Dr Yujia (Flavia) Jin’s research is interdisciplinary, situated at the intersections of comparative literature, history, and digital humanities. Her doctoral research examined how the Italian Renaissance is scripted on the small screen, with particular attention to how serial television and video games reconstruct historical figures and events from the period.

Her broader research explores how history, literature, and cultural memory are adapted and recycled within popular digital culture. She is particularly interested in historical video games and is currently developing research on the digital uses of cultural heritage in different global contexts. 

• Comparative Literature
• Digital Humanities
• Public History
• Cultural Heritage
• Practice-based Research

Dr Jin is Convenor of the Digital Humanities programme. She teaches across Digital Humanities, Comparative Literature, and Chinese Studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

She teaches the following modules:

• Digital Humanities: Principles and Methods (ML5850)
• Digital Modern Languages (ML5851)
• Digital Global Literatures (ML5852)
• Memory and Storytelling in the Digital Age (ML5853)
• Good and Evil (CO2001)
• Chinese Literature and Culture (CN2012)
• Critical Approaches to Texts (CN1012)

Dr Jin joined the University of St Andrews in 2026 as an Associate Lecturer in Digital Humanities. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Glasgow (2026) and an MA in Literary and Comparative Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University (2019). Before beginning her doctoral studies, she worked as a scriptwriter for historical television drama (Mainland China) and mobile games (Mainland China-US). Alongside her academic work, she practises digital art and collage across different media and platforms.