Tian Jin
Heidelberg University
+49 15228734622
Education
PhD in Comparative Literature, focusing on modern Chinese literature
University of Edinburgh, 2015-2020
MSc in Literature and Society
University of Edinburgh, 2014-2015
Exchange
Universität zu Köln, 2012-2013
BA in English
Sun Yat-sen University, 2010-2014
Employment
Visiting Researcher in Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University, August 2026 – Present
Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, July 2021 – July 2026
Research Interests
Modern Chinese literature, word and music studies, digital humanities, queer studies
Publications & Conferences
-The Condition of Music and Anglophone Influences in the Poetry of Shao Xunmei (2020), reviewed favorably by:
Prof. Nick Admussen in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (September, 2020).
Prof. Paul Manfredi in Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature (March, 2022).
-Third author of the textbook American Literature: Viewing, Listening, and Speaking (2025).
-“Sapphics and Sapphic-sexuality in Shao’s ‘Shafu 莎茀’ and Swinburne’s ‘Sapphics’”, the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Word and Music Association Forum: Music and Sexuality, Arizona State University (2016).
Current Research Projects
- From Poetic Voice to Artificial Voice: AI and the Afterlife of Qing Zhu’s Art Songs.
-The Literary Salons of Republican Shanghai: An Interactive Game Based on Lu Shaofei’s Tearoom Conversations.
-My second book project Interart Modernism in China: Music, Poetry and Transnational Aesthetics.
Professional Memberships
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
Deutsche Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS)
Teaching
Postgraduate
- A Survey of World Literature, which situates modern and contemporary Chinese literature within the context of world literature.
- Lectures entitled “Introduction to Word and Music Studies” and “Cross-cultural Perspectives in Word and Music Studies”.
Undergraduate
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Literary Studies, which examines modern Chinese literature through the lens of word and music studies.
Supervision and Consultation
- Marked over 10 postgraduate and undergraduate course papers on topics traversing modern and contemporary Chinese literature.
- Marked over 20 postgraduate and undergraduate course papers on world literature.
- Conducted consultations for students who are especially interested in word and music studies.
Service
-Graduate Admissions Examination Committee, SYSU (MA programs interviews)
-Undergraduate Major Allocation Committee, SYSU (interviews)
-Adult Education Examination Committee, SYSU (exam setting and marking)
Languages
Cantonese (native), Mandarin (native), English (near-native), German (intermediate)