EDUCATION

• 1988 Ph.D. in Chinese, Stanford University
• 1983-84 École Pratiques des Hautes Études, Paris, France
• 1981 M.A. in Chinese, Stanford University
• 1979 B.A. in Chinese Studies, Brown University


EMPLOYMENT

• 01.2015 Head, Chinese Studies Department, National University of Singapore
• 01.2015 Research Member, Asia Research Institute, NUS
• 01.2015 James McGill Professor Emeritus, McGill University
• 2010-2011 Chair, Department of East Asian Studies
• 2005-2007 Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship (two years)
• 2004 James C. McGill Professor (equivalent to Canada Research Chair Tier 1)
• 2001 Full Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
• 1999 Appointed to the Drs. Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair of Chinese Cultural Studies
• 1998-2001 Director, Centre for East Asian Research, McGill University
• 1998-2001 Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
• 1996-1997 Acting Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
• 1993-2000 Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
• 1992-2003 Director, (McGill-CASS) Xinghua Popular Culture Research Centre.
• 1989-1994 Director, McGill Summer Study in China (MSSC) Program.
• 1989-1993 Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures,
Centre for East Asian Studies, McGill University, cross-appointed in the
Graduate Program in Comparative Literature