Professor Liang Luo received her PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, her MA in Comparative Literature and World Literature from Beijing Normal University, and her BA in Chinese Language and Literature from Beijing Normal University. She is tenured Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, and currently serves as a Distinguished Professor at Tianjin Normal University. She has taught at Harvard University, Brandies University, University of Michigan, and has conducted research at Tokyo University, Stockholm University, Stanford University Ewha Womans University, Fudan University, Australian National University among other locations. She is the author of The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China(University of Michigan Press, 2014) and The Global White Snake(University of Michigan Press, 2021).

哈佛大学东亚语言文明系博士,北京师范大学世界文学与比较文学硕士、汉语言文学学士。美国肯塔基大学中国研究副教授,2014年获终身教职。天津师范大学跨文化与世界文学研究院特聘教授。曾在哈佛大学布兰戴斯大学密歇根大学任教,并在

东京大学、斯德哥尔摩大学、斯坦福大学、梨花女子大学、复旦大学、澳大利亚国立大学等地访问研究。著有英 The文专著 Avant-Garde- and the Popular in Modern China(密歇根大学出版社,2014年)及 The Global White Snake(密歇根大学出版社,2021年) 

Taking the multidirectional interactions among Chinese avant-gardist Tian Han, Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens and American artist and activist Paul Robeson from the 1930s to the 1950s as its entry point, this lecture presents a first attempt at exploring the profound connections between the international avant-garde and modern China.

本次讲座以上世纪三十年代到五十年代中国先锋艺术家田汉荷兰纪录片导演伊文思、美国表演艺术家罗伯逊在艺术创作与社会活动中的多向互动为切入点,初步探究国际先锋主义与现代中国之间的深刻关联。