Xinci Fu

Fu Xinci (傅歆辭) is a Ph.D. student currently studying and working on premodern Chinese literature, with a focus on Late Tang poetry and literary history. He is interested in poetry exchange as a literary culture and exchange poem as a literary genre.

Academic History

• B.A. in Chinese Literature and Language, University of Hong Kong.
• M.A. in Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore.
• M.A. Thesis: “Writing Places and Spaces in Presentation Poems of Late Tang (827-907).
• Ph.D. in East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies (in progress)

Advisors

• Professor Thomas Mazanec
• Professor Li Xiaorong

Awards and Fellowships

• 2017 Lee Shau Kee Scholarship
• 2018 Dr SH HO Prize in Chinese studies
• 2019 Cheung Nim-ping Prizes in Chinese Literature
• 2019 Professor So Man Jock Prizes in Chinese Literature
• 2019 Professor Tsui Ying Chun Prizes in Chinese Literature
• 2020 Sung Hon Ting Cheng Pui Lan Memorial Scholarship
• 2021 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, NUS
• 2023 Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship, UCSB
• 2024 Graduate Student Travel Support Award, East Asian Center
• 2024 Presentation Honorarium, Arizona State University
• 2024 Harvard Institution of World Literature Fellowship

Conference Presentations

• “Performing Talent As Locals: The Construction And Localization Of Late Tang Zhejiang浙江Poets’ Literary Reputation”. The 6th ZJU-NUS Frontier of Chinese Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, September 1st, 2023.
• “Writing With/Without Feminine Voice: Mid Tang (766-835) Courtesan Xue Tao’s Exchange Poems and Poetic Voice”. Arizona State University, East Asian Graduate Student Conference, January 14th, 2024.
• “Topographic Writings and Poetic Competence: a Late Tang (827-907) Local Literary Group’s Poetic Learning and Poetry Exchanges”. CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Conference, February 24th, 2024.

Translations

(Forthcoming) Jao, Tsung-I饒宗頤. “Suyab, the True Birthplace of Li Bai” (李白出生地——碎葉), revised by Professor. Nicolas Morrow Williams.