Huang Yuqing 黄雨晴

Education:
B.A., in Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University
M.Phil., in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge

Research interests:
Modern Chinese Literature and Cultural History; Regional Literature and Identity Studies; Adaptation Studies

Self-Introduction:
I am from Chengdu, Sichuan, and I seek to present facets of my hometown that go beyond its well-known associations with pandas, hotpot, and LGBTQ+ culture. My academic interests include modern Chinese literature, regional literature and identity studies, and the circulation and reinvention of twentieth-century literature and culture across different media and regions.

Thesis Advisor: A/P Tu Hang

Thesis Title: Inventing “Modern Sichuan”: Local Literary Perspectives from the Xinhai Revolution to the Eve of the Anti-Japanese War

Thesis Research Area:
This thesis examines Sichuan literature from the Xinhai Revolution to the eve of the full-scale Anti-Japanese War, exploring how modern literature participated in the production of the meaning of “Sichuan” as a locality. This thesis understands literature as a productive cultural practice and examines how literary writing organized local experiences, shaped local memories, constructed identities, and reconfigured Sichuan’s relationship with the nation, the frontier, and the outside world, thereby enabling “Sichuan” to gradually become a cultural locality that could be collectively imagined, understood, and discussed.