Michel Hockx – The Conversation

Director of the Liu Institute for Asia & Asian Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

Michel Hockx is a professor of Chinese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs.

He has published widely, both in English and in Chinese, on topics related to modern Chinese poetry and literary culture, especially early 20th-century Chinese magazine literature and print culture and contemporary Internet literature. His latest book, Internet Literature in China, was listed by Choice magazine as one of the “Top 25 Outstanding Academic Titles of 2015.” His ongoing research focuses on the effects of moral censorship on the preservation and digitization of modern Chinese cultural products.

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2016–present

Director, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
2016–present

Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Notre Dame
2013–2016

Director, SOAS China Institute, SOAS, University of London
2002–2016

Professor of Chinese, SOAS, University of London

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