Cong Ellen Zhang

Assistant Professor (2006)

Office Hours: Spring 2012: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30, Thursdays, 3:30-4:30, and by appointment

Office: 256 Nau Hall

Phone: (434) 924-6410

Email: cz5h (at) virginia.edu

Fields & Specialties

Education

B.A. Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China
M.A. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle

Publications

Books:

Transformative Journeys: Travel and Culture in Song China. University of Hawaii Press, 2011.

Xifang zhongguo shi yanjiu, zhongguo gudai sixiang wenhua shi (Western Scholarship on Chinese History, Intellectual History, Song-Qing). co-editor (with Ping Yao). Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, forthcoming.

Articles and translations:

“Between Life and Death: Song Travel Writings about Zhang (Miasma) in Lingnan,” The Journal of Song Yuan Studies 41 (2011): 193-227.

 “Introduction” (Cong Zhang and Ping Yao) to Xifang zhongguo shi yanjiu, sixiang wenhua shi. 13000 Chinese characters. Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, forthcoming.

“Kongzi jisi yu Rujia de yishi sixian” (Chinese translation of Thomas Wilson, “Culture, Society, Politics, and the Cult of Confucius.” In On Sacred Grounds. Harvard University Asia Center, 2002, 1-41.). co-translator (with Kuan-yi Leu). In Ping Yao, Cong Zhang eds. Xifang zhongguo shi yanjiu. Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, forthcoming.

"Anecdotal Writing on Illicit Sex in Song China (960-1279)." Journal of the History of Sexuality, forthcoming.

“Sites, Places, and the Empire: Lu You’s Travel on the Yangzi River in 1170” in Medieval Travel and Travelogue. Ed. Jean-François Kosta-Thefaine (New York, AMS Press, 2009), 205-230.

“Communication, Collaboration, and Community, Inn-wall Writing during the Song (960-1279).” Journal of Sung Yuan Studies, 35 (2005), 1-27.

Current Research

I am currently working on a book project, tentatively entitled "Tending to the Family, Managing the State: Filial Piety and Social and Cultural Changes in Song China."