The School of Humanities 人文學院

Shanghai Jiao Tong University 上海交通大學 (2023 - )*

*At SJTU, Flair usually only teaches offline from February to June, and the courses marked in green are recurring and on offer in the upcoming spring terms (2026/2027). All courses are taught in English unless noted otherwise. Please email if you have inquiries about the courses or wish to audit. 

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2026 The Craft of Critical Writing 學術寫作與規範 (in Chinese) 48 hours

Compulsory first-year course for Zhiyuan College (outstanding science students' special unit)

2025 ​​

• Introduction to Chinese Culture 32 hours

Compulsory course for all international postgraduates (max 80 people)​

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2024

• Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Society 48 hours

BA elective for the Michigan-SJTU Joint Institute (now Pujiang International College) (course evaluation score 4.87/5, the average is 4.47)

• Film Appreciation and Criticism 22 hours

BA preparation course for high school graduates in the Davis Program

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2023

• A Critical Introduction to Sinology and Chinese Studies 32 hours

Compulsory core module for MA in Modern Chinese Studies

(student average in 2024: A-)

• Understanding the Rise of China through Film 32 hours

Elective for MA in Modern Chinese Studies (student average in 2024: A-)​

• The History and Culture of Port Cities in East Asia 9 hours

BA summer elective for students in the SJTU-Warwick Global Challenge Program (online, with Prof. Manuel Perez)

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MA Theses Supervised at SJTU

(MA in Modern Chinese Studies)*

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• [2025-2027] Rosemary Adaobi Oguebi 🇳🇬 "Sino-Nigerian Film Studies"

• [2024-2026] Christine Huiling Qian 🇺🇸 "Resistant Auteurism: On Mou Tun-fei's Cinema"

• [2023-2025] Maria de Leon Perez 🇪🇸 “Navigating Racism and Identity: A Study of the Chinese Spanish Experience through Chinas (2023)” (graduated with merit)

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School of Modern Languages and Cultures

Warwick University (2018-2025)*

*As Associate Tutor in Translation Studies on a zero-hour contract (part-time), formal duties ended in 2019 while affiliation continued till 2025. Continued collaboration with Dr. Jane Qian Liu. 

2019

• MA Theses Supervision for MA in Translation and Cultures

2018

• Chinese-English Translation Portfolio (MA in Translation and Cultures)

MA compulsory supervisory module for MA in Translation and Cultures

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Oxford University (2017-2021)*

*As PhD student working with multiple colleges. Continued collaboration with the English Faculty and the Oxford China Centre. 

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2021

• MA Theses Co-supervision for MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation

2020

• BA Theses Co-supervision for BA in English (Postcolonial Studies)

2019

• Chinese British History through Literature and Film

BA special elective for the Exeter College Summer Program

• Dimensions of Leadership Workshops (as translator and teaching assistant)

BA summer program at Lady Margaret Hall with Xi’an Jiao Tong University

2018

• An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Modern Chinese Literatures

BA special elective at Hertford College, exchange program with English major, Tsinghua University

2017

• Oral Chinese Tutorials

BA tutorials for BA in Chinese students at the Queen’s College

All my courses are self-designed if not noted otherwise, see the PDFs of the syllabi at: https://oxford.academia.edu/FlairDonglaiShi