Happy to share that the teaching volume Teaching the Global Middle Ages edited by Geraldine Heng, published by Modern Language Association is forthcoming in the fall of 2022. It was a pleasure to be able to contribute a small piece of writing on how to teach a class about Chinese literature and the world during [...]
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Book talk at USC
Happy new year, readers! Wishing you a healthy and happy 2022! I recently gave a book talk virtually at the Center of East Asian Studies at the University of Southern California. It was a great pleasure to be able to talk about my pirate book with the community of USC. Sincere thanks to Professor Sonya [...]
“What Hangs on a Hairpin” officially published on Ming Studies
I am delighted to share the good news that my article titled "What hangs on a Hairpin" was officially published on Ming Studies in September. The article compares Jiang Fang's "Huo Xiaoyu's story" with Tang Xianzu's The Purple Hairpins , with a focus on the materiality and symbolic meanings of the hairpins in the two [...]
Writing Pirates Officially Published on June 24th, 2021
It is with the greatest pleasure to announce that my first book Writing Pirates: Vernacular Fiction and Oceans in Late Ming China was officially published on June 24th, 2021. Thanks to an award from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, this title has an open-access digital version which is free for download [...]
U of Michigan Press recommends Writing Pirates for libraries
I am happy to announce that my book Writing Pirates: Vernacular Fiction and Oceans in Late Ming China is shortlisted by University of Michigan Press as a recommended title for libraries.