Xurong Kong, Ph.D. Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture Director, Asian Studies Director, Chinese Studies Kean University Phone: (908) 737-0257 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kean.edu/~xkong Education 09/00-12/05 09/98-05/00 09/94-07/97

PhD in Classical Chinese Literature Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison Minor: Comparative Literature MA in Classical Chinese Literature Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison MA in Classical Chinese Literature Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China

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BA in Chinese Language and Literature Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature Yanbei Teachers College at Datong University, Shanxi Province, P. R. China

Publications Trans. Selections from the History of the Later Han 後漢書. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company 中華書局, forthcoming. (with Sujane Wu) “Fu Chungu ji 傅鶉觚集” and “Fuzi 傅子.” Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographic Guide. Ed. Albert Dien. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, forthcoming. Trans. Selections from Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government 資治通鑒選譯. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2015. “Wenxuan and the Third Century Literature 文选和三世纪文学.” In “Jinfan: Sinology Column 梵净国学栏目,” Journal of Tongren Collge 铜仁学院学报 4 (Oct. 2014). “Just War? A Matter of Heaven’s Will.” Comparative Cultures (E-book). Vol. 9. Just War: Theory and Case Studies, ed. Dennis Klein. Kean University Faculty Seminar on Comparative Cultures, https://sites.google.com/a/kean.edu/facultyseminar, 2012. “To See a World in a Flower: A Sustainable Way of Studying Classical Chinese Literature.” China Review International 18.3 (2011): 342-346. “Origins of Verisimilitude: A Reconsideration of Medieval Chinese Literary Thought.” Journal of American Oriental Society 131.2 (2011): 267-288. “Tao Yuanming” 陶渊明 (365-427). Classical Chinese Writers in Dictionary of Literary Biography. Columbia, South Carolina: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2009. “Still Life.” Education About Asia 13.1 (Spring 2008): 61-62. (With Sue Gronewold) “Military Uniform as Fashion During the Cultural Revolution (1966-976).” Intercultural Communication Studies XII.2 (2008): 176-193.

Trans. Douji yu Zhongguo wenhua 鬥雞與中國文化 (Translation of Robert Joe Cutter, The Brush and The Spur: Chinese Culture and the Cockfight). Beijing: Zhonghua shuju 中華 書局, 2005. (With others) “Fu Xuan’s 傅玄 (217-278) Rhapsodies on Objects 詠物賦.” PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005. Invited Talks 07/03/14 06/20/14 06/19/14 06/17/14 05/30/14 01/16/14 05/21/13 06/30/12

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“Soundless Existence: Music in Classical Chinese Literary Writing” given at School of Literature, Langfang Teachers College, Langfang, Hebei Province, China “Soundless Existence: Music in Classical Chinese Literary Writing” given at College of Literature, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China “Curriculum Development and Class Management in American Universities” given at Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China “Curriculum Development and Class Management in American Universities” given at College of Global Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China “Soundless Existence: Music in Classical Chinese Literary Writing” given at School of Music, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China “Creating Google sites: For Face-to-face Classroom and Online Classes Support” co-presented at Technology Institute, Kean University, Union, New Jersey. “Creating and maintaining faculty Google sites” co-presented at Technology Institute, Kean University, Union, New Jersey. “Cultural Cultivation and Training” and “Future and Challenges of Establishing an Academic Programs in USA” given at the Fourth Training Workshop on Teaching Chinese as the Second Language, hosted by Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China. “Past and Future of Confucius in Modern China” invited to present at the Celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, hosted by New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Newark, New Jersey. “Chinese Literature Through Medias” given at the course AS 2000 Introduction to Asian Studies, Kean University, Union, New Jersey. “Teaching Skills Preparation for Becoming a Chinese Language Teacher” presented at 2010 CIRU Summer Training Workshop for Chinese Teachers hosted by Kean University, Drew University and Confucius Institute at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Presentations 05/23/14 06/28/13

“Future, Challenges, and Establishment of a Chinese Studies Programs in USA” invited to present at the Fifth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics and Chinese Language Instruction, Columbia University, New York, New York. “Asian Studies Program: Interdisciplinary Collaborative Teaching Model for the 21th Century” presented at the Partnership for Global Learning Annual Conference, hosted by the Asian Society, in Brooklyn, New York. 2

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“Wenxuan and the Third Century Literature” invited to present at the 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Wenxuan Studies and the International Symposium, hosted by Henan University, in Kaifeng, Henan Province, China. “Legitimizing War in Ancient China” presented on “Just War: Western and Eastern World Perspectives” at the Faculty seminar on Comparative Cultures 11th Annual Roundtable, Kean University, Union, New Jersey. “Roles of Historians in Ancient China” presented at the Faculty Lecture hosted by History Department at Kean University, Union, New Jersey. “Future of Manhattan Chinatown: Urban Renewal or Gentrification?” accepted by the 6th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.1 “Gongfu and Chineseness” accepted by the Chinese Cinema at US since 1979, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. “Uniform, Mao’s Time and Our Time” presented at Left Forum at the Pace University, New York, New York. “Which one is Yongwu Fu? Cao Pi’s (187-266) or Fu Xuan’s (217-278) Fu on Willow?” presented at the Two Hundred and Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago, Illinois. “Yongwu fu and Intention? A Thematic Study of Fu Xuan’s yongwu fu” presented at the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society at University of California at Irvine. “Military Uniform as Fashion During the Cultural Revolution” presented at the 13th Annual meeting of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, June 22-24, Harbin, China. “Verisimilitude and Pragmatism: A Question in the Study of Fu Xuan's yongwu fu” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Branch of the American Oriental Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. “The Scope of the wu in yongwu fu” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “The Aesthetic Features of the Yongwu fu of Fu Xuan (217-278)” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Branch of the American Oriental Society, the University of California at Berkeley.

Honors and Fellowships 7/3-18/2014 6/7-10/2012 05/14/2012

Selected to teach International Summer School at Renmin University of China Foundation Fund, attended the 12th Annual “Reacting to the Past” Institute at Barnard College, New York Guest Speaker at the Celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month hosted by New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Newark, New Jersey

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This documentary was also accepted by the following three conferences: the 4th International Global Studies Conference at Rio De Janeiro, Brasil, July 19, 2011; the Association of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast and the Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies at Pomona College in Claremont, California, USA, June 19, 2011; the 16th Conference of Association of Chinese Professors of Humanities and Social Sciences at the United States (ACPSS) at Harvard University, USA, Nov. 6, 2010.

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Member of the Delegation attending the Ground Breaking Ceremony of Wenzhou-Kean University at Wenzhou, China Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Kean University Awarded as the Student Group Advisor by Center for Leadership and Service at Kean University Visiting Scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China Faculty Fellowship, Confucius Institute at Rutgers University, New Jersey University Award, an internal grant at Kean University Untenured Faculty Research Initiative, an internal grants at Kean University Chow Tse-tsung Award, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison Vice-President, Chinese Students and Scholars Association, UW-Madison University WARF Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison College scholarship, first level (top 5%) for 5 terms, second level (top 10%) for 3 terms, Yanbei Teaching College, Datong, Shanxi Third Prize in the Eloquence Contest for Future Teachers in Shanxi Province Second Prize in the Eloquence Contest for Future Teachers Yanbei Teachers College, Datong, Shanxi Province

Professional Experience 09/05-present Assistant Professor (Tenured in 2011) Department of History Kean University 09/05-08/06 Full-time Lecturer Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Columbia University 01/05-06/05 Teaching Assistant Department of East Asian Languages and Literature University of Wisconsin-Madison 01/04-05/04 Project Assistant (Professor Julia Murray) University of Wisconsin-Madison 09/03-05/04 Group Leader for Chinese Language Hotline University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Hawaii 08/03-01/04 Project Assistant (Professor Robert Joe Cutter) University of Wisconsin-Madison 09/04-12/04 Teaching Assistant Department of East Asian Languages and Literature University of Wisconsin-Madison 08/02-08/03 Full-time Lecturer Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages San Diego State University 01/00-08/02 Project Assistant (Professor Robert Joe Cutter) University of Wisconsin-Madison 09/98- 05/01 Teaching Assistant Department of East Asian Languages and Literature 4

University of Wisconsin-Madison 06/99- 08/99 Teaching Assistant Summer Chinese Language, Center for Language Studies Beloit College Professional Activity and Service Affiliations • Association for Asian Studies • Association for Asian American Studies • American Oriental Society • Mediaeval Chinese Study Group • International Association of Chinese Linguistics Offices and Positions • Affiliated Faculty at the Confucius Institute at Rutgers University • Board Director of the New Jersey Chinese Culture Studies Foundation Kean University • Member, Writing Emphasis Committee, Since Fall 2014 • Director, Asian Studies, since Spring 2011 • Member, University Curriculum Committee, since Fall 2011 • Member, Academic Technology & Multimedia Committee, since May 2010 • Member, Middle States Commission on Higher Education Self Study, Working Group Six on Educational Offering and General Education, since Fall 2009 • Faculty Advisor, Asian Culture Club since Fall 2009 • Member, Campus Cultural committee, since Fall 2008 • Director, Chinese Studies, since Fall 2008 • Steering Committee Member, Track Faculty Network (TTFN) at Kean University, from Fall 2007 to Spring 2011 • Member, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, from Fall 2007 to Fall 2009 • Faculty Advisor, Chinese Student Association, from Fall 2007 to Spring 2008

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