Bio

Research Areas:
- Chinese and comparative women’s history

- Early Chinese literature and history

- Chinese and English fiction (1600-1900)

- China-Greece comparative studies

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Associate Professor (By courtesy), Classics

Administrative Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University (2013 - Present)
  • Associate Professor, by courtesy, Department of Classics, Stanford University (2013 - Present)

Program Affiliations

  • Center for East Asian Studies

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., University of Chicago, Comparative Literature (2004)

Contact

  • Academic
    yzhou1@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures Position: Assoc Professor
    • 521 Memorial Way, Knight Building
    • Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures
    • Stanford University
    • Stanford,  California  94305-2000 

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 2000

Links

2020-21 Courses

Stanford Advisees

All Publications

  • Men's Appearance and Political Careers in Han China Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture Zhou, Y. 2018; 5 (1): 34-65
  • The Values of the Book of Songs and the Virtues of Leaders The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs: Foundational Texts Compared Zhou, Y. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2018: 411–438
  • Helen and Chinese Femmes Fatales Ancient Greece and China Compared Zhou, Y. Cambridge University Press. 2018: 234–256
  • Cong Honglou meng he Ernü yingxiong zhuan kan "fuci zixiao” 從《紅樓夢》和《兒女英雄傳》看父慈子孝 (Loving Father and Filial Son: The Critique and Vindication of an Ideal in Two Qing Novels) Journal of Jilin Normal University 吉林師範大學學報 (人文社科版） Zhou, Y. 2017: 50-56
  • Greek Antiquity, Chinese Modernity, and the Changing World Order Rethinking Chinese Visions of World Order Zhou, Y. Duke University Press. 2017: 106–128
  • Liu Xiang lienü zhuan dui shi de yunyong 劉向《列女傳》對《詩》的運用 (The Use of the Book of Poetry in Liu Xiang’s Biographies of Women Guoxue xin shiye 國學新視野 (New Perspectives on Chinese Culture) Zhou, Y. 2015; 19 (3): 46-51
  • HONGLOU MENG AND AGRARIAN VALUES LATE IMPERIAL CHINA Zhou, Y. 2013; 34 (1): 28-66

    View details for Web of Science ID 000321081500002

  • The Status of Mothers in the Early Chinese Mourning System TOUNG PAO Zhou, Y. 2013; 99 (1-3): 1-52

    View details for DOI 10.1163/15685322-9913P0001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000324997800001

  • Spatial Metaphors and Women’s Religious Activities in Ancient China and Greece Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities Zhou, Y. edited by Pathak, S. State University of New York Press. 2013: 199–228
  • The Religious Nature of Confucianism in Contemporary China's "Cultural Renaissance Movement" CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT Gan Chunsong, C. S., Zhou Yiqun, Y. Q. 2012; 44 (2): 3-15

    View details for DOI 10.2753/CSP1097-1467440200

    View details for Web of Science ID 000319284600001

  • Temples and Clerics in Honglou meng Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Zhou, Y. 2011; 71 (2): 263-309
  • Festivals, Feasts, and Gender Relations in Ancient China and Greece Zhou, Y. Cambridge University Press. 2010
  • The Child in Confucianism Children and Childhood in World Religions: Primary Sources and Texts Zhou, Y. edited by Bunge, M., Browning, D. S. Rutgers University Press. 2009: 337–392
  • The hearth and the temple: Mapping female religiosity in late imperial China, 1550-1900 LATE IMPERIAL CHINA Zhou, Y. Q. 2003; 24 (2): 109-155

    View details for Web of Science ID 000188381400003

  • Virtue and Talent: Women and Fushi in Early China Nan Nü: Men, Women, and Gender in China Zhou, Y. 2003; 5 (1): 1-42