Faculty and Staff

Ming Jian

Professor • Department of Language, Lit, Culture, and Writing

Dr. Ming Jian has broad research interests. He has authored publications in Chinese, German, and English on German Aesthetics, German expressionistic adoption of Chinese poetry, on contemporary Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic Gao Xingjian, and on Chinese language pedagogy. More recently, his research has focused on Daoist and Zen Buddhist influence on East Asian cultures.

Languages (other than English)

Chinese  German 

Degrees

PhD German expressionism/German Literature, The Free University of Berlin Berlin, Germany

MA German Aesthetics and Literature, Beijing University Beijing, China

MLS (or MLIS) , University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada

Specialization

Contemporary Chinese literature and culture, German literature/Expressionism, East Asian cultures

Notable Courses Taught

ASN/CHIN 1200 East Asian Ways of Well-Being
ASN 2010 Introduction to Asian Studies
CHIN 2020 Buddhism, Taoism, and East Asian Culture
CHIN 3020 Chinese Popular Culture
CHIN 4000 Seminar in Chinese Literature and Culture
CHIN 3750 Contemporary Chinese Cinema
CHIN 3010 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation

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