East Asian Studies Faculty

 Sufeng Xu

 Name: Sufeng Xu

 Email:  sufeng.xu@bucknell.edu

 Focus: Pre-Modern Chinese Literature with a focus on Ming-Qing women's literature

Sufeng Xu received her Ph.D. in Late Imperial Chinese Literature from McGill University in 2007. Her research interests include late Ming courtesan culture, 18th century Qing women poets, and intellectual change in the Ming-Qing periods. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled "Lotus Flowers Rising from the Dark Mud: Courtesans, Poetry, and Politics in Late Ming China." She is also conducting research on the phenomenon of companionate marriage in 18th century China, an era known for the revival of Confucian orthodoxy. Prior to coming to Bucknell, she taught at Swarthmore College and Hamilton College. Courses taught or being taught include: Women in Chinese Literature, Traditional Chinese Tales and Stories, Romance in Chinese Literature, Introduction to Chinese Culture, Introduction to Classical Chinese, and modern Chinese language courses at all undergraduate levels.