Longxi Zhang#
| Membership Number: | 3533 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://ctl.cityu.edu.hk/People/Peop_peopleProfile.asp?peop_StfID=153&peop_rkcl=1 OR http://professor-zhanglongxi-cityu.blogspot.co.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001-2006 Director, Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies, City University of Hong Kong
- 1998-present Professor (Chair) of Comparative Literature and Translation, City University of Hong Kong
- 1997-2000 Professor of Comparative Literature
- University of California, Riverside
- 1993-1997 Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
- University of California, Riverside
- 1989-1993 Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
- University of California, Riverside
Fields of Scholarship
- Cross-cultural studies
- East-West comparative study of literature and culture
- English Literature (esp. the Renaissance and the 17th Century)
- Classical Chinese literature
- Philosophy/religion and literature
- Literary theory, criticism, hermeneutics
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
