Tianran Liu

Tianran Liu graduated from Renmin University of China with a B.A. in Classics (2015) and from Tufts University with an M.A. in Classics (2018). Her in-progress dissertation focuses on the reception of Greco-Roman classics in contemporary China. Case studies include evocations of the Odyssey in the poetry of the Chinese diaspora and the classical themes in the art of Xu Zhen and Ai Weiwei.

Tianran is also interested in ancient Greek and Latin novels. Her M.A. thesis examines Lucian’s intertextual engagement in the True History with texts from classical Greece. She has also written on gender and sexuality in the ancient novel, including a comparative study of the The Golden Ass and the ancient Chinese novel Guwangyan.