Dr Zheng Li

Lecturer in Chinese

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2646

Email

zl206@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

Room 313

Location

Buchanan

Office hours

Monday 1–2, Tuesday 11–12

 

Biography

Zheng Li joined the University of St Andrews in 2025. Prior to this she was a CCKF postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Nottingham. 

She received her BA and MA degrees from Shandong University and the University College London and a PhD from Newcastle University. 

Research areas

Zheng Li's research interests cover modern Chinese literature and culture, with particular interests in women warriors, autobiography, and the literary construction of wartime womanhood.

PhD supervision

• Alba Lorena Barrera
• Tingting Zhong

Selected publications

• Open access

  Gendering national shame: Xie Bingying and Chinese students in Japan, 1900s–1930s

  Li, Z., 10 Jul 2025, In: Emotions: History, Culture, Society. Advance Articles, p. 1-22

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Technology, labour, livestock, and the Maoist developmental state: four-wheeled tractors in China, 1953–1963

  Lawson, J., Wang, C. & Li, Z., 5 Sept 2025, In: Rural History. First View, p. 1-20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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