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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 → …Fingerprint
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Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
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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
Research Outputs
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Teacher language awareness and scaffolded interaction in CLIL science classrooms
Xu, D. & Harfitt, G. J., 25 Sep 2019, In: Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education. 7, 2, p. 212–232 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
'That old man making fun of me?': humour in the writings of Aboriginal and Asian relationships
Xu, D., 2019, In: Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 19, 2, p. 1–13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indigenous cultural capital: postcolonial narratives in Australian children's literature
Xu, D., 2018, Oxford ; New York: Peter Lang. 236 p. (Australian Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; vol. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Liminality and communitas in literary representations of Aboriginal and Asian encounters
Xu, D., 2018, In: Journal of Australian studies. 42, 4, p. 475–490 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Australian children's literature and postcolonialism: a review essay
Xu, D., 2016, In: Ilha do Desterro: a journal of English language, literature in English, and cultural studies. 69, 2, p. 193–205 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
Activities
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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
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Black Lives Matter: Solidarity between Indigenous and Chinese Australians?
Daozhi Xu (Speaker)
8 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Daozhi Xu (Reviewer)
4 Sep 2020Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Journal of the European Association of Studies on Australia (Journal)
Daozhi Xu (Reviewer)
19 Jan 2020Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Black Lives Matter: Solidarity between Indigenous and Chinese Australians?
Daozhi Xu (Speaker)
10 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation