 國家歷史 (December 2008): 88-92.
__“Word and History.” (〈詞與史〉) Wenjing 文景 (November 2008): 70-73.
__"Regarding 'Dirt' and 'English Proverb.'" (〈"糞肥"與"英諺"〉) Dushu 讀書 (November 2008): 145.
__“The Late Qing's Other Utopias: China's Science-Fictional Imagination, 1900-1910.” Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies (Taipei, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University) 34.2 Special Issue “Asia and the Other” (September 2008): 37-62.
__"Profile of A 'Nourishing' Mentor." (〈學長的“營養價值”〉) Shucheng 書城 (July 2008): 51-52.
__“The Imagination of Time-Space in the Late Qing Fiction.” (〈晚清科幻小說中的時空想象〉) Wenjing 文景 (April 2008): 72-77.
__“A Tour of China in the Late Qing.” (〈晚清的“支那旅行記”〉) Dushu 讀書 (July 2007): 107-110.
__Jolly, Margaretta ed. Encyclopedia of Life Writing. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001. s.v. “Ouyang Xiu.”
__“A ‘Reading’ of Chen Pingyuan.” (〈“閱讀”陳平原〉) Biography 傳記文學 (April 1999): 69-72.
__“Biographical Literature in the Global Context.” (〈世界語境中的傳記文學〉) Guangming Daily 光明日報. 8 April 1999. (First Author)
__“Six Episodes of a Floating Life: A Personal View.” (〈我看《浮生六記》〉) Auto/Biographical Inquiry 傳記文學研究叢書 (Vol. 1), 213-223. Changsha: Hunan wenyi chubanshe, 1997.

Presentations
__“The Tower vs. The Hole: Interpreting Two Figures in Wang Xiaobo's Love in an Age of Revolution.” （〈政治的高塔與藝術的幽穴——解析王小波《革命時期的愛情》第一章裏的兩個中心意象〉）"Literary Study, Cultural Politics and the Crisis of the Humanities," an International Conference organized by China Academy of Literary Theory & Heilongjiang University. Harbin, 2009.
__"A Close Reading of the Late Qing New Story of the Stone." (〈嘗試非“宏大”的批評：以細讀晚清《新石頭記》為例〉) The 9th Annual Conference, China Academy of Literary Theory. Guangzhou, 2008.
__“'Give Me a Day, and I Will Give You the World': Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction Periodicals as ‘Theme Parks’ of Modernity.” Western Conference of The Association for Asian Studies. Ogden, Utah, 2006.
__“Notes on Different Auto/Biographical Mentalities in China and the West.” The First International Conference on Auto/Biography. Beijing, China, 1999.

Research Project(s) in Charge
__2009-2012 P. R. China Ministry of Education Humanities & Social Sciences General Research Project "Chinese Metropolitan Sonic Culture under Westernization: From the Late Qing to Modern Era"/ 中華人民共和國教育部人文社會科學研究一般項目2009 “西風東漸下的中國都市聽覺文化：從晚清到現代”

Research Assistant Projects
Fall 2006-Spring 2007
__Under Prof. Guenter Risse (Emeritus, History of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco). San Francisco's Plague: The View from Chinatown (Forthcoming). Translating and analyzing the 1900's news from the local Chinese language newspaper Chung Sai Yat Po 中西日報.
Spring 2002-Fall 2002
__Under Prof. Leonard Nathan (Emeritus, Dept. Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley). Translating 40 poems of Wang Yangming 王陽明. Major source: Complete Works of Wang Yangming 王文成全書, in Wenyuan Pavilion copy of the Siku quanshu 文淵閣四庫全書.
Spring 2002
__Under Prof. Chris Berry (Depts. Film Studies and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley). Compiling Chinese Names and Film Titles for the edited book, Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes (London: British Film Institute Publishing, 2003).
Fall 2001
__Under Prof. Stephen H. West (Louis Agassiz Professor, Dept. East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of California, Berkeley). Identifying intextuality between Yuan Drama and Tang poetry. Major sources: Quan Tangshi 全唐詩 and Bai Pu 白樸, Tangminghuang qiuye wutongyu 唐明皇秋夜梧桐雨 (Maiwang guan 脈望館 Edition).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (2009-)

__Introduction to Literary Study
Designed for Chinese major freshmen.
Whole Responsibility; Fall 2009.

__Modern Literary Theories
Designed for second-year graduate students in modern & contemporary literature.
Co-teaching with Prof. Lin Gang 林崗; Spring 2009.

__Introduction to Literary/ Cultural Interpretation
(Track One is an elective course for second-year Chinese major undergraduates; Track Two is an elective liberal arts course for undergraduates regardless of major)
Whole Responsibility; Spring 2009 (Track One & Two); Fall 2009 (Track One & Two).

__Lecture "How to effectively 'Misappropriate' Western Theories: Exemplification with the Case of Anglo-American New Criticism."
May 12, 2009 in Zhuhai Campus, Sun Yat-sen University.
Organized by Student Union of the Chinese Department, Sun Yat-sen University.

__Esthetics
Sun Yat-sen University Chinese Department Ourreach Program for B.A. Deploma Part-Time Students
May, 2009 in Panyu 番禺; June, 2009 in Main Campus, Guangzhou.

University of California, Berkeley, United States (2002-2007)

__Chinese 110B (Introduction to Classical Chinese II)
Partial Responsibility. I assisted in lecturing, grading, and discussions of this course in Spring 2007.

__Chinese 7A (Introduction to Chinese Literature and Culture: Pre-modern Period)
Partial Responsibility. I assisted in lecturing, grading, and was in charge of exams and discussion sessions of this course in Fall 2004.

__Chinese 10A and 10B (Second Year Chinese)
Shared Responsibility. I taught this course, including the modified 10AX and 10BX (designed for Chinese-heritage students) in Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, and Summer 2006.

__Chinese 1A and 1B (First Year Chinese)
Shared Responsibility. I taught this course, including the modified 1AX and 1BX (designed for Chinese-heritage students from Mandarin-speaking homes) and the modified 1AY and 1BY (designed for Chinese-heritage students of other dialects) in Summer 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2006, and Spring 2007.