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Zhou Dan
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Zhou Dan, female, Han ethnicity, born in April 1974 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, began working at Nanchang University in June 2001. She currently serves as an associate professor at the School of Humanities, Nanchang University. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Sichuan University in 1995, a Master's degree in Comparative Literature and World Literature from Nanchang University in 2001, and a Ph.D. in Literary Theory from Renmin University of China in 2008. In 2018, she conducted a one-year state-sponsored visit to the University of Newcastle, Australia. Since 2001, Zhou Dan has been engaged in teaching and research at the School of Humanities, Nanchang University.


Contact Email: zhoudany1996@sina.com


Main Research Areas and Directions:

Comparative Literature and World Literature


Courses Taught:

History of Foreign Literature

Selected Readings in Foreign Literary Classics

History of European and American Literary Trends


Major Academic Achievements and Awards:

I. Research Projects

1.Currently leading a National Social Science Fund project (ongoing): “Agamben’s Critique and Development of Benjamin’s Literary Thought” (Project No. 17BWW010).

2.Previously led and completed a Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Project: “A Study of Contemporary Western Christian Poetics” (Project No. 09YJC752011).


II. Academic Works and Publications

Monograph:

Art as Poetic Existential Action: A Study of Neo-Thomist Jacques Maritain’s Aesthetics. China Social Sciences Press, July 2012. Sole author.


Textbook:

Selected Readings and Commentary on Twentieth-Century Foreign Literary Works (co-authored). Renmin University of China Press, January 2018. Contributed approximately 100,000 words.


Chinese Journal Articles:

    1.“On the Subtractive Logic in Žižek’s Theological Critique.” World Religious Studies, No. 4, 2014. Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    2.“On Žižek’s Materialist Theology.” Christian Thought Review, July 2015. Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    3.“Deconstructing Myths and Excessive Adherence—The Christian Specter in Althusser’s Ideological Theory.” Journal of Christian Culture Studies, Autumn 2014 (Issue 32). Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    4.“Subtraction in Art and the Process of Truth—On Badiou’s Philosophy of Art.” Chinese and Foreign Literary Theory Studies 2014–2015, October 2015. Sole author. Published in proceedings of an international conference.

    5.“Poetry Arises in Gesture—A Preliminary Inquiry into Agamben’s Poetics.” Dynamic Studies in Foreign Literature, No. 2, 2020. (CSSCI Supplement) Sole author.

    6.“Intersections of Marxism, Humanities, and Theology and a Future-Oriented Cultural Reflection.” Journal of Christian Culture Studies, Autumn 2010 (Issue 24). Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    7.“On Maritain’s Aesthetic Intellectualism.” Jiangxi Social Sciences, No. 11, 2010. Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    8.“The Ontology of Neo-Thomist Jacques Maritain—With a Discussion of His Inquiry into Contemporary Existentialism.” Jiangxi Social Sciences, No. 4, 2009. Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    9.“Maritain’s Modern Interpretation of Thomist Aesthetics.” Jiangxi Social Sciences, No. 5, 2008. Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    10.“Contemporary Studies of Maritain in Modern Contexts.” Journal of Christian Culture Studies, Spring 2008 (Issue 19). Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    11.“In the Name of Religion—Reflections on Derrida’s Faith and Knowledge.” Journal of Christian Culture Studies, Autumn 2007 (Issue 18). Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    12.“Art: The ‘Poetry’ of the Soul—Maritain’s Neo-Thomist Ontology of Art.” Jiangxi Social Sciences, No. 9, 2007. Sole author. (Indexed in CSSCI)

    13.“On the Literariness of Literature in Postmodern Comparative Literature.” Journal of Nanchang University (Social Sciences), No. 4, 2010. Sole author. (Core journal)

    14.“Technology Critique and Justice Appeal in Heidegger’s Later Poetics.” Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the China Foreign Literature Society, May 2013. Sole author.


English Article:

“Agamben in China.” World Affairs and Diplomacy, Vol. 7, Issue 2, February 2019. David Publishing Company.


III. Recognition of Academic Contribution

Zhou Dan’s monograph Art as Poetic Existential Action: A Study of Neo-Thomist Jacques Maritain’s Aesthetics was awarded Third Prize at the 15th Jiangxi Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Awards in 2013.
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