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CAI Xiaohui

Academic Title:associate professor

Research Center:Foreign Literature Research Center

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  • Personal Profile
  • Achievement
  • Social Appointments
  • Courses Taught
  • Honor Title
  • Work Experience

    September 2019 – August 2020: Visiting scholar, Simon Fraser University

    December 2018 – present: Associate professor, Nankai University

    July 2002 – December 2019: Lecturer, Nankai University


    Education

    Ph.D.:     Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Nankai University,     2014

    M.A.:English Department, College of Foreign Languages, Nankai University,   2002

    B.A.:     English Department, College of Foreign Languages,Nankai University,   1999


  • Refereed Journal Articles

    "Narrative Strategies and Cultrual Politics in Sky Lee's Diasappearing Moon Cafe". Contemporary Foreign Literature, 2021(3), pp.86-93.


     "Awakening of Women's Consciousness and Changing Family Modes in Canadian Chinese Community in the First Half of the 20th Century". Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies, 2020(3): pp.63-72.


    “The Ethics of Patriarchal Clan System in the Context of North America: A Literary Ethical Analysis of Disappearing Moon Café by Chinese Canadian Writer Sky Lee”. Foreign Literature Studies, 2018(6): pp.51-63.

    “Gender and Sexuality as Symptoms of Trauma: Reading Gender and Sexuality in Mei Ng’s Eating Chinese Food Naked”. Literatures in Chinese, 2018(5): pp.104-111.

    Bone: Telling the Inside Story of Chinatown”, Literatures in Chinese, 2018(4): pp. 93-100.

    “English Diaspora Literature Written by Chinese Writers in North America and Their Literary Traditions: An Analysis of Ha Jin and Yan Li’s Literary Works”. Comparative Literature in China, 2017(4): pp.158-170.

    “Dialogue with Bilingual Chinese Canadian Writer Li Yan”. Southern Cultural Forum, 2017(3): pp.49-54.

    “Between Modernity and Nationality: Western Cities in Chinese American Sinophone Literature”.  Jinan Journal, 2016(11): pp.23-32.

     “Spatial Theories and Spatial Turn of Literary Criticism”. Journal of Shihezi University, 2014(4): pp.96-101.

    “Chinese American Literature in the View of Spatial Theories”. Literature and Culture Studies, 2014(1): pp.134-140.

     “Enhancing Value Instruction in College English Classrooms of Universities”. Shanghai Journal of Educational Journal, 2014(1): pp.70-74.

    “The Redefinition of Literature Written by Americans of Chinese Ancestry”. Nankai Journal, 2014(1): pp.28-30.

    “Metaphor and Irony: An Interpretation of Bai Xianyong’s ‘New Yorkers’ Short Stories from the Perspective of Spatial Criticism”. World Literature Criticism, Vol. 17, 2013: pp.188-192.

    Monographs

    Spatial Forms and Cultural Identity in Chinese American Literature. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2019.

    Co-compiled/Co-translated Articles/Chapters in Books

    “Unit 3: A Death of One’s Own”, in Experiencing English: Critical Thinking and Reading, ed. Yipu, Wang, Yue, Jian. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2015: pp.041-064.

    “Unit 13: Tackling Social Problems”, in An Advanced Course of Spoken English, ed. Yipu, Wang, Yuehua, Huang. Beijing: Science Publishing House, 2010: pp.185-200.

    “Chapter 14: The Founding of the China National Amateur Athletic Federation”, “Chapter 15: Initiating the National Games”, in The Man Who Brought the Olympics to China, ed. Hailin, Sun. Beijing:New World Press, 2008: pp.83-96.

    “The Sinned Hester and the Awakened Edna”, in “A Collection of Research Papers, Nankai University, ed.Yuehua, Huang,Yipu, Wang. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2005: pp.87-91.

    Grants and Funds

    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant of Nankai University, “Narrative Strategies and Cultural Identity in North American Chinese Literature”, 2019-2020 (CNY20, 000). (Leading Researcher)

    China National Social Sciences Grant for Major Projects, “Cultural and Historical Exploration into American Literary Geography and Its Disciplinary Construction”, 2016-2021. (Participant Researcher)

    Tianjin Social Sciences Foundation Grant, “Chicago Representations of Saul Bellow’s Works”, 2016-2019. (Participant Researcher)

    Tianjin Social Sciences Foundation Grant, “Space Narratives in Chinese American Literature”, 2015-2018 (CNY20, 000). (Leading Researcher)

    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant of Nankai University, “North American Chinese Literature Written in English as an Acquired Language”, 2017-2018 (CNY30, 000). (Leading Researcher)

    Aid to Scholarly Publications Program Grant, Asian Research Center in Nankai University, 2017. (CNY30, 000 for “Spatial Forms and Cultural Identity in Chinese American Literature”)                                                                                                                       

    Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, “An Exploration into Assessment System Under the New English Teaching Mode Aiming to Cultivate International Talents” , 2015-2016. (CNY8,000) (Leading Researcher)         

    Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, “Computer Adaptive Language Tests in College English Teaching” ,2011- 2014. (Participant Researcher)                                                                                                    

    Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, “Teachers’ Roles and Oral English Teaching”, 2010 – 2013. (Participant Researcher)


  • Member of Association of Overseas Chinese History


  • Basic English 2-1;

    Basic English 2-2;

    Advanced English I;

    Advanced English II





  • Third Prize Winner. The 13th Teaching Contest in Tianjin (Held by Tianjin Education Council), November 2016.

    Third Prize Winner. The Annual Teaching Contest of Nankai University, July 2016.

    Excellent Instructor. The Translation Contest for College Students in Tianjin(Held by Tianjin Education Committee and Tianjin Translation Association), November 2013.

    Excellent Writing Grader for College English Test (Band 4), 2012-2015.