Zhang Junhan Lecturer at the School of English Studies, BFSU. The author of the first Irish language textbook published in China, Introduction to Spoken Irish, and led to build China’s first Irish language corpus, the “gaGLOBE Irish Monolingual Balanced Corpus.” Interested in Irish folklore, media and films, doing her PhD study in the field of European Studies. TITLE/POSITION: Lecturer
EMAIL: junhanzhang@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES • PhD: PhD student, European Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University(2024-) • MA: Irish Studies, University College Dublin, 2020 • BA: English, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2018
ACADEMIC POSITIONS • Teaching Assistant: 2021-2024 • Lecturer: 2024-
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE • 2016.09-2017.02: Exchange student at Swansea University, United Kingdom • 2018.09-2020.06: Master student at University College Dublin, Ireland (funded by CSC)
TEACHING • Irish Language (1) & (2) • Interpersonal Communications
RESEARCH INTERESTS • Irish Folklore • Irish Language • Media
RESEARCH PROJECTS • “Introduction to Spoken Irish”, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2021. • “Introduction to Irish Language and Culture”, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2024. • The “gaGLOBE” Irish Monolingual Balanced Corpus, a sub-project of Beijing Foreign Studies University’s 2022 “Double First-Class” Major Flagship (Incubation) Project, “Research on the Construction of Global Corpus Clusters”, 2022. • Participate: Chronicles and Studies of 21st Century English Literature, The National Social Science Fund of China, 2023. • Participate: Research on the Latest UK and US Youth Strategies in Africa, Ministry of Education, 2024.
ACADEMIC SERVICES • Member of EFACIS
SCHOLARLY WORKS • Essays: - Zhang, Junhan and Zhanpeng Wang. “How Britain Celebrates Chinese New Year.” World Affairs, no. 3, 2025. - Zhang, Junhan. “Discussion of St. Brigid’s Cross as a Complex Symbol.” International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, vol. 5, no. 6, 2023, https://doi.org/10.25236/ijfs.2023.050601. • Textbooks: - Zhang, Junhan. Introduction to Spoken Irish. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Feb. 2023. - Zhang, Fang, and Junhan Zhang. New Classics: Comprehensive Irish Language Course 1. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, May 2024. • Others: - Zhang, Junhan et al. gaGLOBE Irish Monolingual Balanced Corpus at BFSUCQPweb Corpus.
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