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Xinyue Hu

Doctoral Student in Literature - Xinyue’s thesis is entitled ‘The Global Mulan and the Construction of Global Childhood'.

Research Project Title:

The Global Mulan and the Construction of Global Childhood

 

Supervisors:

Dr Emily Murphy and Prof Sabrina Qiong Yu (SML)

Contact Details:

Email: x.hu22@newcastle.ac.uk 

 

Research Interests:

  • Adaptation  
  • Children’s Culture, Literature and Film
  • Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis
  • East Asia, Migration and Transnational Communities
  • Global Childhood  

Brief Outline of Research Project:

This project examines the Chinese tale of Mulan and its extensive, multidirectional travels across the globe. Through looking at the diverse representations and the global circulations of Mulan, the project intends to explore the construction of global childhood and the diversity of childhoods.

Research Activities:

Awards

Children’s Literature Association 2024 Annual Conference International travel fund  

 

Membership

Children’s Literature Association member

Disney, Culture and Society Research Network member and Global EDI Representative

 

Presentations

‘Adaptation of the Mulan Story from a Variation Theory Perspective’, The First Comparative Children’s Literature Conference, Ocean University of China (November 2023)

‘Thinking about Glocal Children’s Literature Practice and Asian American children’s literature writing’, International Children’s Literature Symposium, Newcastle University (July 2023)

Academic Background:

  • MA in Comparative Literature (Distinction), University of Edinburgh
  • BA in Chinese Language and Literature, Sichuan University (China)