Alexander C. Y. Huang

Assistant Professor

Department of Comparative Literature
Pennsylvania State University

CV available upon request

Prof. Huang's teaching and publications are unified by a commitment to literary and performance culture, digital humanities, and the critique of various forms of imperialism. He is the author of Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange (Columbia University Press, 2009), a study of the interactions between ideas of "Shakespeare" and "China" in fiction, film, and theatre, and co-editor of Shakespeare in Hollywood, Asia and Cyberspace (Purdue University Press, 2009) and Class, Boundary, and Social Discourse in the Renaissance (2007). He has contributed to MLQ: Modern Language Quarterly, Shakespeare Bulletin, The Shakespearean International Yearbook, Asian Theatre Journal, China Review International, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, and other journals and collections. His research has been supported by several institutions and grant agencies, including the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities), ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies), ISA (International Shakespeare Association), Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, China Times Cultural Foundation, and Folger Institute. Further projects underway include a book on Shakespeare and ethics; a book-length study of trauma and literary humor; and "Imagining China," an exhibition at the Folger Library in Washington, D.C. (video curator). As Research Affiliate in Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he is working on a collaborative research and archival project: Shakespeare Performance in Asia.    [More...]

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