Since 2016, the University of Science and Technology Beijing’s School of Foreign Studies has established the USTB Research Center for World Literature and Culture to assure its position and participation in the Top-Notch University and Top-Notch Program Projects. The purpose of the Center, is to recognize and promote USTB’s internationalized talents, redevelop top ranking Foreign Language and Literature doctoral programs, and contribute to the USTB Elite Arts development strategy. Its main aim is to reintegrate current teaching and research resources, focus on foreign literature and culture, promote academic innovation, and enhance multi-disciplinary cooperation to facilitate the cultivation of outstanding scholars.
The Center’s academic team has consistently and successfully been working on several projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China and the Educational Ministry of Social Sciences and Humanities Foundation of China. Their support has enabled USTB to invite and welcome renowned national and international scholars, researchers, and critics to give lectures, colloquia, and seminars at the Center to propagate the Western Humanities Lectures. For example, in 2016, the Centre successfully organized the Frontier Forum for Foreign Literary and Cultural Discourses as well as a Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary Commemorative week which garnered accolades from both the community and Beijing.
The center also works in tandem with foreign universities such as DeMonfort University and several universities in Japan to establish formal academic programs to foster master’s and Doctoral candidates. These mutual cooperatives have shaped new academic liaisons and joint projects with many internationally acclaimed institutions including, UCLA, Manchester University, University of Toronto, Mainz University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Prof. Chen Hongwei,
Professor of English Literature and Drama, Doctoral Supervisor, Convener for Literature Concentration
1. English literature and culture
2. Japanese literature and culture
3. German literature and culture
4. Drama, film, performing arts and cross-boundary studies
5. Teaching and research of foreign literature and culture