Yanjie Wang
Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies; Coordinator for the Asian and Pacific Studies Program
Biography
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D.
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Chinese University of Hong Kong
M.Phil.
Chinese Language and Literature
Peking University
B.A.
Chinese Language and Literature (Summa Cum Laude)
Social
Areas of Expertise
Courses
Contemporary Chinese Cinema
ASPA 3890
East Asian Cinema
FYS1000
Hong Kong Cinema
ASPA 3960
Masterpieces of East Asian Literature
ASPA 3200
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
ASPA 3998
Women in Asia
ASPA 4200
Senior Integrating Seminar
ASPA 5000
Articles
Wounded Bodies: Grim Beauty and Environmental Injustice in Zhao Liang’s Behemoth
Journal of Cinema and Media StudiesYanjie Wang, “Wounded Bodies: Grim Beauty and Environmental Injustice in Zhao Liang’s Behemoth,” JCMS 63, no. 1 (Fall 2023): 124–149.
Films of Refection and Nativity
Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese LiteratureYanjie Wang, "Films of Refection and Nativity" in Ming Dong Gu ed, Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature. London & New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. 462-474.
Ghostly Haunting and Moral Interrogation in Wang Xiaoshuai's Red Amnesia
Journal of Modern Chinese Literature and CultureYanjie Wang, "Ghostly Haunting and Moral Interrogation in Wang Xiaoshuai's Red Amnesia." Journal of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, 29. 2 (2017): 34-65
Trauma, Migrant family, and Neoliberal Fantasies in Last Train Home
Concentric: Literary and Cultural StudiesYanjie Wang, “Trauma, Migrant family, and Neoliberal Fantasies in Last Train Home.” Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, 42.1 (2016): 49-72.
Violence, Wuxia, Migrants: Jia Zhangke’s Cinematic Discontent in A Touch of Sin.
Journal of Chinese CinemasYanjie Wang, “Violence, Wuxia, Migrants: Jia Zhangke’s Cinematic Discontent in A Touch of Sin.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 9.2 (2015): 159-172.
Heterogeneous Time and Space: Han Shaogong’s Rethinking of Chinese Modernity
KronoScope: Journal for the Study of TimeYanjie Wang, “Heterogeneous Time and Space: Han Shaogong’s Rethinking of Chinese Modernity.” KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time, 15.1 (2015): 26-42.
Remapping Emotion and Desire: Same-Sex Romance in Ah Cheng’s The King of Chess
American Journal of Chinese StudiesYanjie Wang, “Remapping Emotion and Desire: Same-Sex Romance in Ah Cheng’s The King of Chess.” American Journal of Chinese Studies, 21.1 (2014): 45-60.
Displaced in the Simulacrum: Migrant Workers and Urban Space in The World
Asian CinemaYanjie Wang, “Displaced in the Simulacrum: Migrant Workers and Urban Space in The World.” Asian Cinema, 22.1(2011): 152-169.
Contention of Lust, Caution: Sexuality, Visuality and Female Subjectivity
Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian ContextYanjie Wang, “Contention of Lust, Caution: Sexuality, Visuality and Female Subjectivity,” Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, 4 (2010): 41-60.