ZHOU WEI TITLE/POSITION: Associate Professor
EMAIL: zhouwei@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES • PhD in Theatre and Traditional Chinese Opera, Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, 2013; • MA in British and American Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, 1989; • BA in English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, 1986 • ACADEMIC POSITIONS • 1989.7 -1997.12: Lecturer and Assistant Professor, Adult Education College, Beijing Foreign Studies University • 1998.1-present: Associate Professor, School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE • Fulbright Scholar, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Sept. 2016-Aug. 2017. • Visiting scholar, Department of Film and Theatre, University of Kansas, Sept. 2007 - Jan. 2008; • Visiting scholar, English Department, Yale University, Oct. 2001 - Sept. 2002; •Teacher trainee, Certificate in English Teaching and Testing Course, University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate, Sept. - Dec. 1996
TEACHING • Selected Readings in British and American Drama • Western Drama and Theatre • Shakespeare: from Text to Performance • Argumentative Writing • Academic Writing
RESEARCH INTERESTS • British and American Drama • theatre studies • Asian American Drama • intercultural theatre
RESEARCH PROJECTS • Personal Projects: - Shakespeare: From Text to Performance. BFSU Coursebooks Fund. Oct. 2024. - “Shakespeare: From Text to Performance.” BFSU Course Development Project. May 2016. - “Western Drama and Theatre.” BFSU New Curriculum Project. 2013. • Projects in collaboration with others: - “Chinese American Writers” (in collaboration with others). Project supported with Grant from the National Social Science Fund of China, 2009. - “Contemporary Foreign Literature: 1980-2000 (American Literature)” (in collaboration with others). Key Project supported with Grant from the National Social Science Fund of China, 2019.
ACADEMIC SERVICES • Vice Chairman of Federation of World Theatre Research（外国戏剧研究联盟副会长）
SCHOLARLY WORKS • Papers: - “An Exploration of Theatre Competence and Teaching Strategies in Educational Drama.” English Language Learning. 8 (2023). 67-72. - “To Escape or To Stay – On Fred’s Dilemma in The Year of the Dragon.” Studies on Chinese Literature across the World, Vol. 14. Hefei: Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House, 2022. 30-39. - “Jon Fosse as a ‘New Ibsen’.” Guangming Daily. 9 Sept. 2022. 13. - “A Study of Production of Short Plays in Educational Drama.” English Language Learning. 8 (2020). 4-8. - “Research on American Drama in Mainland China (1979-2008) – A Study Based on CSSCI and Its Source Journals.” Thirty Years: CASAL and American Literature in China. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2015. 313-321. - “Acculturation – On Hong Shen’s Adaptation of Lady Windermere’s Fan.” Beijing Foreign Studies University English Journal 2013. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2014. 32-42. - “Aesthetic Reading and Critical Thinking - A New Approach in Teaching English Literature.” Essays on English Education and Critical Thinking. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2014. 50-60. - “David Henry Hwang: An Outstanding Chinese American Artist”. Studies of Chinese American Writers. Tianjin: Nankai UP, 2009. 389-397. - “Chinese American Drama: An Overview.” Studies of Chinese American Writers. Tianjin: Nankai UP, 2009. 362-282. - “Shattering the Stereotype and Reconstructing Ethnic Image - a Thematic Study of Yankee Dog You Die by Philip Kan Gotanda.” Literature and Art News. 12 Sept. 2009: 7. - “The Loss of Innocence – A Thematic Study of Wallace Shawn’s Aunt Dan and Lemon.” Foreign Literature 3(2003): 107-110. • Books: - Contemporary Foreign Literature: 1980-2000 (American Literature) (in collaboration with others). Beijing: Commerce Publishing House, 2015. - Selected Readings in Chinese American Literature (in collaboration with others). Tianjin: Nankai UP, 2015.
AWARDS & HONOURS • Outstanding Research Award of Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2010. • Outstanding Teacher Award of Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1991.
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