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Eileen Chengyin Chow

Associate Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
2204 Erwin Rd, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
2204 Erwin Rd, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Eileen Cheng-yin Chow 周成蔭 is Associate Professor of the Practice in Chinese and Japanese Cultural Studies at Duke University, and one of the founding directors of Story Lab at Duke. She is currently the Director of Graduate Studies for Duke Asian Pacific Studies Institute's East Asian Studies graduate program, and a founding/core faculty member of Duke Asian American and Diaspora Studies.

Eileen is also Director of the Cheng Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism at Shih Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan 世新大學舍我紀念館與新聞研究中心, and she co-directs the Biographical Literature Press and its longstanding Chinese-language history journal, Biographical Literature 傳記文學. Eileen serves on the executive board of the LA Review of Books, and as co-editor of the Duke University Press book series, Sinotheory. Eileen received her A.B. in Literature from Harvard and her Ph.D in Comparative Literature at Stanford.

Find her on Twitter: @chowleen.

Office Hours


https://calendly.com/eileenchow

or feel free to contact me at eileen.chow@duke.edu

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies · 2021 - Present Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published October 21, 2024
Announcing the Inaugural Cohort of the Duke Faculty Academy
Published August 9, 2023
Experiential Learning Is the Special Sauce That Sets Apart Duke Language Classes
Published May 19, 2023
The Last Word: Professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow on how strangers can build community together

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Recent Publications


Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li

Chapter · August 10, 2021 A reader's companion for Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace, inspired by the online book club led by Yiyun Li. ... Cite

A New Literary History of Modern China

Chapter · May 22, 2017 Featuring over 140 Chinese and non-Chinese contributors, this landmark volume, edited by David Der-wei Wang, explores unconventional forms as well as traditional genres, emphasizes Chinese authors’ influence on foreign writers as well as ... ... Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Stanford University · 2000 Ph.D.

External Links


twitter @chowleen