Eva Shan Chou
Professor
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Department: English
Areas of expertise: Classical Chinese poetry; modern Chinese literature and cultural studies; ballet, especially the history of ballet in China
Email Address: Eva.Chou@baruch.cuny.edu
- Biography
- Teaching
- Research and Creative Activity
- Grants
- Honors and Awards
- Service
Education
Ph.D., Chinese Literature, Harvard University
M.A., Chinese Literature, Harvard University
B.A., English Literature, Harvard College
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | ENG | 3032 | Asian American Literature |
| Fall 2022 | ENG | 3032 | Asian American Literature |
| Fall 2022 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2022 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2022 | ENG | 4460 | The Modern Short Novel |
| Spring 2022 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2020 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2020 | ENG | 4460 | The Modern Short Novel |
| Spring 2020 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2019 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Spring 2018 | ENG | 4460 | The Modern Short Novel |
| Fall 2017 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2017 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2016 | ENG | 4460 | The Modern Short Novel |
| Spring 2016 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Spring 2015 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 5000H | Independent Study English I |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2014 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2013 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2013 | AAS | 3085 | Top In Asian & Asian Ameri Stu |
| Spring 2013 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2012 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2012 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 3036 | Post-Colonial Literature |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2010 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 3030 | Cont Lit Asia,Afr,La |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2008 | ENG | 3036 | Post-Colonial Literature |
| Fall 2008 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2008 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Spring 2008 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2007 | ENG | 3030 | Cont Lit Asia,Afr,La |
| Spring 2007 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2007 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2006 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2006 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Fall 2005 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Fall 2005 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2005 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2004 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2004 | ENG | 2800H | Hon Great Works of Lit I |
| Fall 2004 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Fall 2004 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2003 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Spring 2003 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2002 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2002 | ENG | 2800H | Hon Great Works of Lit I |
| Fall 2001 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2001 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2001 | ENG | 3032 | Ethnic Literature |
| Fall 2001 | ENG | 5001 | Independent Study English II |
Books
Chou, E. (2012). Memory, Violence, Queues: Lu Xun Interprets China. (p. 332). Asia Past and Present Series. Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A., Association for Asian Studies. 100+ illustrations. (REVIEWS: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 2014; Journal of Asian Studies (lead article), 2014; China Perspectives [French Centre for Contemporary Research on China, Hong Kong], 2014; China Quarterly [SOAS, Univ of London], 2014; Journal of Chinese Studies [Hong Kong], 2013).
Chou, E. (1996). Reconsidering Tu Fu: Literary Greatness and Cultural Context (REVIEWS: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 1997; Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1997; T'oung Pao [Leiden], 1999; Monumenta Serica [Sankt Augustin, Germany] 1999.) . Cambridge and New York , UK, Cambridge University Press. Paperback edition, 2006.
Journal Articles
(2022). "The Establishment of Beijing Dance School in the First-Hand Report of Soviet Specialist O. A. Il'ina: Introduction, Translation, Notes.". Dance Research, 40(1). 11–40 (16,000 words).
Chou, E. (2017). "The End of Fiction, the Start of Politics: Lu Xun in 1926-27". Sino Platonic Papers, University of Pennsylvania, digital-only since 2006. 29pp.
Chou, E. (2009). "Confucian Elements in an Icon of Iconoclasm: 'Diary of a Madman'". minima sinica, 66(6). 421-459.
(2007). "'A Story about Hair': A Curious Mirror of Lu Xun's Pre-Republican Years". Journal of Asian Studies , 66.2. 421-59. Forthcoming in Chinese in two parts in Lu Xun Research Monthly (Beijing Lu Xun Museum).
Chou, E. (2005). "Literary Evidence of Continuities from Zhou Shuren to Lu Xun". Rocky Mountain Review of Languages and Literatures, 59.2. 49-66. Translated into Chinese and published in Lu Xun Research Monthly (Beijing Lu Xun Museum, June 2012).
Chou, E. (2002). "Learning to Read Lu Xun 1918-23: The Emergence of a Readership" . China Quarterly , ( 172). 1043-64. Translated into Chinese and published in Lu Xun Research Monthly (Beijing Lu Xun Museum), June, 2013.
(2000). "Tu Fu's 'General Ho' Poems: Social Obligations and Poetic Response". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , 60.1. 165-204.
(1999). "The Political Martyr in Lu Xun's Writings". Asia Major, 3d ser., 12.2. 139-162.
(1991). "Tu Fu's Social Conscience: Compassion and Topicality in his Poetry" . Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , 51.1. 5-53.
(1985). "Allusion and Periphrasis as Modes of Poetry in Tu Fu's 'Eight Laments'" . Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , 45.1. 77-128. Online in GaleNet.
(1982). "Beginning with Images in the Nature Poems of Wang Wei" . Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 42.1. 117-37. Reprinted in Poetry Criticism and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Gale..
"The First Chinese Swan Lake: Its Reconstruction and Placement in Swan Lake's Global Diffusion". For submission to scholarly journal. 14,000 words. In Progress.
Chou, E. S. ‘A Chinese Swan Lake, 1958: A Chapter in the Early Diffusion of a Global Phenomenon’, 15,000 words. In Progress.
Book Chapters
Chou, E. (2018). Reprint of my 1991 article on Du Fu from Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. In Kroll, P. (Ed.), Critical Readings on Tang China, 4 vols. (p. 49pp). Leiden: The Netherlands. Brill.
Chou, E. (2015). Translation of "Run! Lini, Run!". The Sound of Salt Forming, Short Stories by the Post-80s Generation in China Honolulu, HI. University of Hawai'i Press.
Chou, E. (2015). Translation of "The River Seine Does Not Freeze". The Sound of Salt Forming, Short Stories by the Post-80s Generation in China Honolulu,Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press.
Chou, E. (2012). Translation of "Hong Kong ten years after the handover", "So long as Han Chinese have no freedom, Tibetans will have no autonomy" and "Using truth to undermine a system built on lies". In Link, P. (Ed.), No Enemies, No Hatred: Essays and Poems by Liu Xiaobo USA. (Liu Xiaobo received the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize while a political prisoner; he died in 2017, shortly after being "released".) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Conference Proceedings
Chou, E. (2017). "Soviet Ballet in Chinese Cultural Policy, 1950s". Dancing the Cold War: An International Symposium.
Chou, E. (2016). "Folk Dance in China: the Dance Pioneer Dai Ailian 1916-2006". 2016 Congress of Research in Dance (CORD) Proceedings.
Media Contributions
Chou, E. S. (2024). Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Joyce Theater, New York. In Fjord Review..
Chou, E. S. (2024). New York City Ballet's Summer Residency, July 9–13, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY. In Fjord Reviewˆ..
Chou, E. S. (2024). Review, "American Legacies: Martha Graham Dance Company," New York City Center, New York. In Fjord Review..
Chou, E. S. (2023). Review, "Brush Up Your Dante: Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project" at the Garnier. In Fjord Review..
Chou, E. S. (2023). "An American Choreographer in Paris," all-Jerome Robbins program, Paris Opera Ballet, Paris. In Fjord Review..
Chou, E. S. (2023). "New York City Ballet's Summer Residency," July 18–22, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY. In Fjord Review..
Chou, E. S. (2023). "Lucinda Childs/Robert Wilson, Relative Calm" 1981/2022 in the 40th ImpulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Volkstheater. In Fjord Review..
Chou, E. (2019). "Raise High the Red Lantern," National Ballet of China, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Ballet Review.
Chou, E. (2019). "Serata Phillip Glass," Coro de Balet, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opera House, Rome Ballet Review.
Chou, E. (2019). "Los Angeles Dance Project," Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA, Ballet Review.
Chou, E. (2019). "Two Tchaikovsky Ballets: 'The Nutcracker' and 'Swan Lake," Pennsylvania Ballet, The Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Ballet Review.
Chou, E. (2018). "Sleeping Beauty," Pennsylvania Ballet, The Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Ballet Review, (Summer).
Chou, E. (2017). "Brief Fling," Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, WA. Ballet Review, (3).
Chou, E. (2017). "Le Corsaire," Pennsylvania Ballet, The Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Ballet Review, (3).
Chou, E. (2017). "Program of Firsts," Pennsylvania Ballet, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Ballet Review., (1).
Chou, E. (2016). "'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Onegin'," Stuttgart Ballet, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo. Ballet Review., (2).
Chou, E. (2016). "Sylvie Guillem: A Life in Progress," New York City Center, New York. Ballet Review..
Chou, E. (2016). "Pearl: Spring River Flower Moon Night," Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NY. Ballet Review.
Chou, E. (2015). "China is Near: The National Ballet of China," Lincoln Center Festival 2015. Ballet Review..
Chou, E. (2015). "In Zhang Yimou's 'Coming Home,' History is Muted but not Silent".
Chou, E. (2015). "The First Chinese Performance of 'Swan Lake'", Ballet Review, (43:3).
Presentations
Chou, E. S. (2025, October 8). In Conversation with Marina Harss, The Boy from Kyiv, Alexei Ratmanksy's Life in Ballet, book talk.. The Cosmopolitan Club. New York, NY
Chou, E. S. (2025, July 8). Hong Kong Ballet's 2020 Romeo + Juliet: A Case Study of Adaptations and Omissions. Shakespeare and Dance: Articulating, Promoting, Accommodating Change. Budapest, Hungary: European Shakespeare Research Association.
Chou, E. S. (2025, March 8). In Conversation with Lynn Garafola: La Nijinksa, Choreographer of the Modern. book talk.. The Cosmopolitan Club. New York, NY
Chou, E. S. (2025, June 8). Nureyev Coaches Don Quixote in Beijing, 1985. Nureyev and Literature: Dance, Choreography, and Reception. Verona, Italy: University of Verona.
Chou, E. S. (2025, July 8). "Hong Kong Ballet's Romeo + Juliet: A Case Study of Transcultural Adaptation". European Shakespeare Research Association. Budapest, Hungary
Chou, E. S. (2025, May 8). Le corsair and the Complexities of Ballet Orientalism: from Byron to 2023. Centre de Recherches Historiques. Paris, France: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
Chou, E. S. (2025, March 8). In Conversation with Jennifer Homans, Mr B.: Balanchine's Twentieth Century. book talk. New York, NY: Cosmopolitan Club.
Chou, E. S. (2025, November 8). A Romeo and Juliet for Hong Kong's Political Situation. Dancing Shakespeare. Paris, France: Sorbonne.
Chou, E. S. (2025, November 8). "Romeo + Juliet: A Romeo and Juliet for Hong Kong". Shakespeare et la danse. Sorbonne, Paris, France: Sorbonne University.
Chou, E. S. (2025, August 8). A Centennial Portrait: Ballets Performed in 2021 for the 100th Year of the Chinese Communist Party's Founding. China in the Long Twentieth Century: Changes and Transformations. virtual: Historical Society for Twentieth Century China, biennial conference.
Chou, E. S. (2025, August 8). Shanghai Ballet's Jane Eyre: Issuing a Cultural Challenge. Association for Asian Performance, annual conference. Northwestern University (online): Association for Asian Performance,.
Chou, E. S. (2025, December 8). A Centennial Portrait: Ballets Performed in 2021 for 100th Year of the Chinese Communist Party's Founding. New England Association for Asian Studies annual conference. Harvard University (online)
Chou, E. S. (2025, August 8). How Ballet Came to Exist in Socialist China. Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China, mini-conference. University of Tennessee (online)
Chou, E. S. (2025, December 8). A Centennial Portrait: Ballets Performed in 2021 for 100th Year of the Chinese Communist Party's Founding. New England Regional Association for Asian Studies. Harvard University: New England Regional Association for Asian Studies.
Chou, E. S. (2025, August 8). Ballet is Adopted by Socialist China. Historical Society for Twentieth Century China, Building a Socialist Society. virtual: Historical Society for Twentieth Century China.
Chou, E. S. (2025, August 8). Shanghai Ballet Company's Jane Eyre: Issuing a Cultural Challenge. Association for Asian Performance, annual conference. virtual: Association for Asian Performance.
Chou, E. S. (2025, June 8). Shanghai Ballet Company's Hamlet (2016). European Shakespeare Research Association, biennial conference. University of Athens, Athens, Greece (virtual): European Shakespeare Research Association.
Chou, E. S. (2025, June 8). Shanghai Ballet Company's 2014 Hamlet . European Shakespeare Research Association annual meeting. University of Athens (online): European Shakespeare Research Association.
Chou, E. (2020, August 15). Ballet Restarts: Picking up after the Cultural Revolution. China's Engagement with the Modern World. virtual: Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China, Biennial Conference.
Chou, E. (2019, March 31). Censorship, Self-Censorship, and Coded Messages: Dance in 'Youth' dir by Feng Xiaogang (2017) and 'Coming Home' dir by Zhang Yimou (2014). Workshop on Censorship and Self-Censorship. Prague, The Czech Republic: European Association of Chinese Studies.
Chou, E. (2019, June 30). Performing Conservation: National Ballet of China's 'Crane Calling'. Art in the Anthropocene. Dublin: School for Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin.
Chou, E. (2019, July 31). Making Ballet Chinese: 'The Chinese Nutcracker' 'Peony Pavilion. International Convention of Asian Scholars 11. Leiden, The Netherlands: International Institute of Asian Scholars.
Chou, E. (2018, March 31). "Ballets Based on Lu Xun's Fiction". CHINOPERL annual meeting. Washington, D.C.
Chou, E. (2018, April 30). "Intertextuality from Novel to Ballet: Jane Eyre and Shanghai Ballet Company". American Comparative Literature Association, annual meeting. UCLA
Chou, E. (2018, August 31). "Cao Yu's Classic Play 'Thunderstorm' Becomes a Ballet". World Association for Chinese Studies. University of Vienna, Austria
Chou, E. (2017, August 31). "Lu Xun's 'Regret for the Past': Adaptations for Film and Stage". World Association for Chinese Studies. Witten, Germany: Witten University.
Chou, E. (2017, October 31). "Matsuyama Ballet and 'White-Haired Girl'". Shanghai: Shanghai NYU.
Chou, E. (2017, November 30). "Dancing Ballet in China, Beginning to the Present". M on the Bund, Shanghai
Chou, E. (2016, November 30). "Ballet in China: From Transplant to New Growths". Dance Studies Seminar, Columbia University Seminars.
Chou, E. (2016, October 31). Du Fu among his Peers: the View from Feng Zhi (1905-99) and Liao Weitang (b. 1975). Conference in Honor of Stephen Owen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard.
Chou, E. (2016, June 30). Two Chinese Ballets and The Contexts of their Creation and Performance. Contexts of the Theatrical Event. Stockholm, Sweden: International Federation for Theatrical Research.
Chou, E. (2016, March 31). "Our Red Army Girls" as a Vehicle of Choice for Cultural Policy. CHINOPERL. Seattle, WA
Chou, E. (2015, June 30). A Tale that Travelled Across Boundaries and Arrived in the Ballet White-Haired Girl. Biennial Conference. Shanghai, China: Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature (ACCL).
Chou, E. (2015, December 31). Interpreter, for Prof Xiao Suhua, “Explorations and Innovations in Choreography” Professor and Choreographer, Beijing Academy of Dance. At Columbia University.. Columbia University
Chou, E. (2015, December 31). Zhang Yimou’s 'Coming Home': A Famed Ballet Plays a Supporting Role. China-East Asia Seminar. New York: CUNY Graduate Center.
Chou, E. (2015, June 30). Folk Dance in China: the Dance Pioneer Dai Ailian, 1916-2006. Congress on Research in Dance, annual conference. Athens, Greece
Chou, E. (2014, October 31). Poem and Photograph: Two Sets by Lu Xun, 1902 and 1903. American Oriental Society. Stanford University
Chou, E. (2014, March 31). "Ballet in the Socialist Era". Performance Studies, in conjunction with Association for Asian Studies. Philadelphia
Chou, E. (2014, March 31). "The End of Fiction, the Start of Politics: Lu Xun in 1926. Columbia University Seminars, Modern China Seminar. New York: Columbia University.
Chou, E. (2014, January 31). "Art Interprets Literature, 1949-79". University of Chicago: Dept of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Chou, E. (2014, May 31). "Resonances". Moderator, panel, PEN International Writers' Festival. New York: American PEN.
Chou, E. (2013, December 31). Classical Ballet as an Index of Transition: the National Ballet of China. Joint East Asian Conference. Notthingham, UK: British Association of Chinese Studies.
Chou, E. (2013, October 31). Ballet in the Socialist Era. Socialist Culture in China Reconsidered. : University of Michigan.
Chou, E. (2013, May 31). Resonances: Writers on Influences. Moderator, panel, PEN International Writers' Festival. New York: American PEN.
Chou, E. (2012, April 30). Writing in the Republican Era, 6 lectures. Prague, The Czech Republic: Charles University.
Chou, E. (2011, December 31). Prominent Chinese-American Writers. New York: The China Institute.
Chou, E. (2011, December 31). Lu Xun Quotes Mencius. Annual Meeting. University of California, Santa Barbara: American Oriental Society Western Branch.
Chou, E. (2011, December 31). One Classical Poem, Thirty Years Apart. CO: University of Colorado, Boulder.
Chou, E. (2010, December 31). The Look of the Chinese Man, 1895-1912. Fifth International Sinological Symposium. Portugal: Portugal Institute of Sinology.
Chou, E. (2008, December 31). Han Identity at the End of the Qing Dynasty: the Experiences and Recollections of Lu Xun (1881-1936). Critical Han Symposium and Workshop. Stanford University
Chou, E. (2007, December 31). Three lectures: Lu Xun's Classical Poems; Old Stories Retold: Lu Xun's Transformation of Myths and Historical Anecdote; Traditional Society in Lu Xun's Fiction (in Chinese). City University of Hong Kong.
Chou, E. (2007, December 31). Memory and Reading at Work in the Fiction of Lu Xun. Princeton University
Chou, E. (2006, December 31). Memorial service for James Robert Hightower, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature. Harvard University
Chou, E. (2005, December 31). Lu Xun (1881-1936): Personal Choices, Public Influence. Asian American / Asian Research Institute, New York
Chou, E. (2004, December 31). Chinese Literature outside China. The China Institute, New York , NY
Chou, E. (2003, December 31). Living Without a Queue: How Lu Xun Faced Hostility,. Association of Comparative Chinese Literature. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Chou, E. (2003, December 31). Chinese Literature in East Asia. China, Instuitute, New York
Chou, E. (2002, December 31). Lu Xun as Classical Poet. George Washington University, Washington, D.C
Chou, E. (2001, December 31). Louis Chu, Ghetto Literature: A Place in American Literature. New England Conference, Association for Asian Studies. Williams College, MA
Chou, E. (2000, December 31). Defining What It Means to Be Chinese, Lu Xun 1918-1923. Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies. San Diego
Chou, E. (2000, December 31). East Asia in Transition. New York: Guest lectures, in course jointly offered by The China Institute, Japan Society and The Korean Society.
Chou, E. (2000, December 31). Toshio Mori and William Saroyan. First European Meeting of MELUS-Europe (Multi-ethnic Literatures of the U.S). Orleans, France
Chou, E. (2000, December 31). Louis Chu and Chinatown: A Writer Ahead of His True Time, symposium Chinese Contribution to America. St.John's University
Chou, E. (1998, December 31). Landscape, Nature and Parallel Couplets in the Poetry of Tu Fu. First International Convention of Asian Scholars. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
Chou, E. (1997, December 31). 'An Old Man Like Me': Tu Fu on Himself'. Columbia University Seminars.
Chou, E. (1997, December 31). Chair of panel, symposium in honor of the retirement of Professor Patrick D. Hanan. Harvard University
Chou, E. (1996, December 31). Teaching the East Asian Lyric in the Great Works Course and Beyond. Faculty Workshop. Baruch College
Chou, E. (1993, December 31). Asian-American Literature: This Year's Crop. Society of Bunting Fellows. The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College
Chou, E. (1992, December 31). Models for T'ang Literary History. Columbia University Seminars. N.Y
Chou, E. (1992, December 31). What is T'ang Literature?. The Bunting Institute. Radcliffe College
Chou, E. (1991, December 31). Poems on Chu-ke Liang. Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies (Chairman and organizer of panel). New Orleans
Chou, E. (1991, December 31). Tu Fu and the Tradition of Tu Fu. Yale University
Chou, E. (1991, December 31). Was Ding Ling a Feminist?. Annual Meeting, Chiu-chou Quarterly. Harvard University
Chou, E. (1991, December 31). The Poetry of Place. International symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition "Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art". The Metropalitan Museum of Art, New York
Chou, E. (1989, December 31). Tu Fu's Political Views. Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies (Chairman and organizer of panel). Washington, D.C
Chou, E. (1987, December 31). The Meaning of Literary Reputations, Poets and Conceptions of Poets. University of Durham, England: The British Academy.
Other Scholarly Works
Chou, E. (2020). Translation of eighth-century poem by Du Fu quoted by permission in Ferenc Andai’s award-winning memoir. In the Hour of Fate and Danger.
Chou, E. (2013). "Zhang Jie". Dictionary of Literary Biography: Chinese Fiction Writers, 1950-2000.
Chou, E. (2013). Translation by Translation Centre, Shenyang University of my 2002 article in China Quarterly.
Chou, E. (2012). Translation by Translation Centre, Shenyang University of my 2005 article in Rocky Mountain MLA.
Chou, E. (2010). "Du Fu". Literary Encyclopedia.
Chao, D., & Chou, E. (2005). A New Multi-media Course for Learning Chinese Characters.
Chou, E. (2000). Interview with Yoko Tawada.
Reviews
Chou, E. (2016,February 25). London: Times Higher Education, London.
Chou, E. (2015,June 1). London,UK: Times Higher Education, London.
Chou, E. (2014,June 1). Choice.
Chou, E. (2014,February 1). London, UK: Times Higher Education, London.
Chou, E. (2014,February 14). London,UK: Times Higher Education, London.
Chou, E. (2014,January 1). Canberra,Australia: The China Journal, Australia National University.
Chou, E. (2013,December 1). Chicago, IL,US: Choice.
Chou, E. (2013,May 23). . London,UK: Times Higher Education, London.
Chou, E. (2004,December 1). Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China. Trans. David Hinton. New York: Counterpoint, 2002. New York: On-line publication, Persimmon www.persimmon-mag.com/winter2004/Bookreview6.htm.
Chou, E. (2004,March 1). Love-Letters and Privacy in Modern China: The Intimate Lives of Lu Xun and Xu Guangping by Bonnie S. Mc Dougall, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. The China Quarterly (177), 236-38.
Chou, E. (2001,October 1). Wild Kids by Chang Ta-chun. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. New York : Persimmon.
Chou, E. (2000,January 1). A Thousand Moons Over a Thousand Rivers by Hsiao Li-hung. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. New York : Persimmon.
Chou, E. (2000,April 1). The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas, ed. Lynn Pan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. Persimmon.
Research Currently in Progess
Chou, E. S.(n.d.). The Quest for Chinese Ballet: A History. Under contract with University of Pennsylvania Press. In Progress.
Advance contract from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
| Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ballet in China: A History" | PSC-CUNY 50 | 07/01/2019 | 12/31/2020 | 04/15/2019 | 5715 | Completed |
| Ballet in China: A History | CUNY Book Completion Award | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 | 04/01/2018 | 5000 | Completed |
| Ballet in China: Transplant and New Growths (Ballet Archives in China) | PSC-CUNY 48 | 07/01/2017 | 06/30/2018 | 04/14/2017 | 3500 | Completed |
| "Ballet in China: A History" | PSC-CUNY 47 | 07/01/2016 | 06/30/2017 | 04/15/2016 | 3500 | Completed |
| “Lu Xun (1881-1936): Cultural Biography of an Early Modern Writer” (Japan phase) | PSC-CUNY 45 | 07/01/2014 | 06/30/2015 | 04/15/2014 | 3500 | Completed |
| On the eve of a new literature | PSC-CUNY 43 | 07/01/2012 | 06/30/2013 | 04/17/2012 | 3990 | Completed |
| Lu Xun: A Cultural Biography | PSC-CUNY 41 | 07/01/2010 | 06/30/2011 | 3990 | Completed | |
| "The Writers: Using Words in Republican China, 1911-1949" | PSC-CUNY 40 | 07/01/2009 | 06/30/2010 | 3990 | Completed | |
| Department Chair Research Account Year 4 Eva Chou | PSC CUNY | 09/01/2023 | 08/31/2025 | 08/31/2023 | 3000 | Funded - In Progress |
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Fellow | Center for Ballet and the Arts, New York University, Fall Term | 2018 | |
| Visiting Professor | Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic | 2012 | |
| Visiting Scholar | University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Easter Term | 2011 | |
| Fellowship for Japan selected as alternate | The Fulbright Foundation | 2001 | |
| Fellowship | Library of Congress, Kluge Center | 2001 | |
| Fellowship | The Japan Foundation | 2001 | |
| Fellowship | The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation | 1995 | |
| Summer Fellowship | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | 1991 | |
| Fellowship | The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | 1991 | |
| Fellowship | The Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University | 1991 | |
| Fellowship | ational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | 1987 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Interim Chair | 8/28/2025 | |
| Academic Program Review | Committee Chair | 5/7/2025 | |
| Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Interim Chair | 8/31/2024 | |
| Eugene Lang, Review Committee | peer reviewer | 4/28/2021 | |
| Faculty Senate | Faculty Senator, Category II | 8/31/2020 | |
| Promotions and Budget | Committee Member | 12/31/2018 | |
| Faculty Senate, Chairs' Representative | 6/30/2018 | ||
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | 6/30/2018 | |
| Department Chair | Chair, Department of English | 6/30/2018 | |
| Freshman Convocation, Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Celeste Ng | Introduce Keynote Speaker | 8/31/2016 | |
| Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence | Introduction of Amitav Ghosh at his public reading | 3/24/2016 | |
| Strategic Planning Committee | Committee Chair | 12/31/2015 | |
| Freshman Convocation, Introduction of Keynote Speaker Karen Joy Fowler | 8/31/2015 | ||
| Freshman Convocation, Introduction of Keynote Speaker Moshin Hamid | 8/31/2014 | ||
| College Promotions and Budget | Committee Member | 12/31/2013 | |
| Introduction of Gish Jen, Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence, Public Reading | 10/31/2013 | ||
| Asian and Asian American Studies Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2009 | |
| WSAS Research and Travel Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2009 | |
| Departmental Treasurer | 8/31/2009 | ||
| Committee on Honors Awards | Committee Member | 12/31/2008 | |
| Introduction of Sigrid Nunez, Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence, public reading | 10/31/2007 | ||
| Joint Committee on Research | Committee Member | 12/31/2006 | |
| Library Committee | 12/31/2003 | ||
| Student Interview of Anita Desai, Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence,published online, Baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/harman/desai_interview.html. | 4/30/2003 | ||
| Education Committee, Elementary and Early Childhood Education Program | Committee Member | 12/31/2001 | |
| Committee on Committees | 12/31/2000 | ||
| Events Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2000 | |
| Participation in Bell Atlantic Workshop for training in use of software for Great Works, directed by Prof. Paula Berggren | 12/31/1999 | ||
| Secretary to the Department | 12/31/1997 | ||
| Faculty Workshop on teaching East Asian lyrics in the Great Works course | 12/31/1996 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honors Admissions Committee for Macauley College | faculty reader of applications for admission | 1/5/2021 | 5/25/2021 |
| CUNY Office of Research, CUNY Book Completion Award Program | peer reviewer | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2019 |
| CUNY Research Foundation, PSC-CUNY Awards | peer reviewer | 1/1/2018 | 12/31/2018 |
| CUNY Research Foundation, PSC CUNY Research Awards | peer reviewer | 1/1/2009 | 12/31/2010 |
| CUNY Shanxi Exchange | 1/1/2008 | 12/31/2009 | |
| CUNY Research Foundation, PSC-CUNY Research Awards | peer reviewer | 1/1/2003 | 12/31/2004 |
| CUNY Research Foundation, PSC-CUNY Research Awards | peer reviewer | 1/1/2000 | 12/31/2001 |
| Asian American Research Council student essay competition | member, selection panel | 11/15/2001 | 12/31/2001 |
| CUNY Research Foundation, PSC-CUNY Research Awards | peer reviewer | 1/1/1996 | 12/31/1997 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Press, Amherst, NY | Reviewer, Book | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2019 | |||
| Association for Asian Studies | Reviewer, Book | 12/31/2018 | ||||
| Cornell University | External reviewer for Tenure and Promotion | New York | 12/31/2018 | |||
| Oxford University Press | Reviewer, Book | 12/31/2018 | ||||
| Arts Club of Washington, D.C. | reviewer for the Marfield Book Prize, 2018 and 2019 | 12/31/2018 | ||||
| Radcliffe Institute | letter of reference, for fellowshp | 12/31/2018 | ||||
| University of Tel Aviv | External Reviewer for Promotion to Full Professor | Israel | 12/31/2018 | |||
| Arts Club of Washington, D.C. | reviewer of books submitted for the Marfield Prize | 12/31/2017 | ||||
| Cambria Press | Reviewer, Book | 12/31/2017 | ||||
| Harvard University Press | Reviewer, Book | 12/31/2017 | ||||
| E. J. Brill | Reviewer, Book | 12/31/2016 | ||||
| Journal of Chinese Studies | Reviewer, Journal Article | 3/31/2016 | ||||
| Reviewer, Journal Article | Taiwan | 12/31/2014 | ||||
| Modern Chinese Literature and Culture | Reviewer, Journal Article | 12/31/2014 | ||||
| Journal of Oriental Studies, Hong Kong University | Reviewer, Journal Article | 12/31/2014 | ||||
| Cambria Press | peer reviewer of book manuscript | New York | United States | 12/31/2013 | ||
| Columbia University | External examiner for Ph.D. dissertation on Tang-dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770) | 12/31/2013 | ||||
| Modern Chinese Literature and Culture | peer reviewer of article ms | 12/31/2013 | ||||
| Asia Major | peer review of article manuscript | 1/1/2011 | 12/31/2011 | |||
| Confucius Institute, Pace University | Guest Lecturer in faculty development seminar series Chinese Culture | 1/1/2011 | 12/31/2011 | |||
| E.J. Brill | peer review, book manuscript | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| Panoma College | External Reviewer for tenure | California | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||
| Colgate University | External Reviewer for tenure | New York | 1/1/2007 | 12/31/2007 | ||
| Journal of Asian Studies, Association for Asian Studies | Referee | 1/1/2007 | 12/31/2007 | |||
| Board, The T'ang Society | 1/1/2001 | 12/31/2004 | ||||
| Editorial Advisory Board, Persimmon, a quarterly on contemporary culture and the arts in Asia | 1/1/2000 | 12/31/2002 | ||||
| Board, The T'ang Society | 1/1/1997 | 12/31/2000 | ||||
| Board, Society of Institute Fellows, The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College | 1/1/1995 | 12/31/1997 |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Schools Committee, alumna interviewer | 1/1/1986 | 12/31/2018 | ||||
| Art Committee, New Canaan (Ct) Library | 1/1/2002 | 12/31/2012 | ||||
| Referee, Journal of Asian Studies, of submitted ms. | 12/31/2007 | |||||
| Referee, Journal of Asian Studies, of submitted ms. | 12/31/2007 | |||||
| External reviewer, tenure, Colgate University | 9/30/2007 | |||||
| Referee, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, published by Ohio State University and the Foreign Languages Institute, Peking, of submitted ms. | 12/31/2004 | |||||
| External reviewer, Ph.D thesis , The Chan Interpretation of Wang Wei's Poetry, University of Sydney | Australia | 12/31/2002 | ||||
| NEH-funded teacher development seminar, Cities and Public Space in Comparative Cultural Context, sponsored by Community College Humanities Association and Library of Congress | Guest Faculty | 12/31/2002 | ||||
| Professional development - Participant in NEH Summer Institute, Empowering Relationships: Ways of Authority in Japanese Culture, East-West Center | Hawaii | 12/31/2002 | ||||
| American Association of University Women, New Canaan Branch | 1/1/1996 | 12/31/2002 | ||||
| Seminar leader (6 meetings) Medicine and Literature, New York Medical College | New York | 12/31/2001 | ||||
| NEH Summer Institute, China in World History, developed by The China Institute, held at Columbia University | Guest Faculty | 12/31/2001 | ||||
| Guest faculty (6 lectures) Asian American Literature, Japan Society | 12/31/2001 | |||||
| External examiner for honors thesis, Bates College | Maine | 12/31/1998 | ||||
| Peer-review Committee, fellowship applications, Radcliffe Institute | 1/1/1996 | 12/31/1997 | ||||
| Peer-review Committee, fellowship applications, Radcliffe Institute | 1/1/1995 | 12/31/1996 | ||||
| Associate in Research, Fairbank Center, Harvard University | 1/1/1990 | 12/31/1992 | ||||
| Visiting Fellow, Yale University | 1/1/1990 | 12/31/1991 | ||||
| Referee, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies | 12/31/1990 | |||||
| NEH peer-review, for proposals submitted to the NEH Translation Project | 1/1/1989 | 12/31/1990 | ||||
| NEH peer-review panel, fellowship applications | 1/1/1988 | 12/31/1989 | ||||
| NEH peer-review panel | 12/31/1987 | |||||
| Referee, Havard Journal of Asiatic Studies | 12/31/1987 | |||||
| Associate in Research, Fairbank Center, Harvard University | 1/1/1984 | 12/31/1986 |