Dan Yang
College: University College
Course: DPhil Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Supervisor: Professor Tian Yuan Tan
Educational Background:
MA in Chinese Studies (Literature Pathway), SOAS, University of London
BA in International Cultural Communication, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts
Research Interests:
Classical Chinese drama; Ming-Qing literature; Studies of Kunqu
Biography:
My research focuses on classical Chinese drama, with a special interest in Kunqu. As Shaw Research Assistant, I am responsible for assisting Shaw Professor of Chinese in handling academic affairs.
Courses Taught:
Premodern East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan – Qing Fiction (Hilary Term 2023)
Current Projects:
“TEXTCOURT: Linking the Textual Worlds of Chinese Court Theater, ca. 1600-1800”
“Textual Forms and the Construction of Knowledge in Late Ming Qu Anthologies” (CCKF-funded project)
Recent Publications and/or Conferences:
Journal Articles:
“‘Different’ Versions of Kunqu Singing Rules: Comparing Textual Variants in Nanci Yinzheng and Wei Liangfu’s Qulü in Late Ming Qu Anthologies,” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore (Min-su ch’ü-I 民俗曲藝), No. 226 (December 2024): 7-28. Publisher website
Translation:
Translation of “In Praise of This Prosperous and Harmonious Empire: Sanqu, Ming Anthologies, and the Imperial Court” (2021) by Tian Yuan Tan (from English to Chinese). To be published as“国祚风和太平了”：散曲、明代选集与宫廷in a collection of essays under the Haiwai hanxue yanjiu xinshiye congshu海外漢學研究新視野叢書series (Nanjing daxue chubanshe, in preparation).
Conferences:
“A Comparison on Three Editions of the Qing Court Drama Wanhua xiangrong, Yuyuan xianrui.” In Digital Humanities and Literary Transmissions in Pre-modern East Asia Workshop (26 September 2023, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi).
“The Textual Forms and Generation of Kunqu Singing Rules: Wei Liangfu’s Qulü in Late Ming Qu Anthologies.” In Premodern Chinese Literature as an Archive of Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Life Culture (20-22 August 2023, University of Oxford, Oxford, in collaboration online with National Taiwan University, Taipei).
“The Comparison of Tunes in Nanci dinglü, Jiugong dacheng nanbeici gongpu, and Nashuying simeng quanpu: Take ‘The Interrupted Dream’ in The Peony Pavilion as a Case.” In Kuawenhua shiyexia de Ming Qing gongting xiqu wenxian yu guji shuzihua yanjiu跨文化視野下的明清宮廷戲曲文獻與古籍數字化研究(Late Imperial Chinese Court Drama and Digitisation of Ancient Texts in Cross-Cultural Perspectives) (19-20 May 2023, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, in collaboration online with University of Oxford, Oxford).
“The Disappearance of Phonological Markers: Editorial Ideologies of Scores and Kunqu Pure Singing Rules in Eighteenth-Century China.” In BACS Annual Conference (31 August-1 September 2022, University of Oxford, Oxford).
Academic Work:
- Shaw Research Assistant (July 2023-Present)
- Research Assistant in the Project: “TEXTCOURT: Linking the Textual Worlds of Chinese Court Theater, ca. 1600-1800” (January 2022-April 2023) https://textcourt.ames.ox.ac.uk/about/project-team/10/. As a project work, my performance of a Kunqu aria can be seen in this video: https://textcourt.ames.ox.ac.uk/visualise/videos/ .
- For further information, I am a member of the CCKF-funded Project “Textual Forms and the Construction of Knowledge in Late Ming Qu Anthologies” (November 2021-Present).
