Professional History
Positions Held
2004- Professor, Yale University; Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative Literature, 2007- .
2002-2004 Professor, Stanford University.
1995-2001 Associate Professor, Stanford University.
Fall 2000 Visiting Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong.
1995-1997 Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (on leave).
1990-1995 Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles.
2002-2004 Professor, Stanford University.
1995-2001 Associate Professor, Stanford University.
Fall 2000 Visiting Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong.
1995-1997 Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (on leave).
1990-1995 Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles.
Education and Degrees
1983-90 Yale University, Comparative Literature, M.Phil. 1987, Ph.D. 1990.
1984-85 Inter-University Program in Chinese Language and Literature (Stanford Center), Taipei, Taiwan.
1982-83 Institut National des Langues et Cultures Orientales, Paris.
1981-82 Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris.
1977-81 Duke University, A.B. summa cum laude with Honors in Greek and Comparative Literature.
1984-85 Inter-University Program in Chinese Language and Literature (Stanford Center), Taipei, Taiwan.
1982-83 Institut National des Langues et Cultures Orientales, Paris.
1981-82 Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris.
1977-81 Duke University, A.B. summa cum laude with Honors in Greek and Comparative Literature.
Awards and Honors
2007 Professeur invité, UFR de littérature générale et comparée, Université de Paris-3.
2006 Visiting Professor of Aesthetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
2005 Short-Term Visiting Fellow, Society of Fellows, Princeton University.
2004 Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taiwan.
Summer 2002 Zhu Ziqing Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
2001-2002 Stanford Humanities Center resident fellowship.
1999-2000 Brown Family Research Fellowship, Stanford University.
1996 René Wellek Prize, American Comparative Literature Association, for The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic.
1993-1994 President’s Research Fellowship in the Humanities, University of California.
1993 UCLA Faculty Career Development Grant.
1981 Phi Beta Kappa; Benenson Travel Prize.
1977-1981 Angier Biddle Duke Memorial Scholar.
2006 Visiting Professor of Aesthetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
2005 Short-Term Visiting Fellow, Society of Fellows, Princeton University.
2004 Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taiwan.
Summer 2002 Zhu Ziqing Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
2001-2002 Stanford Humanities Center resident fellowship.
1999-2000 Brown Family Research Fellowship, Stanford University.
1996 René Wellek Prize, American Comparative Literature Association, for The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic.
1993-1994 President’s Research Fellowship in the Humanities, University of California.
1993 UCLA Faculty Career Development Grant.
1981 Phi Beta Kappa; Benenson Travel Prize.
1977-1981 Angier Biddle Duke Memorial Scholar.
curriculum vitae
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