Bio

Mei M. Nan is a PhD candidate in comparative literature at Harvard University. Her research focuses on transnational East Asian literature and media. She has published on Sinophone literature and music in Taiwan and Hong Kong, transnational media industry across the historical Japanese empire, contemporary K-drama, and so on. Her articles have appeared in journals and edited volumes such as Mechademia: Second Arc and Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images. Her research has been recognized by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Japan Foundation, etc. 

 

Research Interests

Literature, film, and audiovisual culture in East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan)

Media theory (media ecologies, media mix, environmental media)

Feminist theory; queer theory; critical race theory

Sinophone studies; transpacific studies; Asian American studies

Comparative literature (postcolonialism and empire; decolonial theory; translation studies)

Health humanities (disability, chronic illness, mental health)

 

Languages

  • Native / Near-Native Proficiency: English, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Japanese
  • Professional Working Proficiency: Korean
  • Limited Working Proficiency: French

 

Recent Publications

Recent Presentations