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Research overview
Yishan Jiang's interdisciplinary research examines how kinship has shaped the modern nation through elite-driven constructions in the twentieth century. To be specific, Yishan analysed how state and intellectual discourses historically mobilised kinship, especially vertical, blood-based hierarchies, to serve nation-building agendas.
Research interests
- Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture
- Kinship Theory, Queer Kinship and Posthumanism
- Gender Studies
- Translation Studies
- Comparative Literature and Global Modernisms
- Post-colonialism and Orientalism
Academic/Professional Qualification
PhD in Comparative Literature, University College London, 2025
MPhil in Comparative Literature, University College London, 2021
MA in Comparative Literature, University College London, 2019
BA in Chinese Language and Literature, Hunan University, 2018
BA (Exchange) in Chinese and Creative Writing, National Taipei University of Education, 2017
Academic/Professional Qualification
Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education
National Mandarin Speaking Certificate (First-class)
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Research output
- 1 Book/Film/Article review
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The Making of Barbarians: Chinese Literature and Multilingual Asia, by Haun Saussy
Jiang, Y., 2023, In: Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) . 45, p. 294-297 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review