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Biography
Dr Xu Daozhi is a Macquarie University Research Fellow in the Department of Media, Communication, Creative Arts, Literature, and Language at Macquarie University where she is undertaking a project exploring Indigenous and Asian interrelations in contemporary Australian literature published by Indigenous and Asian Australian authors.
Her monograph Indigenous Cultural Capital: Postcolonial Narratives in Australian Children’s Literature (2018) won the Biennial Australian Studies in China Book Prize, awarded by Australia–China Council in 2018. It was also one of the three books shortlisted for the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) “Alvie Egan Award” in 2019. Her scholarly articles have appeared in Journal of Australian Studies, Australian Aboriginal Studies, Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, JASAL, and Antipodes, etc. Currently she is co-editing a special issue of Journal of Australian Studies on the theme of ‘Australian Studies in China’. She is also interested in translation and has translated or co-translated several books.
She is secretary of the International Australian Studies Association. She is also a member of Forum for Indigenous Research Excellence.
Research interests
- postcolonial studies
- cultural theory
- Indigenous literature
- Asian Australian literature
- children’s literature
- studies of race and ethnicity
- settler colonialism
Education/Academic qualification
English Literary Studies, Ph.D, The University of Hong Kong
1 Sep 2011 → 3 Dec 2016
Award Date: 3 Dec 2016
English Language and Literature , Master of Arts, Renmin University of China
1 Sep 2008 → 13 Jun 2011
Award Date: 13 Jun 2011
English Language and Literature (translation), Bachelor of Arts, Minzu University of China
1 Sep 2004 → 1 Jul 2008
Award Date: 1 Jul 2008
External positions
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
1 Sep 2019 → …
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British Academy: Belonging in the Diaspora: Stories from England and Australia
Xu, D., Seals, C. & Jogie, M.
22/06/20 → 31/01/21
Project: Research
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Australian studies: in China and Chinese perspectives
Rolls, M., Daozhi, X., Hong, C. & Jianjun, L., 2022, In: Journal of Australian Studies. 46, 4, p. 399-401 3 p., 2135061.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Black Lives Matter: solidarity between Indigenous and Chinese Australians?
Xu, D., 17 Nov 2022, In: Interventions. 24, 8, p. 1288-1308 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chinese Australian perspectives on the 'protection' of Aboriginal people in the 1890s
Xu, D., 2022, In: Australian Historical Studies. 53, 4, p. 544-563 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Oodgeroo Noonuccal to Alexis Wright: Postcolonial reading of Australian Indigenous literature in China, 1988–2018
Xu, D., 2022, In: Journal of Postcolonial Writing. 58, 1, p. 95-110 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From 'Silent Apartheid' to 'Cross-Curriculum Priority': Aboriginality in the School Texts
Xu, D., 2021, 世界格局中的澳大利亚:历史、现实与未来 = Australia in the World: Past, Present and Future. Liu, S. (ed.). Beijing: Peking University Press, p. 119–128 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Winner of the Australia-China Council's Biennial "Australian Studies in China Book Prize"
Xu, Daozhi (Recipient), Jun 2018
Prize
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Palgrave (Publisher)
Daozhi Xu (Reviewer)
Apr 2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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The Sojourner’s Narratives: Chinese Australians on Indigenous Country
Daozhi Xu (Speaker)
7 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The International Journal of Young Adult Literature (Journal)
Daozhi Xu (Reviewer)
Feb 2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Chinese Remonstrance, Indigeneity and Statecraft in Chinese Australian newspapers, 1894–1912
Daozhi Xu (Speaker)
29 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (Journal)
Daozhi Xu (Reviewer)
21 Feb 2021Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review