Prof. LI Yizhuo (李依卓)

Yizhuo Li is a scholar specialising in Ming-Qing studies. Her research interests include fiction and drama, theatre and performance, gender and sexuality, and the interplay between literature and religion. She completed her undergraduate studies in Chinese literature at Fudan University (BA 2018), followed by MPhil training at the University of Hong Kong (2020). She received her Ph.D. in Chinese studies from the University of Cambridge (2024).

Yizhuo is working on a book project based on her Ph.D. dissertation "Bellicose Beauties: Villainesses, Gender Transgression, and Martial Drama in Beijing, 1774-1911", which examines the writing and performance of villainous female warriors during the rise of miscellaneous local traditions, or Flowery Operas (huabu花部), in Qing theatre.

Pre-modern Chinese literature, Ming-Qing fiction and drama, gender and sexuality, women's writing and art practices

CAH2611 & GE2137 Sources of Literature, Cultural Heritage, and History

CAH5732 Gender Perspectives on Chinese Literature

CAH5797 Capstone Project in Chinese Language and Literature