Center for Literatures in English

The Center for Literatures in English evolved from the Teaching and Research Section for British and American Literature, established in 1984 with Professor Qian Qing as its founding director. It later developed into the Research Center for British and American Literature and was renamed the Center for Literatures in English in 2025. As one of the earliest disciplinary research centers within the English Department at Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Center has consistently dedicated itself to the research and teaching of English literatures. Currently, the Center employs 31 full-time faculty members, including 10 professors, 14 associate professors, and 7 lecturers. All faculty have received solid academic training from prestigious universities both in China and abroad, each possessing distinct expertise in fields such as literary theory, British/American fiction, poetry, drama, narratology, and cultural studies.

Members

Name	Research Interests
Prof. CHEN Li	Irish Literature, English Novels, Irish Studies
Prof. GUO Qiqing	American Literature
Prof. HUANG Qiang	British and American Modernist Poetry, Modern and Contemporary British literature, War Literature, Early Cultural Exchanges between China and the West
Prof. HOU Yiling	British and American Fiction, Literary Translation
Prof. JIN Li	American fiction, American Female Writers
Prof. LIU Kuilan	Asian American Literature, Science Fiction
Prof. MA Hailiang	British Literature, Western Literary Criticism
Prof. PAN Zhiming	Asian American Literature
Prof. PEI Yun	British Romantic Poetry, Cultural Exchanges between China and Britain in the 18th Century
Prof. QIU Feng	Contemporary British Novels, Western Literary Criticism
Prof. QIU Jin	British Literature
Prof. SHEN Changying	American Fiction, African American Literature
Prof. TAO Jiajun	English Literature and Cross-Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies, Western Critical Theories, Cross-Cultural and Civilizational Studies
Prof. WANG Liya	British and American Novels and Narrative Theories of Novels
Prof. WANG Wenli	English Children’s Literature, Tongan, South Pacific English Literature
Prof. WANG Xiaomei	British Novels
Prof. WANG Yuanlu	American Literature
Prof. XIE Dengpan	American Literature
Prof. XU Xiaofan	English Modernism, Poetry of the 20th Century
Prof. ZHANG Feng	Contemporary British Novels, English Postcolonial Literature and Diaspora Literature, Contemporary Western Literary Theories
Prof. ZHANG Jian	British and American Romantic Poetry, Modernist Poetry, the Relationship between Chinese and Foreign Literature
Prof. ZHAO Dong	Literary Translation, English Translation of Chinese Classics, Comparative Literature and Religious Culture
Prof. ZHAO Guoxin	Western Literary Theories, 19th-Century British Novels
Prof. ZHOU Wei	Dramaturgy, Drama in English, Shakespearean Plays, Asian-American Drama, Intercultural Theatre
Dr. HU Ying	Literary Theory, Gender Criticism, Modern and Contemporary English Literature, Asian Cultural Studies
Dr. LI Zhaohui	Contemporary British Novels, Cultural Studies
Dr. XIA Yan	British Literature
Dr. ZHANG Liwen	British Novels of the 18th and 19th Centuries, the History of Novels and the Theory of the Novel, the History of Books, Media Studies
Dr. SHAO Xueping	Shakespeare Studies, Comparative Literature and Culture
Dr. MEN Chunlin	Victorian Fiction, Literary Criticism, Narratology
LIU Bo	Chinese American Novels, American Novels

Major Publications and Research Projects (Past Five Years):

● High-Impact journal articles: 100

● Textbooks: 20

● Monographs: 11

● Funded Research Projects (provincial/ministerial/national level): 20