David Der-wei Wang David Der-wei Wang May 15, 2024

David Der-wei Wang

  • Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities (Jul 2014 – Dec 2015), Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
  • Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization, Harvard University
  • Academician, Academia Sinica

David Der-wei Wang

Overview

Professor Wang’s research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese literature, late Qing fiction and drama; comparative literary theory; colonial and modern Taiwanese fiction, and Asian American and diasporic literature; plus Chinese intellectuals and artists in the mid-20th century. During his visit at the Institute, he convened an International Symposium on “Utopia and Utopianism in the Contemporary Chinese Context: Texts, Ideas, Spaces”, delivered a lecture on “Panglossian Dream and Dark Consciousness: Modern Chinese Literature and Utopia”, and joined the film screening of “China Dream Series: Making Friends with Mr. Zhang”.