Leihua WENG, Ph. D. May 2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Pacific Lutheran University (803) 447-7841 Mailing Address: Admin 220L, Pacific Lutheran Univ., Tacoma, WA, 98447 EDUCATION Ph. D. in Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, December 2010. M. A. in English Language and Literature, Peking University, 2005. B. A. in English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, 2001. TEACHING & RESEARCH INTEREST Reception of Plato in China; Classics in Cultural Politics; Postmodern Theories; Chinese Language Pedagogy. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese. Pacific Lutheran University. 2011-present. Adjunct Instructor. University of South Carolina. 2011. COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT Department of Languages and Literatures Pacific Lutheran University, Elementary Chinese; Intermediate Chinese; Advanced Chinese; Literature in Classical China; Contemporary Chinese Poetry. PUBLICATIONS Journal Article & Book Chapter: Plato: A Chinese Translation and Interpretation of (2015, Forthcoming). “Re-locating Plato’s Symposium.” Intertexts: a Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection. (2015, in and Nation in Lust, Caution.” press). “Time, History Ang Lee’s Symploké. (2015, in press). Reading of Plato and Nationalism in The Comparatist. “The Straussian China.” and Event: Mao in Republic.” Comparative (2015). “Revolution Alain Badiou’s Plato’s 52.1 (2015): 47-64. Literature Studies, (2013, Forthcoming). of the Personal and the “‘Transcription My Immediate Life’: Negotiating Collective in the Memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Book Chapter in NEH Ding Ling.” Book and Urban Conflict in the project: “Transnational Modernism Interwar Era.” with Dr. Li Guo. Invited Submission. in Post-structuralism.” 6 (2013): 131-7. Journal of Tsinghua University. (2013). “Plato
Leihua WENG, Ph. D. May 2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Pacific Lutheran University (803) 447-7841 Mailing Address: Admin 220L, Pacific Lutheran Univ., Tacoma, WA, 98447 EDUCATION Ph. D. in Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, December 2010. M. A. in English Language and Literature, Peking University, 2005. B. A. in English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, 2001. TEACHING & RESEARCH INTEREST Reception of Plato in China; Classics in Cultural Politics; Postmodern Theories; Chinese Language Pedagogy. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese. Pacific Lutheran University. 2011-present. Adjunct Instructor. University of South Carolina. 2011. COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Languages and Literatures Elementary Chinese; Intermediate Chinese; Advanced Chinese; Literature in Classical China; Contemporary Chinese Poetry. PUBLICATIONS Journal Article & Book Chapter: (2015, Forthcoming). “Re-locating Plato: A Chinese Translation and Interpretation of Plato’s Symposium.” Intertexts: a Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection. (2015, in press). “Time, History and Nation in Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution.” Symploké. (2015, in press). “The Straussian Reading of Plato and Nationalism in China.” The Comparatist. (2015). “Revolution and Event: Mao in Alain Badiou’s Plato’s Republic.” Comparative Literature Studies, 52.1 (2015): 47-64. (2013, Forthcoming). “‘Transcription of My Immediate Life’: Negotiating the Personal and the Collective in the Memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Ding Ling.” Book Chapter in NEH Book project: “Transnational Modernism and Urban Conflict in the Interwar Era.” with Dr. Li Guo. Invited Submission. (2013). “Plato in Post-structuralism.” Journal of Tsinghua University. 6 (2013): 131-7.