Renren Yang
Assistant Professor | Modern Chinese Popular Culture · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts · University of British Columbia
Quick answer: Renren Yang is Assistant Professor | Modern Chinese Popular Culture at University of British Columbia. Renren Yang shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ I am accepting M.A. and Ph.D. students with solid preparation in Chinese literary studies, film and media studies, cultural studies, book history, or the interpretive social sciences, as well as training in literary and critical theory, comparative media histories and theories, digital humanities, or continental philosophy. I welcome research proposals on modern Chinese literature, Chinese cinema,
Research interests
Chinese; reinterpretations of modern Chinese literary and filmic canons; Chinese popular culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; theoretical and historical approaches to celebrity authorship; material conditions and media forms of literary and cinematic communications.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2024] “Flat Surface” as Material Metaphor: “Bad” Cover Design, “Good” Storytelling, and Post-Fordist Sensibility in Chinese Web Novels. positions: asia critique, 1 August 2024; 32 (3): 655–684. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-11164537
[2023] “Toward a Regime of Emotional Authenticity: Eileen Chang’s Literary Transmediation of Theater and Cinema in Two 1940s Love Stories.” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, 2023 35 (2): 354–387. https://doi.org/10.3366/mclc.2023.0040
[2024] “Introduction: Felicities in Chinese Web Novel Genres,” Guest editor’s Introduction to a special section “New Genres of Chinese Web Novels,” Chinese Literature and Thought Today, 2024 55 (3-4): 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/27683524.2024.2427555
[2026] “Messy Realities and Power Secrecy: Contested and Persistent Pr
Frequently asked questions
Is Renren Yang hiring PhD students at University of British Columbia?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Renren Yang's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I am accepting M.A. and Ph.D. students with solid preparation in Chinese literary studies, film and media studies, cultural studies, book history, or the interpretive social sciences, as well as train.
What does Renren Yang research?
Chinese; reinterpretations of modern Chinese literary and filmic canons; Chinese popular culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; theoretical and historical approaches to celebrity authorship; material conditions and media forms of literary and cinematic communications.
Data last updated: 2026-10-19 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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