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Kang Liu, Professor of Asian and African Languages and Literature

Kang Liu

My research interests: Marxism and aesthetics, globalization, ideologies, cultural politics and media in China

Contact Info:
Office Location:  2204 Erwin Rd Room 210, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address: send me a message

Teaching (Fall 2025):

  • AMES 435S.01, CHINESE MEDIA AND POP CULTURE Synopsis
    Trent 223B, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
    (also cross-listed as ISS 435S.01, POLSCI 435S.01)
  • CHINESE 455.01, MODERN CHINESE CULTURE Synopsis
    Trent 038B, MW 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
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Teaching at DKU Fall 15
Education:

Ph.D.University of Wisconsin, Madison1989
M.A.University of Wisconsin, Madison1984
B.A.Nanjing University (China)1982
Specialties:

Chinese
Research Interests:

My research interests: Marxism and aesthetics, globalization, ideologies, cultural politics and media in China

Keywords:

History

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Kang, L, Chinese Exceptionalism, in The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language and Culture (March, 2024), pp. 113-125, Routledge [doi]
  2. Liu, K; Wei, D, Americanization of French Theory and the Rise of “Chinese Postism”, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, vol. 28 no. 1 (January, 2024), pp. 20-29 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Liu, K, Western Theory’s Chinese Transformation: Postscript, Clcweb Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 25 no. 3 Special Issue (December, 2023) [doi]
  4. Liu, K, Introduction: China question of western theory, Clcweb Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 22 no. 5 (December, 2020), pp. 1-5 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Liu, K, Introduction: Rethinking critical theory and maoism, Clcweb Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 20 no. 3 (September, 2018) [doi]  [abs]

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