Within the ChinaComx project, I currently work on a monograph on adaptations of the works and biography of Lu Xun into lianhuanhua. I am fascinated how these works inscribed Lu Xun into the revolutionary pantheon and into the literary canon of socialist China – while at the same time preserving the ambivalence so deeply ingrained in the works and life of Lu Xun. I also enjoy organizing workshops, translating lianhuanhua, preparing other people’s translations for our webpage and publishing widely on Chinese literature and culture.
Before returning to Heidelberg (where I did my PhD and a PostDoc), I was a Junior Professor at Freiburg University and headed another ERC project, devoted to the practices of reading in the People’s Republic of China, interspersed by research stays at TU Munich and Oxford University.
Research interests
Chinese literature and culture / adaptation / cultural history / reading culture(s) in contemporary China
Contact & socials
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