Xiaoqiao Ling

Xiaoqiao Ling

Arizona State University

Late Imperial Chinese Literature

xling@ias.edu

Research Statement: Xiaoqiao Ling is working on the romantic play The Story of the Western Wing. By tracing how various social groups across cultural and regional geographies interpreted, adapted, and appropriated the play, this project aims at investigating how the play’s social life sustained its iconic status throughout late imperial China.

While at IAS:
TBD

Second Term