Shu-mei Shih
Shu-mei Shih | |
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史書美 | |
Born | South Korea | 1 April 1961
Education | postcolonial studies, critical race theory |
Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shǐ Shūměi |
Wade–Giles | Shih3 Shu1-mei3 |
Shu-mei Shih (simplified Chinese: 史书美; traditional Chinese: 史書美; pinyin: Shǐ Shūměi; born April 1, 1961) is a Korean-born Taiwanese American scholar and literary theorist. She is a Professor of Comparative Literature, Asian Languages and Cultures, and Asian American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles and was the president of the American Comparative Literature Association from 2021 to 2022.[1] In 2018, she was also appointed as Honorary Chair Professor of Taiwan Languages, Literature and Culture at National Taiwan Normal University and is the current director of the UCLA-NTNU Taiwan Studies Initiative of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center.[2][3]
Early life and education
Shih was born in 1961
Career
Shih joined the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993, and was promoted to professor in 2000.[6] From 2019 until 2022 Shih was the Edward W. Said Professor in Comparative Literature,[2] and as of 2023 she holds the Irving and Jean Stone Chair in Humanities.[7]
Shih is known for her work in the field of Sinophone studies,[8] a field that takes as its object of study "Sinitic-language communities and cultures outside China as well as ethnic minority communities and cultures within China where Mandarin is adopted or imposed."[9]
Honors and awards
Shih was elected to the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities in 2013.[2][10] In 2018, National Taiwan Normal University named Shih as a distinguished alumni.[6]
Selected publications
- Shih, Shu-Mei (2004). "Global Literature and the Technologies of Recognition". Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 119 (1): 16–30. S2CID 162293444.
- Shih, Shu-mei (2001-04-20). The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93528-0.[11]
- Shih, Shu-mei (2007-06-19). Visuality and Identity: Sinophone Articulations across the Pacific. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94015-4.[12]
- Shih, S.; Lionnet, F. (2005). Thinking Through the Minor, Transnationally.
- Shih, Shu-Mei; Tsai, Chien-hsin; Bernards, Brian (2013). Sinophone studies: a critical reader. Global Chinese culture. New York: Columbia University press. ISBN 978-0-231-15750-6.[13]
References
- ^ Truong, Phuong (2019-04-23). "Professor Shu-mei Shih Acquires Leadership Role in ACLA". Asian Languages & Cultures Department - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ a b c d "Shu-mei Shih appointed Edward W. Said Professor of Comparative Literature". www.international.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Alumna Shu-mei Shih Receives Outstanding Alumni Award Becomes Chair Professor". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Virtual International Authority File for Shu-mei Shih". viaf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ ISSN 1026-5120.
- ^ a b c d "史書美". alumni.ntnu.edu.tw (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Shu-mei Shih @ UCLA".
- .
- ISBN 978-0-231-52710-1.
- ^ "Shu-Mei SHIH 史書美 (Fellow)". HKAH. 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ Reviews of The Lure of the Modern
- Tang, Xiaobing (2001). "Review of The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937". The Journal of Asian Studies. 60 (4): 1174–1175. S2CID 147280599.
- Zheng, Wang (2002). "Reviewed Work: The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937 Shu-mei Shih". The American Historical Review. 107 (2): 521–522. JSTOR 10.1086/532325.
- Wedell-Wedellsborg, Anne (2003). "Review of The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937". The China Journal (49): 225–227. JSTOR 3182238.
- Tang, Xiaobing (2001). "Review of The Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937". The Journal of Asian Studies. 60 (4): 1174–1175.
- ^ Reviews of Visuality and Identity
- Zhang, Yingjin (2009). "Review of Visuality and Identity: Sinophone Articulations across the Pacific". The Journal of Asian Studies. 68 (1): 280–282. JSTOR 20619697.
- Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk (2008). "Review of Visuality and Identity: Sinophone Articulations across the Pacific". The China Journal (60): 216–217. JSTOR 20648025.
- Zhang, Yingjin (2009). "Review of Visuality and Identity: Sinophone Articulations across the Pacific". The Journal of Asian Studies. 68 (1): 280–282.
- ^ Review of Sinophone Studies
- Lan, Feng (2014). "Review of Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader". The Journal of Asian Studies. 73 (2): 517–518. S2CID 161245361.
- Lan, Feng (2014). "Review of Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader". The Journal of Asian Studies. 73 (2): 517–518.
External links
- Shu-mei Shih publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Prof Shih Shu-Mei on" World History to World Literature: China, the South, and the Global 60s" @HKU on YouTube, April 15, 2014