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Kang Liu

Professor of Asian and African Languages and Literature
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
2204 Erwin Rd Room 210, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


My research interests: Marxism and aesthetics, globalization, ideologies, cultural politics and media in China

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Asian and African Languages and Literature · 2004 - Present Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published November 4, 2014
Kang Liu comments: China takes U.S. aim in a war of words

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Recent Publications


Americanization of French Theory and the Rise of “Chinese Postism”

Journal Article Contemporary French and Francophone Studies · January 1, 2024 Chinese Postism refers to Chinese versions of poststructuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism, three major western theoretical trends prefixed with “post.” Chinese Postism is largely retranslations of English translations (and interpretations) of Fren ... Full text Open Access Cite

Western Theory’s Chinese Transformation: Postscript

Journal Article CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture · December 1, 2023 Full text Open Access Cite
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Recent Grants


2019 Jiangsu College Student Summer Camp at Duke

ConferenceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange · 2019 - 2019

2017 Jiangsu College Student Summer Camp at Duke

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange · 2017 - 2017

Televising China - Television and Contemporary Chinese Society

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2004 - 2005

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1989 Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1984 M.A.
Nanjing University (China) · 1982 B.A.