Diary Literature: The Underlying Logic of World Literature
An In-Depth Analysis of the “Diaries of Wu Mi”
Speaker: Professor Zhao Baisheng
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University
Director, Center for World Biography Studies, Peking University
Secretary-General, Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, PKU
President, Chinese Association for Biographical Literature
Chair, International Association for World Literature
Founder, World Ecological Culture Organization
Recipient of Awards:
PKU Tang Lixin Teaching Excellence Award (2016)
Senior Scholar Fellowship, University of Freiburg, Germany (2011, 2013)
PKU School of Foreign Languages Outstanding Teaching Award (2007)
Harvard-Yenching Fellowship (1999–2001)
Zhu Guangqian Award for Aesthetics and Western Literature (1998)
Zhao Luorui Award for British and American Literature (1997)
Former Academic Roles:
Visiting Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Adjunct Researcher, Shandong University (Weihai)
Adjunct Professor, China University of Political Science and Law
Visiting Scholar, Open University, UK
Guest Professor, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France (2006)
Chair Researcher, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (2005)
Major Publications:
Yan Fu: The Challenges of Being a Global Citizen (2024)
Nyerere: Cross-Cultural Studies on African Leadership (2022)
Ecology and Life Writing (2016, co-author)
Ecology and Life Writing (2013, English edition)
Biographical Studies of Eastern Writers (2012)
Harvard Reader (2010)
Literary Theories of the West IV (2005)
Toward a Theory of Biographical Literature (2003)
Portraits (2000)
Biographies of World Leaders (1995)
Translation Work:
Translated over 1.2 million words for CCTV documentary series; served as literary analyst for The Reader (CCTV).
Date: Friday, March 28, 2025, 15:00
Venue: Foreign Language Second Classroom at the Chang'an Campus, 1st Floor, Building 6
Hosted by: Office of Social Sciences, School of Foreign Languages, Institute of Country and Region Studies and Translation
All faculty and students are warmly welcome!
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