Professional History
Friday, January 5, 2007
Positions Held
2004- Professor, Yale University; Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative Literature, 2007- .
2002-2004 Professor, Stanford University.
1995-2001 Associate
Publications
Friday, January 5, 2007
Collective Blog
Digital Artifact
The Rosetta Screen. Electronic installation of a literary anthology, as part of the public art project Recolecciones (Mel Chin, lead artist),
Courses taught
Friday, January 5, 2007
“Imaginary Languages from Bacon to Vico” (Yale College, 1988), “Fiction and History” (UCLA, 1990), “Introduction to Chinese Literature in Translation” (1990, 1991, 1992), “Theoretical Topics in East
Lectures and papers
Friday, January 5, 2007
“Viability.” Plenary lecture, conference on “Terrestriality, Reinscription, Memory Regimes: A Workshop on Climate Change and the Archive.” University at Albany, April 2008.
“On Not Knowing Chinese.”
Editing, Consulting and Professional Service
Friday, January 5, 2007
President, Graduate Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Connecticut.
Vice-President, American Comparative Literature Association, 2007-2009.
Member, Advisory Board, Partners in Health, Cambridge,