The ChinaComx team are the following people:
- Lena HENNINGSEN, Principal Investigator, is writing about adaptations of literary texts into lianhuanhua with a specific focus on the literature of Lu Xun. ➡️ 👨🏻💻 ResearchGate 🟢 ORCiD
- Damian MANDZUNOWSKI, PostDoc Researcher, is working on the contemporary history of lianhuanhua through the lenses of politics, culture, and daily life. ➡️ 👨🏻💻 ResearchGate 🟢 ORCiD 𝕏 Twitter ⚫️ GitHub
- Jiu SONG, PhD Candidate, is researching Chinese comics and fandom culture.
- Astrid XIAO, PhD Candidate, is analyzing the aesthetics and theories of comics, particularly focusing on children’s lianhuanhua, educational policies, and adaptations.
- Aijia ZHANG, PhD Candidate, is identifying recurrent imageries in lianhuanhua with computational methods to understand how they contributed to the identity building of their readers.
Jérémy BIEHLER, Qin GU, and Bettina JIN are our current Research Assistants.