ZHANGE NI, Ph.D. 204, Major Williams Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Phone: (540) ;

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1 ZHANGE NI, Ph.D. 204, Major Williams Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Phone: (540) ; CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, East Asian Religion and Culture (August 2011-present) Visiting Assistant Professor (August May 2010) Department of Religion and Culture Virginia Tech EDUCATION University of Chicago Divinity School, September August 2009 Ph.D. in Religion and Literature Dissertation: The Pagan Writes Back: Hetero-religiosity, Heterology, and Heterogeneous Space in Four Contemporary Novels. Advisors: Antony C. Yu and Richard Rosengarten Qualifying Exams in the fields of 1) History of Criticism and Literary Theory, 2) Genres of Literature (Lyrics and the Novel), 3) History of Modern and Contemporary Religious Thought (Post-structuralism and Postmodern Theologies), and 4) Theory and Methods in Religious Studies (Formations of Religion and the Secular), Spring Fordham University, September 2000-May 2002 M.A. in Systematic Theology Peking University, September 1995-July 1999 B.A. in English Language and Literature PUBLICATIONS Book The Pagan Writes Back: When World Religion Meets World Literature (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015). Submitted for the MLA best first book prize competition. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Strange Paradise: Wrestling with the Golem and Double Idolatry in Cynthia Ozick s Puttermesser Papers, Literature and Theology 29 no.1 (2015): Japan s Orient and Animal Theology in Shūsaku Endō s Deep River, The Journal of American Academy of Religion 81, no. 3 (2013): Xinwenxue, guozu goujian, yu xingbie chayi (New Literature, Nationalist Construction, and Gender Difference), Zhongguo xiandai wenxue yanjiu congkan (Modern Chinese Literature Studies) 6 (2011):

2 Rewriting Jesus in Republican China: Religion, Literature, and Cultural Nationalism, The Journal of Religion 91, no. 2 (2011): Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters Reading in the Postsecular World, in Susan M. Felch, ed., Cambridge Companion to Literature and Religion (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), Making Religion, Making the New Woman: Reading Su Xuelin s Autobiographical Novel Jixin (Thorny Heart), in Ping Yao, Jinghua Jia, and Xiaofei Kang, eds., Gendering Chinese Religions (New York: SUNY Press, 2014), Book Reviews Review of Ronald Grimes, The Craft of Ritual Studies (Oxford University Press, New York, 2014), The Journal of Religion, scheduled for publication July Review of Jimmy Yu, Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, (Oxford University Press, 2012), Religion, published online April 28, 2014 doi: / x Review of Daniel H. Bays, A New History of Christianity in China (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), Frontiers of History in China 7, no.2 (2012): Review of Rebecca Nedostup, Superstitious Regimes: Religion and the Politics of Chinese Modernity (Harvard University Press, 2010), Frontiers of History in China 6, no. 1 (2011): Review of David J. Leigh, S.J., Apocalyptic Patterns in Twentieth Century Fiction (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008), The Journal of Religion, 90, no.2 (2010): Review of Jeana DelRosso, Writing Catholic Women: Contemporary International Girlhood Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), The Journal of Religion 87, no.2 (2007): Other Scholarly Publications A Response to David Jasper's Academic Adventures in China, Christianity and Literature, Vol. 62, No. 4 (Summer 2013): The Thorny Paths of Su Xuelin, Harvard Divinity Bulletin 39, no.3-4 (2011): Response to Jacqueline Bussie, Flowers in the Dark: African American Consciousness, Laughter, and Resistance in Toni Morrison's Beloved, The Religion & Culture Web Forum of the University of Chicago Divinity School, July WORKS IN PROGRESS Books The Child & the Sovereign: Religion, Violence, and Transnational Youth Culture Thorny Paths: Religion, Literature, and Secularism in China Journal Articles 2

3 A New Defense of Poetry According to Ally Condie s Matched Series. Submitted to The Journal of Popular Culture. Salome s Kiss, Kunala s Eyes: Women, Religion, and World Literatures. In preparation, to be submitted to Comparative Literature. TEACHING AT VIRGINIA TECH Courses RLCL 1904: Asian Religions (Now Religion and Culture in Asia) RLCL 1024: Judaism, Christian, and Islam RLCL 1004: Investigations in Religion and Culture RLCL 3024: Religion and Literature RLCL 3224: Religions of China and Japan RLCL 4324: Topics in Religion and Culture (Topic 1: Women, Gender, and Chinese Religions; Topic 2: Religion and Politics in Young Adult Literature) ASPT 6204: Religion and Conflict: Trans-Regional Perspectives (team taught) Independent Studies Secularism and World Literature; Religion in Asian Cinema; Religion and Politics in Modern Japan Teaching Interests World Religions; Theory and Methods in the Study of Religion; Religion, Politics, and Culture in East Asia; Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Religious Studies; Religion and Literature (aesthetics, critical theory and cultural criticism, contemporary fiction and poetry) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Missionaries and the Rise of Literary Criticism in Modern China, Beyond Missionary Studies Workshop at Columbia University, April 8 th, 2016, NY, NY. Sex and the Empire: Bromance and Homonationalism in Contemporary Chinese Internet Literature, April 1 st, 2016, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. "Animal Spirits and Satellite Networks: Exploring the Problem Space of Chinese Secularism," November 23 rd, 2015, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Co-Chair (with Charles Laughlin from UVA) of "The Uncanny in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture" Panels, June 18th, 19th, 20th, 2015, Association of Chinese and Comparative literature Annual Meeting, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Legend of the Sword: Popular Religion and Young Adult Literature in Contemporary China, November 24 th, 2014, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Science Fiction, Superstition Fiction, and the Chinese Project of Secularism, March 28 th, 2014, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 3

4 Monster s Ball: A Comparative Reading of Flowers in the Mirror and Gao Xingjian s Of Mountains and Seas, March 23 rd, 2013, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Confucian-Christian Dialogues in Prison: Reading the Prison Writings of Zhao Zichen and Zhang Dongsun, January 6 th, 2013, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Why the Post-secular Study of Religion and Literature Needs Science Fiction, November 19 th, 2012, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Religion and Secularism in the Framework of Phantasmagoria: Youth Culture in Contemporary China, March 17 th, 2012, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. Comparative Religion and Su Xuelin s Alternative Imagination of the National Origin of China, November 21 st, 2011, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Making Religion, Making the New Woman, June 18 th, 2011, International Conference on Women and Gender in Chinese Religions, University of Macau, Macau, China. Women, Religion, and Bildungsroman Reading Su Xuelin s Heart of Thorny Shrubs, January 7 th, 2011, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Transfiguration of Jesus in Modern Chinese Fiction, November 8 th, 2009, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (due to travel complications, presented in absentia by Prof. James Robson, chair of the panel). The Pagan and Gendered Other Ambiguity of Nature in Cynthia Ozick s Pagan Rabbi and Puttermesser and Xanthippe, Iowa University, Religion, Literature, and the Arts Conference: Theology and Critique, April 4 th, 2009, Iowa City, IA. Resurrection, Reincarnation, and Rebirth in the Koshinto Cosmos of Shūsaku Endō s Deep River, Iowa University, Religion, Literature, and the Arts Conference: Theology and Critique, March 29 th, 2008, Iowa City, IA. Travel: Performing Selves, Playing God/dess(es) Reading Salman Rushdie s Satanic Verses and Shūsaku Endō s Deep River, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 18 th, 2007, San Diego, CA. INVITED LECTURES The Pagan Writes Back: The Study of World Religion and World Literature, June 18 th, 2015, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. "Animal Are Not Allowed to Become Spirits!: Rethinking Popular Religion and Popular Culture in Contemporary China, March 9 th, 2015, Institute for Chinese Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Postsecularism and the Study of Religion, June 17 th, 2013, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Center for the Study of World Religions, Beijing, China. 4

5 Religion in Conflict: Modern East Asia, September 27 th, 2012, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University, AZ. Religion and Literature: Review of a Field, May 28 th, 2012, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Center for the Study of World Religions, Beijing, China. Imprisoned Body and Revived Religion, April 6 th, 2012, Suffering Bodies during the Second Sino-Japanese War ( ) Workshop, Harvard University, MA. Conservative Radicality: Su Xuelin and the Subterraneous History of Religions in Modern China, March 7 th, 2011, Harvard University, MA. Rewriting Jesus as the Revolutionary Carpenter in Republican China, November 25 th, 2009, Religions and Revolutions in Modern Chinese History and Literature Workshop, Arizona State University, AZ. AWARDS AND GRANTS CLAHS Humanities Summer Stipend, Virginia Tech, (Nominated by VT to apply for NEH Summer Stipend) CLAHS Humanities Summer Stipend, Virginia Tech, Summer Mini-course Grant, Beijing Normal University, Summer Lecture Series Grant, Beijing Normal University, The Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER), Faculty Reading Group Grant, Virginia Tech, Post-doctoral Fellowship in The Women s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School, Wilson Teaching Fellowship at the University of Chicago, for self-designed course Bible and Non-Western Literature, 2009 (declined). Martin Marty Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago, UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT VIRGINIA TECH Department of Religion and Culture Organizer for the Diversity Symposium Timing States: India and China in Dialogue (2016) Executive Committee (2013- ) Search Committee for VAP position in Judaic Studies (2014) Search Committee for position in Cultural Theory (2011) Organizer for the Diversity Symposium Chrisitianities of the Global South (2013) Organizer for the Faculty Reading Group Postsecularism: Intersection of Religion and Culture (2013) Organizer of the Brown Bag talk series ( ) Coordinator of the Warren Hobbie Scholarship (2014- ) College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Co-coordinator of Asian Area Studies Minor (2013- ) Library Committee ( ) 5

6 University: International Outreach Visited Tongji University and Shandong University (2012) Summer lecture series: Beijing Normal University (2013) Summer course: Beijing Normal University (2014) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES Publication Reviews Reviewed one article manuscript for Journal of Religion (2015) Reviewed three article manuscripts for Literature and Theology ( ) American Academy of Religion, steering committee for the Arts, Literature, and Religion Section Review proposals per year submitted to the ALR section of the annual AAR meetings (2012- ) LANGUAGES Native in Chinese, fluent in Japanese, reading knowledge of German and French PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Academy of Religion American Comparative Literature Association Association for Asian Studies American Historian Association Modern Language Association 6