我從小生長在上海，對吳方言文學，電影和口頭表演中的本地和區域性文化和語言特別感興趣。碩博階段我在香港中文大學和南加州大學的學術訓練，又進一步激發了我對方言與文化多元性關係的研究興趣。目前，我正在撰寫題為《上海方言文學與文化的語言，聲景與認同》的手稿。書稿考察了清末至今上海文學文化史中吳方言著作不斷變化的話語和文化意義。我目前正在進行的研究計畫與中國聲音研究和廣播劇有關。我的教學興趣涉及廣泛的主題，例如現代中國文學和文化；中國語言文化史；華語語系研究；中國電影和表演藝術；以及中國聲音研究。
Research Interests
- modern Chinese literature and culture
- Sinophone studies
- Chinese cinema and performative arts
- sound studies
- Chinese radio drama and sound platforms studies
Representative Publications
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
| 2022 | Qu, You. “The Tale of the Lady in Green.” In Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader. Edited by Victor H. Mair and Zhenjun Zhang. New York: Bloomsbury. 2022: 51-62. |
| 2017 | Gao, Yunwen. “Sounding Shanghai: Sinophone Intermediality in Jin Yucheng’s Blossoms” Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, 43(2), 87-105 |
| 2015 | Gao, Yunwen. “Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Colonial Modernity in Liang Qichao’s Ban Dingyuan Conquering the Western Region” Ming Qing Studies. Vol. 2015, pp. 159-174. |
| 2013 | Gao, Yunwen. “M. Butterfly: A Deconstructive Performance on Oriental Fantasy” Intercultural Communication, Representations and Practices: A Global Approach. |
Current Research Projects
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2022, Acoustic Encountering: Online Audio Industry in China in the 21st Century, Direct Grant for Research |
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2021, Chinese Music in Western Languages Music Theory and Historical Writing in the second half of 19th Century, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, with Dr. Xu Lufan |
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2020, Underground Sound, UK-China Knowledge Frontiers Symposium Seed Funding for Research Collaboration, The British Academy, with Dr. Katie Beswick |
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2019, Dialect Writing and Identity Formation from Late Qing to Contemporary Shanghai, RGC Early Career Scheme |
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2018, Tracing the history of Chinese Immigrants in Cuba through Cantonese Opera in Havana during the 1920s-1940s, Direct Grant For Research |
Courses Offered
| CHES1000 | Introduction to Chinese Studies |
| CHES1003 | Understanding Chinese through Texts I |
| CHES1004 | Understanding Chinese through Texts II |
| CHES2004 | Introduction to Chinese Studies |
| CHES2105 | Modern Chinese Literature |
| CHES3200 | Advanced Chinese Literature Seminar |
| CHES3300 | China Summer Fieldtrip |
| CHES4001 | Research on Chinese Texts I |
| CHES4002 | Research on Chinese Texts II |
| CHES4005 | Directed Studies Practicum |
| CHES4500 | Thesis Research Paper |
| CHES5147 | Modern Chinese Literature |
| CHES5201A | Independent Study Project |
| CHES5201B | Research Lab Project |
| CHES6010 | China Seminar 1 |
| CHES6020 | China Seminar 2 |
| CHES8001A | Thesis Guidance |
| CHES8001B | Thesis Guidance |