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First name(s) / Surname(s) Xiaolu Wang
Address(es) Chinese Dept. College of Lit. & Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu
Telephone(s) 86-28-85412310 Mobile: 8613981882937
Fax(es) 86-28-85412310
E-mailxlwangscu@yahoo.com.cn
Nationality Chinese
Date of birth Oct. 25, 1955
Gender male
Desired employment /
Occupational field
Cultural Criticism, Comparative Studies
Work experience Professor of Cultural Criticism, Chinese Dept. College of Lit. & Journalism, Sichuan University
1998-
Professor of English Studies, College of Foreign Lang. & Cultures, Sichuan University
2006-
Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University, USA
Dates 2007-
Occupation or position held professor
Main activities and responsibilities Teaching and research
Name and address of employer Sichuan University
Type of business or sector Staff
Education and training PhD in literary studies, Sichuan University, China
Dates 1995-1998
Title of qualification awarded Professor; Special Subsidy Granted by the State Council; Leading Academic Granted by Sichuan
People’s Government
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
Cultural criticism, literary studies and comparative studies
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Sichuan University, ranking top 12 in mainland China
UBC, McGill, and U of Toronto, U of Chicago, Duke, ASU, U of Utah, Chinese U of HK, City U of HK,
HKBU as visiting professor.
Level in national or international
classification
Personal skills and
competences
Cross-cultural Teaching and research
Mother tongue(s) Chinese
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Other language(s) English
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Social skills and competences Good at team work in both teaching and research.
Organisational skills and
competences
Good at organising academic activities and other cultural activities.
Executive editor of English Journal Comparative Literature: East & West since 1999
Serving as MC for Art Group in Confucius Institutes in UAS in 2011.
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Annexes A list of honours, courses taught, lectures abroad and major scholarly books published.
Honors:
National Model Teacher, granted by State Education Ministry, 2007
State Special Subsidy for Outstanding Scholars granted by State Council, 1993-2006.
Leading Scholar in Sichuan Academia granted by Sichuan Provincial Government, 2004.
Third Prize Winner for Yearly Academic Achievement in Sichuan Province, China, three times: 2000,
2002, 2004.
University Professor, Sichuan University awarded in 2007.
Courses Taught:
For the international students:
Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation; Modern Chinese Culture and Literature in Translation
Chinese Art and Calligraphy; (1997-2001, Summer School); Chinese History and Politics (1998-2001,
Summer School)
For the Chinese students:
B.A. level: Masterpieces of Chinese Literature; Comparative Literature: A General Introduction
Literary Thought in the West
M. A. level:
Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction; Cultural Criticism
Ph.D. level:
Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism; Cultural Studies; Euro-American Literature
Teaching experience abroad
Course taught: Chinese Literary Theory and Criticism: a critical introduction; Cultural Theory ASU,
USA ,2007
Lectures, Seminars, Conferences Abroad:
2011 Lecture: “China Town in China: Cultural Attraction in Mainland China”. ASU, USA.
2011 Lecture: “The Changing Chinese Society: a Perspective from the Costumes in Mainland China”, U
of Utah, USA.
2010 Lecture: “From the Authentic Marxism to Post-Marxism” Hong Kong Baptist University.
2009 Lectures: “The Changing Chinese Culture in a context of globalization”, ASU,. USA.
2008 Lecture:“M.H. Abrams’ Conception in Literature and the Chinese Literary Theory”City University of
Hong Kong.
2004 United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asian, Nanjing Conference Speech:“The Universal
Conception and the Issues of China Today.”
2002 Literary Studies in the Post-Mao Period, Duke University, USA, Speech:“Cultural Transformation
and the Ideas in Literature”
2002 Lecture series at Barton College, USA. “The Chinese Thought in Philosophy and Literary Criticism.”
2002 United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, Chicago conference speech:“The Changing
Chinese Cultural Consciousness: an Interpretation of the Tradition.”
1998 The 7th Taipei International Symposium on English Language and Literature Teaching.
Speech:“The Problem of Translation in Traditional Chinese Literary Terms”.
1998 Fulbright Program in China Conference speech:“The Meaning of American Studies in Mainland
China.”
1998 Lecture at English Dept. Soochow University, Taipei:“Comparative Studies in Mainland China:
History and Perspectives”.
1993 1993 International Symposium on Reading Henry James, speech:“Henry James in China”.
1992 Toronto International Symposium on Northrop Fry. speech: “Northrop Fry and the Canadian Literary
Criticism.”
Scholarly Books Published:
A Study of Chinese Literary Thought in North America. Bashu Publishing House, 2008; A Study of Key
Concepts in Cultural Criticism. Peking University Press, 2007; Cultural Studies: A Selected Reader.
(co-edited) Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2007; Encyclopedia of Contemporary
Chinese Culture. Edward L. Davis, ed. Routledge, 2004. (in charge of literary entries);
Contemporary Western Cultural Criticism: A Reader. (Co-edited) Sichuan University Press, 2004;
Chinese Literary Theory in the West. Bashu Publishing House, 2003; Perspectives, Questions,
Consciousness: Literary Theory and Cultural Studies. Sichuan People’s Publishing House, 2003; A
Study of Contemporary American Theory of Fiction.(Co-authored) Foreign Language Teaching and
Research Press. 2001; Dialogues Between Chinese and Western Poetics: A Study of Traditional
Chinese Literary Theory in the English Speaking World. Bashu Publishing House, 2000.
Translations:
Toby Miller, ed. A Companion to Cultural Studies. Blackwell Publishers, 2008; Woolf. Selected Essays.
Sichuan People’s Publishing House. 1998. Reprinted in 2009; Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique
Sichuan People’s Publishing House, 1988; Ben Okri. The Famished Road. Beijing: World Literature. No.
4,1995; Ralph Cohen, ed. The Future of Literary Theory. China Social Sciences
Publishing House. 1993.
