Areas of Interest
•Modern and Contemporary Chinese Gender
•Female Writing and Reading
•Everyday Life
•Microhistory
•Museum and Curation
Biography
Born and raised in Fuzhou, China, my research interests focus on women’s history and writing in southern coastal regions, with particular attention to the everyday lives of ordinary women. I am especially interested in how practices such as reading, writing, and consumption shaped women’s gender identity and performance during the transformative 20th century. Currently, I am working on a project that examines the daily experiences and identity formation of women teachers in girls’ schools in 20th-century Fuzhou.
I also serve as President of the Graduate Students’ Union in the Department of East Asian Studies. If you are interested in our ongoing projects or would like to get involved in the EAS community, please feel free to contact me.
Previously, I was working on my first master’s thesis on contemporary Taiwanese women’s life writing and the emotional communities expressed in these works.
Outside of academia, I enjoy photography, design, creative writing, and drinking coke.