PhD in Chinese - Chinese Literature and Culture in Madison United States | University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Chinese Literature and Culture program at UW-Madison ranks among the top programs in North America. Faculty members Rania Huntington and Anatoly Detwyler guide students through diverse periods and styles of both classical and contemporary literature and culture. The program offers exceptional training in Ming and Qing dynasty narratives and drama, supernatural literature, literary memory studies, translation, modern and contemporary literary culture and film, as well as various Western analytical approaches from traditional theory to cultural analytics. Graduate students benefit from close collaboration with faculty on research initiatives and frequent informal discussions. Since 1979, the program has also been the home of the scholarly journal Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR).

Since its establishment in the 1960s, the literature and culture program has equipped its Ph.D. graduates with a robust foundation in textual analysis and theoretical frameworks, enabling them to produce impactful research. Alumni have secured academic appointments (both tenure-track and lecturer positions) at prestigious institutions worldwide, such as Georgia Tech, Rhodes College, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Utah State University, Dickinson College, Columbia University, Princeton University, Villanova University, St. Joseph's University, and Duke-Kunshan.