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Ms Yuge Li
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Teams and roles for Yuge Li
Graduate Tutor
Research student
Research
My research explores contemporary cultural theories, with a focus on, but not limited to, diaspora studies, affect theory, comparative litertaure, area studies and Sinology. I am interested in how different theoretical frameworks intersect and shape our understanding of culture. Ultimately, my work examines the politics of knowledge production, asking how academic disciplines are constructed and what underlying power dynamics they reveal.
Teaching
Teaching assistant for the third-year course 'East Meets West' from 01/2024. The course is based on Orientalism and postcolonialism, focusing on common forms of appropriation, representation, and incorporation of aspects of 'Oriental' cultures in Western and globalized popular culture, media, and film.
Teaching assistant for the second-year course 'Film, Media & Cultural Theory' from 10/2023. The course is an introductory course to various cultural theories, explored and tested through film and media. Conversely, film and media examples will be interpreted through cultural theory.
Biography
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, with a focus on postcolonialism, the institutionalisation of post-structuralism, cultural representation, and media since October 2023. My research focuses on the paradigms and development of theoretical construction by examining the critic Rey Chow’s ‘methodology’ and its potential for building a tactic of serious knowledge production. Thesis title: Testing Rey Chow: The Entangled Intervention of Knowledge Production.
I previously completed my first MA in International Journalism at Cardiff University JOMEC, with Distinction in 2021. My dissertation provided a mixed academic and practical multimedia news production on Chinese international students’ experiences at Russell Group universities in the UK during Covid, examining speculative suggestions for the future direction of UK universities and subsequent students.
After that, I completed my second MA in Comparative Literature at UCL in 2022. My dissertation focused on independence and rebellious spirit through the portrayal of children, comparing Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Ofelia from Pan’s Labyrinth, and Nezha in Fengshen Yanyi (封神演义).
Earlier, I earned my BA in Applied English, a combined course of linguistics and literature, from the University of Liverpool and XJTLU in 2020. My dissertation topic was ghosts in Shakespeare’s plays.