Zu-Yan Chen
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor; TRIP Courtesy Title; Director, Center for Theater Arts Collaboration
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Center for Theater Arts Collaboration
Background
Chen is the author of eight books and numerous articles in literature, history, philosophy, translation, and language pedagogy. His works include A Chronological Biography of Zhang Yue 张说年谱 (Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1984) and Confucian Literature of the Tang and Song Dynasties: An Annotated Anthology (Routledge, 2025).
He currently serves as editor-in-chief of TheaComm: An E-Journal of Theater Arts Communication. A sought-after speaker, Chen has lectured at dozens of universities across the United States and China.
Education
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- MA, BA, Fudan University
Research Interests
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- Pre-modern Chinese poetry and poetics
- Confucianism
- Translation of pre-modern Chinese literature
- Language and culture pedagogy
Teaching Interests
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- History of Chinese Literature
- Confucian Ethics
- Translation of pre-modern Chinese literature
- Chinese language and culture
Awards
- Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
- University Award for Excellence in International Education