Editorial  Advisory Board

Honorary Editor-in-Chief:  

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Editor-in-Chief:

Junwu Tian, Beihang University, China

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Bin Xu, Northeast Normal University, China

Juanjuan Wu, Tsinghua University, China

Ercong Gao, Beihang University, China

Director of Editorial Office

Mingyi Wang, Beihang University, China

Tingcong Lin, Jinan University, China

Editorial Assistants

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Members of Editorial  Advisory  Board:

Charles Forsdick, University of Cambridge, UK

Chen Xiaolan, Shanghai University, China

Elizabeth Hope Chang, the University of Missouri, US

Galin Tihanov, Queen Mary University of London, UK,

Huang Lijuan, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

Julia Kuehn, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Tomasz Ewerwowski, Shanghai International Studies University, China

Laurence Williams, Sophia University, Japan

Liu Ying, Nankai University, China

Nie Zhenzhao, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China

Editors-in-Chief Introduction

Professor Junwu Tian

Professor Junwu Tian is a distinguished scholar and Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University. He earned his Ph.D. from the School of Foreign Languages at Beijing Normal University in 2003. In 2011, he furthered his academic pursuits as a prestigious Fulbright Scholar and a visiting scholar at Yale University, enriching his international perspective and scholarly network.

Professor Tian’s research expertise is both deep and expansive, primarily focusing on English literature, comparative literature, and travel literature. His work in these areas is not only prolific but also foundational, significantly contributing to the establishment and development of travel literature studies within China and internationally. His leadership in major research projects is particularly noteworthy. He has presided over a series of influential grants from national and ministerial-level foundations, demonstrating his role as a leading figure in the field. These projects include the National Social Science Fund Major Project "A History of British Travel Literature," the National Social Science Fund General Project "A History of British Travel Literature," and the Ministry of Education Social Science Fund Major Later-stage Funding Project "A Study of Travel Narrative in 20th-Century American Novels." Other significant projects he has led are "Travel Narrative and Cultural Metaphor in 20th-Century American Novels" (National Social Science Fund Later-stage Funding), "Travel Narrative in 19th-Century American Classic Literature" (National Social Science Fund Later-stage Funding), "The Image of Beijing in Modern and Contemporary Anglo-American Travel Literature" (Beijing Social Science Fund Key Project), and the Fulbright Research Program "Studies in American Travel Literature."

Professor Tian’s scholarly output is substantial and impactful. His major monographs, such as A Study of Travel Narrative in 19th-Century American Classic Literature, Travel Narrative and Cultural Metaphor in 20th-Century American Novels, and The Image of Beijing in Modern and Contemporary Anglo-American Travel Literature, represent cornerstone publications in his areas of specialization. Furthermore, his extensive list of publications in esteemed international journals underscores his global academic engagement and influence. His recent work, appearing in prestigious journals like Style, Comparative Literature Studies, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, English Studies, and Orbis Litterarum, covers a diverse range of topics. These include ethical literary criticism, digital humanities analysis, cosmopolitanism and identity in literature, narrative studies of aging and space, and critical reevaluations of authors from Thomas De Quincey to Kazuo Ishiguro and Amy Tan. This body of work reflects his interdisciplinary approach and his active participation in cutting-edge theoretical dialogues.

In addition to his research and teaching, Professor Tian holds several important academic service positions. He serves as a Standing Council Member of the Chinese Association for the Study of American Literature, a Council Member of the International Association for Ethical Literary Criticism, and an evaluation expert for the Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences Awards. Combining rigorous scholarship with extensive project leadership and dedicated service to the academic community, Professor Junwu Tian brings a wealth of experience, a profound depth of knowledge, and an international outlook to the role of Editor-in-Chief. His distinguished career and ongoing contributions make him an exemplary leader for guiding the journal's scholarly direction and maintaining its high standards of academic excellence.

Associate Editor-in-Chief  Introduction

Professor Bin Xu

Xu Bin is Doctor of Literature, professor, doctoral supervisor and vice dean of The School of International Studies of Northeast Normal University. He earned his Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Shanghai International Studies University in 2011, under the supervision of Professor Li Weiping. He completed his postdoctoral research in Comparative Literature and World Literature at the School of Literature, Central China Normal University in 2014, under the guidance of Professor Nie Zhenzhao.Xu Bin’s core research area is diaspora literature. He is currently in charge of a major National Social Science Fund project titled “Diaspora Literature and the Study of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind” which involves interdisciplinary studies covering areas such as history, anthropology, political economy, cultural studies, and regional and country studies.

Xu Bin’s representative academic papers include “Blood Libel, Ghetto, Othello: The Political and Cultural Representation of European Racism in Caryl Phillips’s The Nature of Blood,” “Crisis, Empathy, Community: The Politics of Home in Modern and Contemporary Caribbean British Diaspora Literature,” “Imagining the Other and the Other’s Imagining: Modern and Contemporary British Diasporic Literature and the Construction of the British National Identity,” “The Origin of Diaspora Literature and the Basic Paradigms of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”.

His representative research monographs include From Rudyard Kipling to Zadi Smith: A Study of Modern and Contemporary British Diaspora Literature and Studies on Lawrence Durrel. “The Origin of Diaspora Literature and the Basic Paradigms of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind” is awarded the First Prize of the 15th Jilin Province Social Sciences Outstanding Achievements Award.He is Member of the Academic Committee of Northeast Normal University, expert member and deputy Secretary General of Foreign Literature Interdisciplinary Research Committee of China University Foreign Language Development Union, standing director of International Society for Ethical Criticism of Literature, standing director of British Literature Society.

Professor Juanjuan Wu

Wu Juanjuan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Tsinghua University. She earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision of Professor Deirdre Coleman, Dr Sara Balkin, and Associate Professor Grace Moore. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Tsinghua under the China Postdoctoral International Exchange Program before assuming her current faculty position in July 2024. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford (Oxford Centre for Life-Writing), SOAS University of London, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh. Her academic excellence has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Melbourne University Research Excellence Award and the Norman Macgeorge Scholarship.

Her research interests are situated at the intersection of English literature and cross-cultural studies, focusing specifically on modern and contemporary travel writing regarding China, global modernism, and the theories of affect and mobility. She is currently the Principal Investigator for a National Social Science Fund Youth Project titled “Fashioning self and other in Modern British Women's Travel Narratives of China.” Additionally, she has successfully led projects funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Her scholarship often examines the complex dynamics of emotion and colonial interaction within literary texts. She has published single authored articles in international journals such as Women’s Studies, an Interdisciplinary Journal, English Studies, Studies in Travel Writing, Women’s Writing, Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies and others. She has also contributed to book collection such as Beastly Modernisms (Edinburgh University Press). Her work also appears in Chinese journals such as Foreign Literatures and Comparative Literature of China. She is now guest editing a special issue for Critical Arts.

Professor Ercong Gao

Ercong Gao is an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University. Her main research interests focus on contemporary American literature and visual narrative studies. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University, and holds a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University. She was also a visiting scholar in the Department of English at Salem State University, USA. She has led one general project of the National Social Science Fund and one youth project of the Ministry of Education Social Science Fund. Additionally, she has participated in one major project of the National Social Science Fund and one major later-stage funding project of the Ministry of Education Social Science Fund. She has published over 10 papers in A&HCI- and CSSCI-indexed journals, including Kritika Kultura, Contemporary Foreign Literature, and English and American Literary Studies, as well as other authoritative journals in foreign languages and literature. She received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 20th Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for the Study of American Literature in 2021. Besides, she participated in many international academic exchanges, attending the forum “Mutual Learning Between East and West, Integration of Ancient and Modern: New Pathways of Ecological Criticism from the Perspective of Chinese Modernization” in Nov. 2024 and delivering a keynote speech.