Students

Suna Cha

She/her/hers

Georgetown University, B.A. English and Art History, 2021

Korea: modern and contemporary Korean art, film, and visual culture; Japanese colonialism in Korea; women and gender; consumerism and material culture; historical memory and national identity; theory of aesthetics

sunacha@fas.harvard.edu

Yuan Ting Chan

She/her/hers

National University of Singapore, B.A. Chinese Studies, 2020

China: Modern and contemporary Chinese literature and film; migration; visual and media studies

yuanting_chan@fas.harvard.edu

Chuyi Chen

She/her/hers

Brown University, B.A. Comparative Literature, B.A. Theatre Arts and Performance, 2020

China: Chinese literature, material and performance culture; theatre, mass media and popular culture; study of aesthetics

chuyi_chen@g.harvard.edu

Yufan Chen

He/him/his

The University of Chicago, B.A. East Asian Languages and Civilizations & Fundamentals: Issues and Texts, 2020

China: Modern and Contemporary Chinese literature and film; Feminist, queer, and affect theories; Representation of rural-urban binary

yufan_chen@g.harvard.edu

Shangtong Cui

She/her/hers

The National University of Singapore, M.A. Chinese Studies, 2021

China: Medieval Chinese Literature; Chinese Commentarial Tradition; Confucian Studies

shangtongcui@g.harvard.edu

Yiwei Fang

she/her/hers

Chinese University of Hong Kong, B.A., Translation, 2021

China: social linguistics, grammaticalization; semiotics; Chinese cultural studies.

yiweifang@fas.harvard.edu

John Ferguson

He/him/his

Harvard College A.B./A.M., 2022

China: Contemporary U.S.-China relations, techno-nationalism, and techno-diplomacy

johnferguson@g.harvard.edu

Landon Fortenberry

He/him/his

Michigan State University, B.A. Chinese, 2019; B.A. International Relations, 2019

China: Modern China, Sino-U.S. Relations, Trade, and Politics

landonfortenberry@g.harvard.edu

Chihiro Ishikawa

She/her/hers

Harvard University, B.A. Sociology and East Asian Studies, 2021

Japan and Korea: social movements; feminism; gender; activism; media; anonymity; visual culture

chihiroishikawa@g.harvard.edu

Kuo Jiang

She/her/hers

Nanjing University, M.A. Modern Chinese Literature, 2020, and B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, 2017

China: Modern literature, popular culture, censorship and self-censorship, literary representation of memory

kuojiang@fas.harvard.edu

Xiaofei (Sophie) Lei

She/her/hers

Smith College, B.A., Art History and Classical Studies, 2020

China: Middle Period Chinese art and material culture, cross-cultural interaction between China and Central Asia, Silk Road studies

xlei@g.harvard.edu

David Li

He/him/his

Boston University, B.A. History and Economics, 2020

China/Regional: Early modern East Asia; late...

Tienwen Lin

He/him/his

National Taiwan University, B.A. History, 2021; University of California, Berkeley Extension, 2020

China: Modern Chinese literature; film and media studies; critical theory; cultural history

tienwenlin@g.harvard.edu

Ziyi (Sarah) Lin

She/her/hers

University of California Berkeley, B.A. Japanese and Computer Science, 2020

Japan: Media studies and digital humanities; postwar literature; visual and popular culture with an emphasis on gender and body genre.

zlin@g.harvard.edu

Mayako Shibagaki Liu

She/her/hers

International Christian University, B.A. History with Minor in Chemistry, 2020

Korea/Japan: Modern history of Japan and Korea; Japanese colonialism in Korea; history through visual representation; history of art and its relationship with colonialism; visual culture; cultural history

mayakoliu@g.harvard.edu