Hongwei Lu Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
Asian Studies
Education
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Ph.D., East Asian studies, University of Oregon
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M.A., English, Clark University
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Graduate diploma, international journalism, Fudan University
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B.A., English, Central China Normal University
Areas of Expertise
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Chinese film and media studies
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Chinese literature, art, and culture
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Chinese language acquisition
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Contemplation of nature in Chinese and Japanese traditions
Professional Background
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Hamilton College, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Freeman Postdoctoral Fellow of Chinese Literature and Film
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Vassar College, visiting instructor of Asian Studies
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Fudan University, School of Journalism, lecturer
Publications
- Lu, Hongwei. “The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in China.” Independent Filmmaking Around the Globe. Eds. Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 175–187.
- Lu, Hongwei. “Cruel Youth, Urban Linglei, and Special Economic Zone Syndrome in Mian Mian’s Candy.” Chinese Literature Today 1.2 (2011): 40–47.
- Lu, Hongwei. “Shanghai and Globalization in the Lens of Film Noir: Lou Ye’s 2000 Film Suzhou River.” ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts 18.1 (2010): 116–127.
- Lu, Hongwei. “Shanghai Baby’s Love Affair with Transnational Capitalism.” Chinese Literature Today 1.1 (2010): 39–44.
- Lu, Hongwei. Trans. “The Gender of Memory: Rural Chinese Women and the 1950s,” by Gail Hershatter, in Ping Yao, ed., Chinese Women’s History. Shanghai: Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 2009.
- Lu, Hongwei. “From Roots to Routes or Vice Versa: Transformation of Urban Space and Familial Intimacy—On New Urban Cinema.” Asian Cinema 19.2 (2008): 102–134.
Presentations
“Unknown Pleasures: National Development and Underclass Disenchantment.” Ninth International Convention of Asian Scholars, Adelaide, Australia, 2015
“Adolescent Masculinity and Social Adaptation of Contemporary Chinese Youth.” ASIANetwork Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 2015
“The Grassroots Perspective: Chinese Independent Filmmakers’ Aesthetic Engagement with Underclass Reality.” ASIANetwork Annual Conference, Chicago, 2014
Invited guest speaker: “The New Woman, the Iron Lady, and the Body Writers: A Historical Perspective on Gender in Modern Chinese Literature.” California State University, Los Angeles, Asian and Asian American Studies Program, 2013
“The Lost Generation on the Playground of the Cultural Revolution.” ASIANetwork Annual Conference, Nashville, 2013
“Shanghai Baby’s Love Affair with Transnational Capitalism.” ASIANetwork Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2012
“New Faces of Revolution: Political Imagination in Contemporary TV Drama.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Honolulu, 2011
“Film and Cultural Exchange in Shadow Magic.” Chinese Cinema in the U.S. Since 1979 Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010
“Cruel Youth, Urban Linglei, and Special Economic Zone Syndrome: Mian Mian’s Candy.” Midwestern Conference on Asian Affairs, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2010
“Shanghai and Globalization in the Lens of Film Noir: On Lou Ye’s Film Suzhou River.” ASIANetwork Annual Conference, Atlanta, 2010
“Historical Victimization and Individual Survival in To Live.” American Historical Association Annual Conference, San Diego, 2010
“New Urban Cinema: Transformation of Urban Space and Familial Intimacy in Contemporary China.” Asian Studies in Japan Conference, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
“Taiwan Popular Culture and Cultural Change in Post-Mao China.” Asian Studies Conference of the Pacific Coast, University of Victoria, Canada, 2008
Affiliations
Faculty advisor, Asian Student Association