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Carlos Yu-Kai Lin
(07)5252000#3148
clin@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
Carlos Yu-Kai Lin

Teacher

Full-Time
Assistant Professor
Comparative Literature; Intercultural and Interlingual Studies; World Literature and Translation; the May Fourth Movement and Chinese Modernity; Hu Shih Studies with a Focus on his English-Language Writings and Archives; Public Speaking and Rhetoric
School NameCountryDepartmentDegree起迄年月
University of Southern CaliforniaUSAComparative LiteraturePh.D.2008-08 ~ 2015-08
London School of Economics and Political ScienceUKGender StudiesM.S.2006-06 ~ 2007-06
National Central UniversityTaiwanEnglishB.A.2000-09 ~ 2004-06
Organization NameUnit職務Period
Harvard UniversityHarvard-Yenching LibraryRecipient of Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant2026-07 ~ 2026-08
Academia SinicaInstitute of Modern HistoryVisiting Scholar2026-06 ~ 2026-08
Academia SinicaInstitute of Modern HistoryVisiting Scholar2026-01 ~ 2026-02
City University of Hong KongLinguistics and TranslationAssistant Professor2019-08 ~ 2022-08
Princeton UniversityEast Asian StudiesLecturer2019-02 ~ 2019-07
University of PennsylvaniaEast Asian Languages and CivilizationsLecturer2016-08 ~ 2019-07
University of California, DavisEast Asian Languages and CulturesLecturer2016-01 ~ 2016-05
University of California, BerkeleyEast Asian Languages and CulturesLecturer2015-01 ~ 2015-05
YearPaper Title
2026Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Review of Chinese Thirdspace: The Paradox of Moderate Politics, 1946–2020,The China Journal,95, pp137–139,(SSCI)
2024Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,“May Fourth Studies” and Its Contemporary Challenges,New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies, pp1-13,(Other)
2024Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,May Fourth in Hong Kong,New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies, pp233-255,(Other)
2022Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,A Scholar Pleads for China: A Report on Hu Shih on New York Times (in Chinese),Newsletters of Hu Shih Studies, pp19~15,(Other)
2022Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Wartime Letters between Hu Shih and His Wife (1) (in Chinese),Biographical Literature , pp111~102,(Other)
2022Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Wartime Letters between Hu Shih and His Wife (2) (in Chinese),Biographical Literature , pp71~61,(Other)
2022Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Wartime Letters between Hu Shih and His Wife (3),Biographical Literature , pp38~29,(Other)
2022Carlos Yu-Kai Lin, Xing FAN,Review of Translating Feminism in China: Gender, Sexuality and Censorship,Babel,(SSCI,AHCI)
2022Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,A Chinese Diplomat in the Cold War: Hu Shih’s View on International Politics,The Power of Freedom: Hu Shih’s Political Writings,(Other)
2020Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,A Historical and Bilingual Perspective on the Concept of Vernacular,Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy, pp283~300,(MLA)
2020Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Introduction to Remembering May Fourth,Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy, pp1~22,(Other)
2018Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Baihua as an Element: Reconsidering Hu Shi’s Theory of Vernacular Literature,Intellectual History , pp337~289
2018Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Chinese Genres, Western Works: The Formation of the Idea of Foreign Literature in Late Qing China,Modern China Studies , pp195~178,(Other)
2017Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Introduction to the ‘Fiction as a Modern Literary Genre’ Project,Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies , pp36~32,(Other)
2016Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Double Inscription and the Concept of Origin in Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan,Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, pp183~169,(Other)
2016Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Review of The Chinese Political Novel: Migration of a World Genre,Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews （CLEAR） , pp229~227,(AHCI)
2016Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Review of Zhuangzi and Modern Chinese Literature,Modern Chinese Literature and Culture （MCLC）,(SSCI,AHCI)
2015Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,The Universality of the Concept of Modern Literature: Wang Guowei, Zhou Zuoren, and Other May Fourth Writers’ Conception of Wenxue,Journal of the History of Ideas in East Asia, pp400~343
2014Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,The Rise of Xiaoshuo as a Literary Concept: Lu Xun and the Question of ‘Fiction’ in Chinese Literature,Frontiers of Literary Studies in China , pp651~631,(Other)
2005Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,A Radical Interpretation of Fromm’s Concept of Man,Con-temporary, pp143~132,(Other)
2004Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,The Historical Position of Louis Althusser: the Epistemological Break of Marx,Con-temporary , pp121~112,(Other)
2004Carlos Yu-Kai Lin,Four Phases of Alienation—A Study of the Temporality of Marx’s Concept of Alienation,Hsiuping Journal of Humanities and Social Science , pp26~1,(Other)
YearPaper Title
2022,Hu Shih’s Pacifism: A Perspective of History of Reading,第二屆京港青年人文學者學術研討會 — 近 世中國的書籍形式與閱讀形態,2022-07-10-2022-07-11
2022,Hu Shih’s Dream of a World Government,Torch of Freedom: An International Symposium on Hu Shih,2022-05-06-2022-05-07
2022,May Fourth in Hong Kong,Border: Hong Kong Studies and Its Discontent,2022-03-26-2022-03-27
2021,胡適駐美大使時期的英文著作,在媒介中思想——近代中國的書寫形式與 感覺模式,2021-05-29-2021-05-30
2019,Cold War and the Chinese Revolution: The Rise and Fall of May Fourth Studies in the U.S.,2019-05-02-2019-05-02
2019,‘May Fourth Studies’ and Its Contemporary Challenges,May Fourth @ 100: China and the World 1919-2019,2019-04-12-2019-04-13
2019,May Fourth Movement and Its Contemporary Repercussions,Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference,2019-03-21-2019-03-24
2018,Situating Chinese Literature in the Global Context: Lu Xun as a Literary Historian,Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference,2018-03-22-2018-03-25
2017,A Reevaluation of the Esperanto Movement in Early Twentieth-Century China,Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature Conference,2017-06-21-2017-06-23
2017,Hu Shi’s Conception of the Vernacular Language,An International Conference on “Literature and Philosophy”,2017-06-19-2017-06-20
2017,Vernacularity: New Approach to New Literature Movement,Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference,2017-03-16-2017-03-19
2016,The Language Reform and Esperanto Movement in Early Twentieth-Century China,2016-03-17-2016-03-20
2015,A Conceptual History of Chinese Fiction in Late Qing and Republican China: Evolutionism and the Double Referentiality of Modern Literary Genre,Biannual Meeting of the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature Conference,2015-00-00-2015-00-00
2015,Defining ‘Literature’ in Pre-May Fourth China,Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association,2015-03-26-2015-03-29
2014,The Concept of the ‘State’ in Late Qing China,Unpacking China: An International Symposium,2014-04-25-2014-04-26
2014,Articulating ‘Literature’ in the Chinese Context,Annual Conference of Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association,2014-10-31-2014-11-02
2014,The Clash of Genres: the Negotiation of Chinese and Western Literary Forms in the late Qing Period,Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association,2014-03-20-2014-03-23
2013,The Question of ‘Fiction’ in Chinese Literature: Reading Lu Xun in Two Languages,Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association,2013-04-04-2013-04-07
2012,The Cinematic Representation of Lioazhai Zhiyi,Graduates Studying East Asia Final Meeting,2012-00-00-2012-00-00
YearProject NameParticipant計畫期間Cooperation
2026The 1969 Harvard Conference and the Making of U.S. May Fourth Studies2026-06~2026-06Harvard-Yenching Library
2026Reading the World, Translating Peace: Archival Materials of the International Student Union (NSYSU H2026-01~2026-11College of Liberal Arts, National Sun Yat-sen University
2025The Hu Shih China Cannot See: A Project on Hu Shih’s Anti-Communist English Writings (NSYSU Higher E2025-01~2025-01College of Liberal Arts, National Sun Yat-sen University
2024The China Obsession: A Preliminary Inquiry into “May Fourth Studies” in the United States2024-08~2027-07National Science and Technology Council （NSTC）, Taiwan
YearStart DateTitle
20262026-08-05The Victor Mair That I Knew
YearTitleTopicActivity UnitActivity Period
20252025-12-20~2025-12-20
20252025-12-10~2025-12-21
20252025-05-28~2025-05-28
20252025-05-08~2025-05-08
20252025-04-18~2025-06-03
20252025-04-18~2025-04-18
20242024-10-21~2024-10-21
20242024-04-03~2024-04-03
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