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Dr. Xi LIU (Ph.D, FHEA) is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of China Studies, Senior Adjunct Research Fellow of XIPU Insitution, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University. She is a Visiting Scholar of the Istitute of Global Humanities, Nanjing University.
Her main research fields are contemporary Chinese cultural studies and Chinese women's studies. Her research articles appeared in high-impact, SSCI/A&HCI-indexed journals, including Journal of Gender Studies (SJR-Q1), Asian Studies Review (SJR-Q1), Asian Journal of Women's Studies (SJR-Q2); and CSSCI-indexed journals , including Literary Review (文学评论), Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art (文艺理论研究), Journal of Chinese Women's Studies(妇女研究论丛) , Cultural Studies(文化研究), and China Studies (中国研究 ). She has published three monographs on Chinese literary and gender studies and has co-edited one volume on cultural studies of contemporary Northeast China. She has been teaching modules on Chinese literature, theatre, and film to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
As the principal supervisor, she has supervised two PhD students to completion. No PhD student recruitment plan for 2027.
学术兼职：西浦智库特约高级研究员，江苏省比较文学学会理事，中外语言文化比较学会世界女性文学研究专业委员会理事，江苏省科普作协科幻专委会专家委员，中国性别社会学专委会会员
担任以下国际期刊审稿人：Nan Nü: Men, Women and Gender in China, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research
Research interests
Cultural and ethnographic studies of class, gender, and regionality
Popular narratives on the identification of Chinese youth
Science, technology, and subjectivity in Chinese media representation
Interdisciplinary pedagogy and practices in Chinese higher education
Experience
Associate Professor, Dept. of China Studies, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University -2022 to present
Assistant Professor, Dept. of China Studies, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2016 to 2022
Part-time Lecturer, Dept. of Comparative Literature, the University of Hong Kong - 2016
Project Supervisor for ”MA in Chinese Literature”, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University - 2014 to 2015
Research Associate, Dept. of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2013 to 2015
Teaching
PHD SUPERVISION:
(Completed, 2020-25): Dr. Danxue Zhou, "Reconfiguring Power Dynamics: Social Space in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction"
(Completed, 2020-25): Dr. Yue Zhou, "The Representation of the Anthropocene in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction"
Coordinator of PhD Reading Group on Cultural Studies: Representation, Discourse and Ideology (2020-2023)
Module Leader:
CCS409 China Studies Dissertation (PG, 2020-present)
CCS402 Contemporary Chinese Literature and Film (PG, 2019-present)
CCS307 Chinese Theatre and Performance (UG, 2017-present)
CCS206 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (UG, 2017-present)
Module Teacher:
CCS004 Introduction to China Studies (UG, 2021-present)
CCS901 Understanding China (UGPG, 2017-present)
CCS305 Final Year Project (UG, 2018-present)
COM207 Chinese Cinema (UG, 2018)
LAN102: Critical Thinking: The Self and The World (UG, 2017)
CCS002 China and the world (UG, 2016)
CCS101 Chinese Civilization: Thinkers and Ideas (UG, 2016)
Awards and honours
2025 HSS Research Supervision Award
2025 HSS PhD Research Excellence Award (Supervisee: Yue Zhou)
2024 HSS PhD Research Excellence Award (Supervisee: Danxue Zhou)
2008-2013 University Postgraduate Fellowship (UPF) of HKU
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning Support in Higher Education, University of Liverpool, 2021
PhD, Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong 2013
MA, Chinese Language & Literature, Fudan University 2008
BA, Chinese Language & Literature, Nanjing University 2005
Research areas
- Contemporary Chinese Culture
- Comparative Literature
- Women Studies
- Gender Studies
- China Studies
- Cultural Heritage
- Speculative Fiction
- Popular Culture
- Cultural Studies
- Feminist Theory
Person Types
- Staff
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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The Yangtze River Delta Research Base for S&T Innovation and Sustainable Development
Song, Y. (PI), Zhu, X. (Team member), Bai, X. (Team member), Lin, Q. (Team member), Gu, C. (Team member), Hu, C. (Team member), Ge, Y. (Team member), Xu, Y. (Team member), Yao, X. (Team member), Lin, L. (Team member), Li, H. (Team member), Ruan, Z. (Team member), Xu, S. (Team member), Ma, F. (Team member), Kuang, X. (Team member), Hao, J. (Team member), Meng, M. (Team member), Liu, X. (Team member), Han, J. (Team member), Wang, X. (Team member), Cao, X. (Team member), Chen, Y. (Team member), Zong, L. (Team member), Zhang, X. (Team member), Xie, L. (Team member), Sun, J. (Team member), Chen, B. (Team member), Lu, X. (Team member), Jiang, J. (Team member), Lu, N. (Team member), Fang, W. (Team member), Li, Z. (Team member), Xu, Z. (Team member) & Shen, W. (Team member)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Developing interdisciplinary learning capacity of postgraduate students via research-led teaching sessions on cultural heritages in Suzhou
Kuang, X. (PI), Han, J. (CoI) & Liu, X. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Internal Research Project
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Pseudo-Documentary and Speculative History in Science Fiction: Subversion or Witnessing of Factuality?
Yu, X. (PI) & Liu, X. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Chinese Anthropocene Science Fiction as a Contact Zone
Yu, X. (PI) & Liu, X. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Governmental Research Project
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A History of Climate and Literature: A Comparison of Chinese and Western Texts
Liu, X. (PI), Johns-Putra, A. (Team member), Cesarino, L. (Team member), RA1 (Team member) & RA2 (Team member)
1/09/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Internal Research Project
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Flooded, frozen, and burnt: Imagining sociotechnical futures in contemporary Chinese cli-fi
Zhou, Y. & Liu, X., 2026, (Submitted) In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gendering Ordinariness: Everyday Lives of Grassroots Women in Socialist Workers’ New Villages in Shanghai
Ip, P., Zhang, Y. & Liu, X., Dec 2026, (Accepted/In press) Palgrave Macmillan.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review
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Recognition, Diagnosis, and Remediation: Narrating Outbreaks in Post-2000s Chinese Science Fiction
Zhou, Y. & Liu, X., Dec 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Chinese Literature and Thought Today.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social Inequalities in Migration and Its Discontent: Representing Female Migrant Workers in Post-2020 Chinese Writings
Liu, X., 2026, (Submitted) In: Critical Arts .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Technology, Reproduction, and New Subjectivities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction
Liu, X., Sept 2026, (Accepted/In press) Narrating Chinese Identity in Contemporary Art and Culture. Bloomsbury Academic, p. 139-158Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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The Innovative Communication of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH): A Case Study of the Special Exhibition Luo Xiaohei × Suzhou Embroidery
Zhou, Y. (Speaker) & Liu, X. (Speaker)
26 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Heritage Transmission, Identity Reconstruction, and Technological Transformation in ICH-themed Chinese SF
Liu, X. (Speaker)
25 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Speculative Narrative and Cultural Heritage in the Age of AI
Liu, X. (Organiser) & Yu, X. (Organiser)
25 Aug 2026 → 26 Aug 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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From online novel to stage play: The Trans-media adaptation of Chinese feminist narratives in She's Tired of it.
Liu, X. (Speaker)
23 Jul 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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2. Narratives of East-Asian Family and Individuals in Social Transition: A Comparative Study of Reply 1988 (South Korea, 2015) and Romance in the Alley (China, 2024)
Liu, X. (Speaker)
10 Jul 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar