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Ping Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego, specializing in Transnational Chinese and Sinophone Literary, Film, and Media Studies. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of 'Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews'. Her notable publications include 'Gender Subjectivities in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature and Culture' (2015), co-edited works such as 'Maoist Laughter' (2019), which won the Choice's Outstanding Academic Title award in 2020, and 'Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics' (2021). Currently, she is completing a monograph titled 'Cult Labor in Modern China'. Zhu has contributed significantly to the field through her research on key topics such as narrative translation, historical reenchantment in cinema, and the complexities of women's labor in the context of early propaganda films. She has authored numerous articles and has actively participated in the academic discourse surrounding contemporary Chinese literature and feminist studies.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).