Zhang Jian, Professor of English Literature at School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, graduated with BA from Nanjing University and with Ph.D. from Glasgow University (U.K.). He was research fellow at University of St. Andrews in 1998 and senior translator UNESCO in 2005. His research interests include Romantic and Modernist poetry, contemporary British & American poetry, China-West literary relations. He writes extensively on Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, T. S. Eliot, William Empson, W. H. Auden, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy etc. and has completed research projects (from Scottish Arts Council, National Social Science Fund, MOE Social Science Fund, National Major Publication Fund) on T. S. Eliot, Wordsworth, contemporary British poetry, 60 years of foreign literature research in New China, and key topics in the criticism of foreign literature. He is now editor of Foreign Literature (CSSCI) and Journal of Literature in English (AMI), Vice President of the National Association for the Study of Literature in English; Vice President of the National Association for the Study of English Poetry. He teaches Poetry Appreciation and Introduction to Literature at undergraduate level and British Romantic Poetry, American Modernist Poetry and China at graduate level, and has won Awards for Education and Teaching Achievements at the university, Beijing and MOE level. TITLE/POSITION: Professor (PHD supervisor)
EMAIL: jzhang@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES • PhD, Dept of English Literature, University of Glasgow, UK, 1985-1993 • MA, Dept of English Language and Literature, University of Nanjing, China, 1984-1985 • BA, Dept of English Language and Literature, University of Nanjing, China, 1980-1984
ACADEMIC POSITIONS • Dean，School of English and International Studies (2014-2024) • Vice Dean，School of English and International Studies (2004-2014) • Professor (2000-present), • Associate Professor (1995-2000), • Lecturer (1993-1995)
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE • Sabbatical at University of Lancaster in 2014 • Senior translator at UNESCO in 2005 • Research fellow at University of St. Andrews in 1998 • PhD student at University of Glasgow 1985-1993
TEACHING • Postgraduate Courses: British Romantic Poetry; American Modernist Poetry; Contemporary British Poetry; Contemporary American Poetry; • Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Literature; English Poetry Appreciation; British and American Short Stories
RESEARCH INTERESTS • British Romanticism • American Modernism • Contemporary British and American Poetry • China-West Literary Exchanges
RESEARCH PROJECTS • 2023-: National Social Sciences Fund Major Project: “A Companion and Study of Contemporary Literature in English 2001-2020”, Britain Volume • 2021-: National Social Sciences Fund Major Project: “Complete Works of William Wordsworth: Translation and Study”, Letters Volume • 2018-: “National Major Publication Fund: 13th Five-Year Plan Project: “Key Topics in Foreign Language and Literature Series”, Literature Series • 2010-2014: National Social Sciences Fund Major Project: “60 Years of New China’s Foreign Literature Research”, Poetry & Drama Volume, “New China’s 60-Year Research on Shelley” • 2006-2012: National Social Sciences Fund Project: “A Companion to Contemporary Foreign Literature, 1980-2000”, British Volume • 1998-2002: Scottish Arts Council Translation Project: 20th Century Scottish Poetry • 1995-1998: National Social Sciences Fund Project: A Study of T. S. Eliot • 1994-1997: Ministry of Education “Repatriated Scholars Research Fund” Project: “World Famous Poems” Series
ACADEMIC SERVICES • Chairman of China Association for the Study of English Literatures; • Vice-Chairman of China Association for the Study of English Poetry; • Deputy Director of the Association for the Cross-Disciplinary Study of Foreign Literature
SCHOLARLY WORKS • Appreciation of English Poetry, Beijing University Press, 2024 • British Romantic Poetry: A Companion, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2022 • A Social-Historical Analysis of English Literature, Remin Press, 2020 • T. S. Eliot: A Reading of His Major Poems and Plays Foreign Language Teaching and Research P., 2006 • T. S. Eliot and the English Romantic Tradition Foreign Language Teaching and Research P. 1996 • A Companion to Contemporary Foreign Literatures 1980-2000: British Literature Volume (ed. with H. Ma), Commercial Press, 2016 • A Touch of Reality: Essays on New Developments in English Literatures (ed.), Foreign Language Teaching and Research P., 2016 • William Empson: Among the Mandarins (by John Haffenden, trans. with W. Wang) Sichuan People’s Press, 2016 • Modern Scottish Poetry (ed. & trans.) Foreign Language Teaching and Research P., 2002 • An Anthology of English and American Poems (ed. with D. Zhao and W. Wang) Foreign Language Teaching and Research P., 2008 • An Anthology of English Literature (ed. with Q. He & Y. Hou), Foreign Language Teaching and Research P., 2004 • Elements of Literature (ed. with L. Jin), Foreign Language Teaching and Research P., 2004 • 2025.5 “Allen Ginsberg’s China Poems and Poetics of ‘Unobstructed Breath’”, ANQ（A&HCI）（2025）, pp. • 2025.5 “The War Narrative in William Empson’s Poems on China,” Neohelicon（A&HCI）（2025）56（1）pp • 2023 “For the Greater Good: English Covid-19 Poems and the Sense of Community”, 《重塑人文学：中英人文对话》北京：清华大学出版社，2023：424-441 • 2019 “W. H. Auden’s Anti-Japanese War: Sonnets from China and its Historical Context”, Neohelicon（A&HCI）（2019）46（1）pp 145–158 • 2017 “British-Chinese Cultural Encounters and Negotiations: Culture and Identity Issues in William Empson’s China Work”, Song Xianlin & Sun Youzhong ed. Transcultural Encounters in Knowledge Production and Consumption, Singapore: Springer, 2017, 97-107
AWARDS & HONOURS • National Award for Teaching Achievement (Second Level), Ministry of Education, 2019 • Award for University Education and Teaching Achievement (First Level), Beijing Municipal Education Committee, 2018 • Government Special Stipend Award, State Council, 2018
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