Professor Wang’s research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese literature, late Qing fiction and drama; comparative literary theory; colonial and modern Taiwanese fiction, and Asian American and diasporic literature; plus Chinese intellectuals and artists in the mid-20^th century. During his visit at the Institute, he convened an International Symposium on “Utopia and Utopianism in the Contemporary Chinese Context: Texts, Ideas, Spaces”, delivered a lecture on “Panglossian Dream and Dark Consciousness: Modern Chinese Literature and Utopia”, and joined the film screening of “China Dream Series: Making Friends with Mr. Zhang”.