Alexander C. Y. Huang

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Department of Comparative Literature
Pennsylvania State University

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Prof. Huang's teaching and publications are unified by a commitment to visual and literary culture and the critique of various forms of imperialism. He is the author of Chinese Shakespeares: A Century of Cultural Exchange (Columbia University Press, forthcoming in 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, forthcoming in 2009). He has contributed to MLQ: Modern Language Quarterly, Comparative Literature Studies, 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 International Shakespeare Association and Folger Institute. Further projects underway include a book on humor, epistemology, and modern Chinese culture; a book on alterity, ethics, and multilingual Shakespeares; video curator for an exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library; and a collaborative research and archival project on Shakespeare in Asia with MIT and the National University of Singapore. Click here for Asian Shakespeares Visuals Database to view Prof. Huang's collection of videos, a sharable resource for teaching and research.         [More...]