Gloria Davies

Emeritus Prof

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1993 …2020

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Personal profile

Biography

Gloria Davies conducts research across several areas: Chinese intellectual and literary history from the 1890s to the present; contemporary Chinese thought; comparative literature and critical theory; and studies of cultural flows in the digital age.

Trained in Sinology at the Australian National University, she read literary theory and modern Chinese literature as a graduate student at the University of Melbourne. She has extensive experience in developing inter-disciplinary and inter-Faculty collaborative projects. She is a member of the Literature Research Unit within the Faculty of Arts at Monash. She is an Adjunct Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World, based at the Australian National University.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research area keywords

  • modern Chinese thought
  • Chinese intellectual politics
  • modern and contemporary Chinese literature
  • literary and cultural theory
  • digital media in China
  • Chinese cultural studies
  • A China bereft of thought

    Davies, G. (Translator), 2020, Voices from the Chinese Century: Public Intellectual Debate from Contemporary China. Cheek, T., Ownby, D. & Fogel, J. A. (eds.). New York NY USA: Columbia University Press, p. 72-103 32 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (Book)Researchpeer-review

  • A Dream of Perpetual Rule

    Davies, G., 2020, China Dreams. Golley, J., Jaivin, L., Hillman, B. & Strange, S. (eds.). Acton ACT Australia: ANU Press, p. 19-34 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (Book)Researchpeer-review

  • Lu Xun in 1966: On valuing a maoist icon

    Davies, G., 1 Mar 2020, In: Critical Inquiry. 46, 3, p. 515-535 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer-review

    2 Citations (Scopus)
  • Making sense through ideology

    Davies, G., 2020, Law and the Party in China: Ideology and Organisation. Creemers, R. J. E. H. & Trevaskes, S. (eds.). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 64-96 33 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (Book)Researchpeer-review

  • May Fourth as Affect

    Davies, G., 2020, Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy. Yu-Kai Lin, C. & Mair, V. H. (eds.). Leiden The Netherlands: Brill, p. 25-52 28 p. (Ideas, Movement and its Centennial Legacy; vol. 23).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (Book)Researchpeer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)