Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
renren.yang@ubc.ca
Renren Yang works on twentieth- and twenty-first-century Chinese literature, cinema, and popular culture, with a focus on the intersection of literary and media studies. His current book project, Interface Resonance: A Media Genealogy of Literary Fame in Modern China, traces the changing concepts, practices, and politics of celebrity authorship throughout modern China amid the ongoing shift from the print to the digital regime of letters. He has also published articles on Chinese web novels and surveillance cinema. Prior to moving to UBC, he taught in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) and Thinking Matters (a required first-year academic program) at Stanford University. He regularly teaches ASIA 325: Hong Kong Cinema at UBC.
Recent achievements:
Event Moderation: Moderated “The Anthony Wong Story,” a special live storytelling event held at the Old Auditorium for the UBC Cantonese Language Program’s 10th anniversary celebrations.
Awards: Awarded a 2026 Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowship in China Studies(Long-Term)