Hongwei Lu Ph.D.
Department Chair; 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
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
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
Publications
- Lu, Hongwei. “The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in China.” In Independent Filmmaking Around the Globe, edited by Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson, 175–187. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Lu, Hongwei. “Cruel Youth, Urban Linglei, and Special Economic Zone Syndrome in Mian Mian’s Candy.” Chinese Literature Today 1, no. 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, no. 1 (2010): 116–127.
- Lu, Hongwei. “Shanghai Baby’s Love Affair with Transnational Capitalism.” Chinese Literature Today 1, no. 1 (2010): 39–44.
- Lu, Hongwei, trans. “The Gender of Memory: Rural Chinese Women and the 1950s,” by Gail Hershatter. In Chinese Women’s History, edited by Ping Yao. 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, no. 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