CHEN Xi
CHEN Xi is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, South China University of Technology (SCUT). She earned her Ph.D. in Film and Television Arts at Peking University. She also had academic work experience as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, USA.
Her research areas include film and television communication, audio-visual media creative content ecology and its development in media/creative/cultural industries and other related research areas. She is also engaged in these areas: screenwriting, film and television criticism, and academic translation in media- and art-related fields. She has received more than 10 humanities and social science research grants as the principal investigator, including grants at the ministerial and provincial-level and those from provincial departments and municipal governments. Besides, she actively worked as a major research team member in several social science research grants, including the Key Project (Grant) of the National Social Science Fund of China and the Key Project (Grant) of the National Radio and Television Administration.
WORK AND EDUCATION
Associate Professor, South China University of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Ph.D., Peking University
Other Positions
Board Member, Committee for Film & TV International Communication, Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Arts
Board Member, Guangdong University Student Collaborative Innovation Advisory Committee, Guangdong Provincial Film Association
She is also an active member of the Guangdong Provincial Film Association.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Chen, X. (2019). Fusion and cataclysm: the fission of Hong Kong martial arts films in 1973. Contemporary Cinema, 7.
2. Chen, X. (2017). “Late night cafeteria”: Is it a localized or unacclimated adaptation of a foreign IP?, China Television, 10.
3. Chen, X. & Wang, Y. (2020). The media content production and consumption ecology of BiliBili, a non-mainstream youth social video website in transition. Art Review, 8.
4. Chen, X. (2017). Homogeneity and difference: how subscription streaming services reshape the ecology of the TV drama. Art Review, 9.
5. Chen, X. (forthcoming). The echoing and discrete pictures of film history in 1973. in General History of Chinese Film (Volume V). Commercial Press.
6. Chen, X. (2016). Reviews and reflections on ‘mass film criticism’ in the era of media convergence. in Soft Power of Chinese Film and Television Culture: Concept and Path. Communication University of China Press.
7. Chen, X. (2016). “A preliminary study on the production mechanism of ‘mass film criticism’ in the era of media convergence. in Pan-screen and Cross-border: A New Vision of China's Film and Television Development. China Film Press.
8. Chen, X. (2016). Research on the protection and activation of Foshan's intangible cultural heritage in the context of Internet +. Journal of Foshan University of Science and Technology (Social Science Edition), 6.
9. Chen, X. (2012). Transformation of Lingnan rural-themed film in the first decade of the 21st century. Movie Literature, 22.
10. Pu, B. and Chen, X. (2011). Meet or Deviate? Chinese idioms, theatre semiotics and dramatic situation. Theatre Literature, 10.
11. Chen, X. (2010). Reconsideration on the narrative of Chinese values of life: on Feng Xiaogang’s film “Aftershock”. Guangdong Arts, 6.
12. Chen, X. (2010). Roles of multi-Lingnan cultures within the Kang’s family in the TV series “In-laws, Out-laws”. Contemporary TV, 11.
13. Chen, X. (2009). The story of a 16-year-old girl-- sociological imagination in the images of Juno. Guangdong Arts, 1.
14. Chen, X. (2009). A case study on “the Drive of Life” -- a TV series for celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong SAR. Journal of Drama Studies, 3.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
1. Chen, X. (2019). When Media Production is Multiplied by Policies: A Case Study on the South China Film and TV Center. IAMCR 2019 Conference. Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2. Chen, X. (2018). Facing South: China’s Intending Move in Transnational Production of Film and TV. 2018 IAMCR Conference. University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.
3. Chen, X. (2018). Being Who? Production of “Overlapping” Transnational Asian Images in Chinese TV Drama. AAS-IN-ASIA 2018 Conference. Ashoka University, New Delhi, India.
4. Chen, X. 2016. Discourses Outside: An Initial Study on Overseas Chinese Film Directors in Canada. The 9th ISSCO International Conference 2016. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
5. Chen, X. 2015. Affection and Images: Trans-Border Narration of Chinese Memories in Chinese-Language Cinema. 2015 ISSCO (the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas) Regional Conference. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
6. Chen, X. 2014. People, Scene and Affect: A Deleuzian Approach to Urban Landscape and Aesthetic Narratives. The 11th Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference: Post-Asia Film, Media and Popular Culture 2014. University of Macau, Macau, China.
PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS
1. Huang, B. & Guan, H. (Eds.). (2009). Pictured Encyclopedia of Foshan Intangible Cultural Heritage (X. Chen, Trans.). Guangzhou: World Publishing Corporation. (Chinese to English)
2. Dumitriu, C. (Ed). (2011). The Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Plays and Characters. Shanghai: Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House. (Co-translator, English to Chinese)
HONORS AND AWARDS
1. SCUT Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020
2. SCUT Excellence in Thesis Advising Award, 2017
3. The Second Prize, School of Journalism and Communication Excellence in Teaching Award, 2021
4. The Third Prize, School of Journalism and Communication Excellence in Research Award, 2021
5. The Second Prize, Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Arts (CCAVA) Best Paper Award, 2021
6. The Third Prize, Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Arts (CCAVA) Best Paper Award, 2018
7. Outstanding Graduate of Colleges and Universities in Beijing
8. Outstanding Graduate of Peking University
9. Peking University May 4th Award Scholarship
10. Peking University AEON Award Scholarship
11. Granted the first-class scholarships for doctoral students at Peking University for four consecutive years
Courses: Audio-Visual Language, Film and Television Screenwriting, Short Film Creation, Case Study on Film and Television, University Aesthetic Education, Film Appreciation
Online course: Aesthetics of Films: Time & Aesthetics of Films: Space -two lectures in the serial course College Aesthetic Education listed as the “National Top-level Quality Open Course of the Year” by the Ministry of Education of China.
CONTACT
Email: mscchen@126.com
