Name:Di ZHAN

CURRENT POSITIONS

Professor ofSchool ofMediaand Communication, Shenzhen University, China

Deputy Director of the Department of Social Sciences, Shenzhen University, China

RESEARCHINTERESTS

film and screen arts, audiovisual communication, digital media culture, broadcasting and hosting arts

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2014: PhD in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (with a focus on Literary Communication and Media Culture), Jilin University, China

2007-2009: MA in Radio and Television Art, Jilin University, China

2000-2004: BA in Broadcasting and Hosting Art, Jilin University, China

PREVIOUS RESEARCHEXPERIENCE

2015-2017:PostdoctoralFellow, College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, China

2020-2021: Visiting Scholar, College of Social Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, US

CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS

2024-now:Principal Investigator of the 2024 Guangdong Provincial EducationalScience Planning Project,Research on the Construction of a Digital Ecological Perspective inUniversityStudents’ Media Literacy Education, ongoing (Project No. 2024GXJK284)

2024-now:Principal Investigator of the 2024 Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project,Research on the Path to High-Quality Development in Shenzhen’s Film Industry, ongoing (Project No. SZ2024B030)

2022-2024:Principal Investigator of the 2022 Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project,Research on the Transformation of Audiovisual Communication in the Context of the Metaverse, completed (Project No. SZ2022B039)

2020-now:Principal Investigator of the 2020 GuangdongProvincialPhilosophy and Social Sciences DisciplineCo-Construction Project,The Construction Mechanism of Civilian Hero Images in Contemporary Chinese Cinema, ongoing (Project No. GD20XYS21)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Selected Books

Zhang, X. and Zhan, D.et al.(2025)Construction of a World Important Talent Centre and Innovation Highland in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.

Zhan, D. (2023)Walking from History: Heroic Narration in Contemporary Chinese Films.Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.

Kong, Z. and Zhan, D. (2021)Popular Image and Value Inquiry: Phenomenon Criticism and Theoretical Construction of Chinese Film and Television Culture in the New Century. Beijing: China Radio and Television Publishing House.

Zhan, D. (2021)Chinese Cinema and the Construction of China’sNational Image: The Creation and Dissemination of Chinese Films Since the New Century. Beijing: Encyclopedia of China Publishing House.

Selected Journal Articles

Zhan, D. and Pan, Y. (2025)'Is Re-Canonization Possible? Film Decanonization and Cinephilic Reconstruction in Digital Platform Contexts',Contemporary Cinema, 42(01), pp. 110-117.

Zhan, D. and Fang, J. (2025)'The Mask of Cyborg:The Mechanism of Collective Performativity in Short Video Production',Modern Communication(Journal of Communication University of China),47(01), pp. 117-124.

Deng, H. and Zhan, D. (2022) 'Within a Carnivalesque Space: The Textual Identity of Danmu and the Rise of Mass Writing',The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 52(4), pp. 249-265.(A&HCI indexed,corresponding author)

Zhan, D. and Li, J.(2022) 'History of theInterpretation ofHeroicCulture in ChineseFilm from theNewPeriod (1970s-1990s)',VOPROSY ISTORII, 11(2), pp. 124-131.(A&HCI indexed)

Jing, Y. and Zhan, D. (2022) 'Identity, Space and Urban Imagination in Shanghai: A Study of Korean Peninsula Filmmakers Working in Shanghai during the Japanese Occupation (1928-1934)',VOPROSY ISTORII, 12(3), pp. 318-331.(A&HCI indexed,corresponding author)

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Shenzhen Philosophy and Social SciencesOutstanding Achievement Award–‘New Talent Award’

China TV Art ‘Starlight Award’–Second-Class Award (for Theory)

China TV Drama ‘Flying Apsaras Award’–First-Class Award(for Theory)

Chinese CollegialAssociationfor VisualArt ‘AssociationAward’– First-and Second-Class Awards

GuangdongProvincialPhilosophy and Social SciencesOutstanding AchievementAward–Second-Class Award

Higher EducationOutstandingScientific ResearchAward(Humanities and Social Sciences), Ministry of Education, China– Third-ClassAward

‘Liyuan Outstanding Young ScholarAward’byShenzhen University

‘Pengcheng Peacock TalentAward’ by the Shenzhen municipal government

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2023-now:Secretary-General of the Social Sciences Federation, Shenzhen University, China

2023-now: Deputy Director of the Department of Social Sciences, Shenzhen University, China

2022-2023: Vice Dean of the Institute of Area and International Communication Studies, Shenzhen University, China

2024-now:Executive Council Member of the ChinaWorld Association for Chinese Literature

2024-now:Executive Council Member of the China Association of Higher Education Film, TV,andMediaProfessionalCommittee

2020-now:Program Evaluation ExpertAdvisorfor China Media Group (CMG)

PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE

Convenor and Main Lecturer ofDigital Media Culture(PostgraduateLevel)

Convenor and Main Lecturer ofFilm, Television,and Social Change(UndergraduateLevel)

Convenor and Main Lecturer ofIntroduction to Audiovisual Communication(UndergraduateLevel)

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

2004-2007: Broadcasting andhostingforthe TV Program Centreof China Radio International,BAMC Entertainment Co., Ltd., and the Sports Channel of China Central Television (CCTV-5).

EMAIL&ADDRESS

EMAIL：zhandi@szu.edu.cn

ADDRESS：Department of Social Sciences, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai Avenue, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518060