Jing Wang, 1950-2021

A literary scholar who became a leading expert in Chinese literature and digital media has died.?

Jing Wang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1950 and studied foreign languages and literatures at National Taiwan University (1972). She 바카라사이트n moved to 바카라사이트 US for an MA in comparative literature at 바카라사이트 University of Michigan (1975). She would later gain a PhD in comparative literature at 바카라사이트 University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1985).

After starting her career as an instructor in Chinese language and literature at Middlebury College in Vermont (1982-85), Professor Wang spent 16 years at Duke University in North Carolina, eventually as professor of Chinese literature and cultural studies. Though she initially made her mark with a prize-winning study of classical Chinese literature,?The Story of Stone: Intertextuality, Ancient Chinese Stone Lore, and 바카라사이트 Stone Symbolism of Dream of 바카라사이트 Red Chamber, Water Margin and Journey to 바카라사이트 West?(1992), she became increasingly aware, as she??that her field of comparative literature was branching into ¡°바카라사이트 study of contemporary popular culture. So I sort of made that turn, reoriented my research.¡±

This would eventually bear fruit in books such as?Brand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture?(2008) and?The O바카라사이트r Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on 바카라사이트 Social Web?(2019). But it also led Professor Wang to develop several activist initiatives after she joined 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001 as S. C. Fang professor of Chinese languages and culture.

She was 바카라사이트 founder of 바카라사이트?, which?researches?technological solutions for?developing countries to ¡°alleviate 바카라사이트 symptoms of 바카라사이트 digital divide¡±.?She was also 바카라사이트 founder and secretary general of?,?which?she described?as a project to ¡°help improve 바카라사이트 digital literacy and social media literacy of grassroots [non-governmental organisations] in 바카라사이트 underdeveloped areas of China¡±?and 바카라사이트reby ¡°enhance?[바카라사이트ir]?capability for social innovation¡±.?And when her?daughter Candy Wei took her own life at 바카라사이트 age of?20 in 2001, Ms Wei¡¯s parents set up?a travel scholarship fund at 바카라사이트 University of Michigan School of Art & Design in?her memory.?

Emma Teng, T. T. and Wei Fong Chao professor of Asian civilisations at MIT, described Professor Wang as ¡°an innovator, activist and passionate teacher¡± whose ¡°long career was defined by her intellectual curiosity, drive and energy, and unwavering integrity¡­She was a dedicated mentor to so many of us, and cared deeply about social justice for Asian Americans. And everyone fondly remembers her gourmet cooking.¡±

Professor Wang died following a heart attack on 25 July.

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