Participant Info

First Name
Daniela
Last Name
Zhang
Country
Slovakia
State
Affiliation
Comenius University
Website URL
Keywords
History of Chinese literature, History of Chinese visual arts
Availability
1
Additional Contact Information
daniela.z.798@outlook.com, zhang1@uniba.sk
PhD
PhD

Personal Info

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About Me

Daniela C. Zhang is a historian of modern and contemporary Chinese art and literature. She teaches the history of Chinese literature and researches the transformation of ink painting and calligraphy in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her work also engages with modern Chinese poetry, including translation and literary analysis. Beyond art and literature, she explores the cultural and mythological significance of dragons in a broader historical context.

Recent Publications

ZHANG C., Daniela. Descendants of the Dragon : The Dragon as a Symbol of Chinese national Identity. In Asian and African Studies, 2023, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 60-82. (2022: 0.3 – IF, 0.129 – SJR, Q3 – SJR). ISSN 1335-1257. available at: https://doi.org/10.31577/aassav.2023.32.1.04

ZHANG C., Daniela. Woman’s Body as an Instrument of Rebellion – Erotic Motifs in the Novel “Candy” by Chinese Author Mian Mian. In Balancing Changes : Seventy Years of People’s Republic of China. – Toruń : Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, 2022, p. 161-178.

ZHANG C., Daniela. The Image of the Dragon as a Symbol of the Chinese Emperor, and Its Depiction in the Beijing Ancient Observatory. In The Role of Animals and Mythological Creatures in Global Cultures. – Bratislava : Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2022, pp. 165-187.

ZHANG, C., Daniela. Contemporary Chinese art on WeChat and its utilisation to promote artists and their artworks. In  Asiatische Studien zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft. – Boston (USA) : De Gruyter. – ISSN 0004-4717. – ISSN (online) 2235-5871. – suppl. Digital Society in China vol. 76, no. 1 (2022), pp. 111-132

ZHANG C., Daniela. Liao Yiwu – A Voice of Freedom. In Crossroads of Liberty : Asian, African and European Literature Towards Freedom and Oppression. Edited by Adam Bednarczyk, Magdalena Kubarek, Magdalena Lewicka, Maciej Szatkowski. – Warszawa : Elipsa, 2021, p. 217-238.

ZHANG C., Daniela. Breaking the Ink – Abstract Ink Art in Mainland China. Bratislava : Veda, Publishing House of the SAS, 2020. 272 s. ISBN 978-80-224-1841-6

Media Coverage
Country Focus
China
Expertise by Geography
China, East Asia
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, Early Modern, Modern, 20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Literary History, Material Culture, Women