School of Humanities 人文學院

Shanghai Jiao Tong University 上海交通大學 (2023 - )*

*At SJTU, Flair only teaches offline from September to January, and the courses marked in green are recurring and on offer in the upcoming autumn term (2025). Please email if you have inquiries about the courses or wish to audit. 

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2025

• Modern Chinese Literature and Film 现代中国文学与电影

BA elective for all majors 全校通选, taught in Chinese 中文授课​

• China-Africa Encounters: A Critical Cultural History

MA elective for MA in Modern Chinese Studies (under development)

2024

• Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Society

BA elective for the Michigan-SJTU Joint Institute

(course evaluation score 4.87/5, the average is 4.47)

• Film Appreciation and Criticism

BA preparation course for high school graduates in the Davis Program

2023

• A Critical Introduction to Sinology and Chinese Studies

MA compulsory core module for MA in Modern Chinese Studies

(student average in 2024: A-)

• Understanding the Rise of China through Film

MA elective for MA in Modern Chinese Studies (student average in 2024: A-)​

• The History and Culture of Port Cities in East Asia

BA summer elective for students in the SJTU-Warwick Global Challenge Program (online, with Prof. Manuel Perez)

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MA Theses Supervised at SJTU

(MA in Modern Chinese Studies)*

*Flair regularly examines MA theses across the different humanities majors at SJTU.

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• [2024-2026] Christine Huiling Qian 🇺🇸 title TBC

• [2023-2025] Maria de Leon Perez 🇪🇸 "Navigating Racism and Identity: A Study of the Chinese Spanish Experience through Chinas (2023)"

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School of Modern Languages and Cultures

Warwick University (2018-2025)*

*As Associate Tutor in Translation Studies on a zero-hour contract (part-time), formal duties ended in 2019 while affiliation continued till 2025. Continued collaboration with Dr. Jane Qian Liu. 

2019

• MA Theses Supervision for MA in Translation and Cultures

2018

• Chinese-English Translation Portfolio (MA in Translation and Cultures)

MA compulsory supervisory module for MA in Translation and Cultures

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Oxford University (2017-2021)*

*As PhD student working with multiple colleges. Continued collaboration with the English Faculty. 

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2021

• MA Theses Co-supervision for MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation

2020

• BA Theses Co-supervision for BA in English (Postcolonial Studies)

2019

• Chinese British History through Literature and Film

BA special elective for the Exeter College Summer Program

• Dimensions of Leadership Workshops (as translator and teaching assistant)

BA summer program at Lady Margaret Hall with Xi’an Jiao Tong University

2018

• An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Modern Chinese Literatures

BA special elective at Hertford College, exchange program with English major, Tsinghua University

2017

• Oral Chinese Tutorials

BA tutorials for BA in Chinese students at the Queen’s College

All my courses are self-designed if not noted otherwise, see the PDFs of the syllabi at: https://oxford.academia.edu/FlairDonglaiShi