Yuan Shu
(Texas Tech University, TX, USA)
Westward Movement and Transpacific American Literature
May 27, 2025, 10:15-11:45, room 01-618, kl. Bib., Philosophicum II (Jakob-Welder-Weg 20)
Presentation in the seminar “Chinese American Relations” – Session open to everyone.
The presentation traces the main features of the Westward Movement and the engagement of the United States in the Pacific as well as in Asia, especially the Korean and Vietnam wars. They are the background to the rise of transpacific literatures.
Dr. Yuan Shu is Professor of English, American Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Program at Texas Tech University.
Dr. Shu earned his Ph.D. in English and American Studies from Indiana University at Bloomington. He has co-edited several influential volumes, including American Studies as Transnational Practice (Dartmouth College Press, 2015) and Oceanic Archives and Transpacific American Studies (Hong Kong University Press, 2019). His current book project, Empire and Cosmo-politics: Technology, Race, Transpacific Chinese American Writing, is under revision with the Univ. of Massachusetts Press. He is a 2025 fellow of the Obama Institute.
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