College:
Kellogg College
Course:
DPhil Oriental Studies (Cinema and Media Studies, Oxford-Kaifeng Scholar)
Contact:
ziru.chen@ames.ox.ac.uk
Thesis Title:
The Sensory Aesthetic of Contemporary East Asian Art Cinema
Educational Background:
BA Tsinghua University
MSt University of Oxford (Distinction, KS Scholar in Chinese Art)
Research Interests:
Media Aesthetics; East Asian Cinemas; Transmediality; Media Ecology; the Politics of Documentary; the Digital Sensations
Recent Publications:
"The Enframing of CGI in Martial Arts Films: Action Beyond the Body”, Journal of Chinese Cinemas (2026).
"Hou Hsiao-hsien's Departure from Language in His Post-Millennial Films", Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 37, no. 1 (Summer 2025): 90–123.
"Meishi Street as an Under-Directed Documentary", Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, no. 62 (Winter 2023–2024).
Courses Taught:
Counter-Culture in the Cultural Revolution (BA Hons and MPhil, 2023)
Contemporary Chinese Cinema (BA Hons and MPhil, 2023)
