Todd Foley

Visiting Assistant Professor

Todd Foley graduated from Oberlin College in 2006 with a degree in Classics and East Asian Studies. He holds an MA in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth and a PhD in East Asian Studies from NYU (2015). His teaching at NYU has centered on Chinese literature, film, drama, and critical theory, and he has also taught courses at Connecticut College and Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou). His current research focuses on ideas of humanity and animality in modern and contemporary Chinese literature.  

Education

B.A. East Asian Studies, Ancient Greek Language & Literature, Oberlin College, 2006
M.A. Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2007
Ph.D. Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature, East Asian Studies, NYU, 2015

Areas of Research/Interest

Modern Chinese literature & film

Translation

 


Fellowships/Awards

  • 2016 Summer Research Fellowship, International Center for Critical Theory, Peking University
  • 2015 Gregory C. & Paula K. Chow OYCF Teaching Fellowship
  • 2013 Research Fellowship and Visiting Instructorship, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)

Publications

  • “A Breakthrough Performance: Being Human on Can Xue’s Five Spice Street.”
    Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. 10:4 (2016). pp. 598-622
  • “The London Book Fair and the Question of Chinese Literature.”
    Comparative Critical Studies. Vol. 11, Electronic Supplement (2014). pp. 61–75.
  • Luo Xiaoming (罗小茗), “The Impervious Zhen Huan” 《密不透风的甄嬛》 Translation
    Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. 8:3 (2014). pp. 496-501
  • Wang Anyi, “Match Made in Heaven” 《天仙配.
    Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. 12:1 (2018). (forthcoming)

Conference Presentations

  • “Biopolitics and the Posthuman Imaginary in Mo Yan’s Frog [蛙],” to be presented as part of the panel, “The Posthuman,”
    Hong Kong June 2017
    Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • “Boredom, Love, & Art in Wang Anyi’s I Love Bill (我爱比尔),” invited presentation
    Hong Kong, June 2017
    Literature and Philosophy, international symposium, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Toward a Theory of Civilizations: Critical Perspectives on East Asian Modernity in a Global Context,
    Beijing, March 2017
    Peking University - University of Tokyo Spring Institute
  • “Xiao Hong’s The Field of Life and Death: Birthing Humans and Animals,”
    Toronto, February 2017
    Critical China Studies workshop, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto