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Professor of Chinese and World Literature

Vice Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences/Liberal Arts College

Chongqing University

No. 174 Shazhengjie, Shapingba

Chongqing 400044, China

Email: liguangyi@cqu.edu.cn

SPECIALIZATION

Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Comparative and World Literature, Science Fiction, Utopia and Utopianism

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 2007-Spring 2013

Dissertation:

“Peace under Heaven: The (Re)Making of an Ideal World Order in Chinese Utopianism (1902-1911)”

M.A. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Tsinghua University, China, Fall 2004-Spring 2007

Minor French, Beijing University, China, Fall 2001-Spring 2003

B.A. Chinese Literature, Beijing University, China, Fall 2000-Spring 2004

EMPLOYMENT

2021- Professor, IAS, Chongqing University

2016-2021 Associate Professor, IAS, Chongqing University

2013-2016 Assistant Professor, IAS, Chongqing University 

2007-2012 Teaching Assistant of Chinese Language, Literature, and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles

2005 Lecturer, Chinese Literature, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

“Modern Chinese Prose” (conducted in Chinese)

AWARDS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS

2024 Science Fiction Educator, the 2th Fishing Fortress Science Fiction Awards, presented by Taishan College of Science and Technology

2024 Academic Leader of Chongqing, presented by the Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security of Chongqing

2022 Annual Best Teacher, presented by Chongqing University

2019 Excellent Young Scholar of Chongqing, presented by Chongqing Municipal Education Commission

2018 “The King of Electricity from China: Science, Technology, and the Vision of World Order in Late Qing China” 中國電王：科學、技術與晚清的世界秩序想像, Jamie Bishop Memorial Award, presented by International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts

2018 “China Turns Outward: On the Literary Significance of Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction” 中國轉向外在：論劉慈欣科幻小說的文學史意義, Annual Outstanding Paper Award, presented by the Editorial Committee of Modern Chinese Literature Studies

2017 Talented Young Scholar, presented by Global Times Foundation

2016 “Jules Verne’s Journey in China” 凡爾納的中國旅途, Best Review of the 7th Nebula Award of Global Chinese Science Fiction, presented by World Chinese Science Fiction Association

PUBLICATIONS

Books

2025  Kehuan shijie and the Revival of Chinese Science Fiction (1979-1999). 《科幻世界》與中國科幻的復興（1979-1999）. Chongqing: Chongqing University Press, forthcoming

2025  Parable/Prophecy: Exploring Science Fiction and Utopia in China and beyond. 寓/預言之間：中外科幻與烏托邦研究. Beijing: Peking University Press, forthcoming.

Edited volumes and translations

2024  Fire from Deep across the Sky: A Decennial Anthology of Chinese Science Fiction Studies (2011-2020). 地火行天：中國科幻研究十年精選. Two-volume. Chongqing: Chongqing University Press.

2023  Introduction to Science Fiction. 科幻導論. Textbook. Chief editor. Chongqing: Chongqing University Press.

2018  The Concept of Utopia, by Ruth Levitas, co-translated with Fan Yilun, Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law.

2017  Reading Three-Body in X Ways. 《三體》的X種讀法 Co-edited with Chen Qi. Beijing: Sanlian Bookstore.

2016  Chinese Science Fiction: A New Start. 中國科幻文學再出發. Chongqing: Chongqing University Press.

Selected articles

2023  “Africa, the Third World, and the Global South: Rethinking the Possibility of Science Fiction Realism.” 非洲、第三世界、全球南方：再論“科幻現實主義”的可能面向, Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 文藝理論研究 2023(5):157-165.

2021  “Heaven of Iron and Blood: The Logic of War in Utopia and Its Historical Significance.” 鐵血天國：《烏托邦》的戰爭邏輯及其歷史意涵, Journal of Hainan University (Humanities & Social Sciences) 海南大學學報（人文社會科學版）2021(1):18-25.

2021  “Science Fiction as World Literature.” 作為世界文學的科幻文學, Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art 文藝理論與批評 2021(4):66-70.

2020  “Yellow Peril or Yellow Revival? Ethnicity, Race and Nation in Late Qing Chinese Utopianism (1902-1911).” In Chinese National Identity in the Age of Globalisation, ed. Lv Zhouxiang, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020:21-59.

2019  “China Turns Outward: On the Literary Significance of Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction.” Science Fiction Studies 46.1:1-20.

2018  “Eerie Parables and Prophecies: An Analysis of Han Song’s Science Fiction.” Chinese Literature Today 7.1 (2018): 28-32.

2018  “Luo Ji's Decision: The Existentialist Connotation and the Cultural Revelation of The Three-body Problem” 羅輯的決斷：《三體》的存在主義意蘊及其文化啟示, Modern Chinese Literature Studies 中國現代文學研究叢刊 2018 (12):1-16.

2015 “The King of Electricity from China: Science, Technology, and the Vision of World Order in Late Qing China.” 中國電王：科學、技術與晚清的世界秩序想像, Comparative Literature in China 中國比較文學 2015 (3): 38-52.

2013  “‘New Year’s Dream’: A Chinese Cosmopolitan Utopia.” Utopian Studies 24.1: 89-104.

2010  “Fancying China’s Revival: A Study of Lu Xun’s Science Fiction Translation when Studying in Japan.” 幻興中華：魯迅留日時期科幻小說翻譯研究, The Study of Chinese Language and Literature 漢語言文學研究 2010,1(4): 88-93.