Anne McLaren is Professor in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. Her main research interest is Chinese popular culture from the late imperial to the contemporary period, with a focus on the oral and ritual traditions of Chinese women, Chinese performance arts, traditional popular fiction, print culture in late imperial China and Intangible Cultural Heritage.
She has authored or edited eight books and special journal issues and serves on the board of Asian Ethnology (Nanzan); Nan Nu: Men, Women and Gender in China (Leiden); Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, (ANU); and CHINOPERL(Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, USA). Recent monoraphs: Environmental Preservation and Cultural Heritage in China (2013); Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China (2008) and a special issue of Asian Ethnology, ‘Interpreting the Sinitic Heritage: Ethnography & Identity in China & S.E.Asia’ (2017).Recent projects have received funding from the Australian Research Council (2009-2012) and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (2012-15). Research collaborations: East China Normal University, Shanghai, as Research Fellow in the Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage; University of Pennsylvania, Comparative Perspectives on Materiality and History of the Book in China and East Asia; University of Ohio, Chinese Theater:Texts and Performance; Academia Sinica Taiwan: Rediscovering Nüshu Women’s Script. Elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, in 2010.
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Narrative Formation in Oral Traditions: The Song-cycles of Lake Tai
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
FAHA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
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Positions
Professor
Asia Institute
Member
Association of Asian Studies (US)
Member
Chinese Studies Association of Australia, member & former Secretary
Member
Asian Studies Association of Australia, member & former China Councillor
Education
Graduate Diploma in Education
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy
The Australian National University
Bachelor of Arts
The Australian National University