Williams, Philip F. C.

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WILLIAMS, Philip F. C.

WILLIAMS, Philip F. C. American, b. 1956. Genres: Area studies, Civil liberties/Human rights, Language/Linguistics, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: University of California, Los Angeles, instructor, 1984, visiting assistant professor of Chinese, 1986; Arizona State University, Tempe, assistant professor, 1986-90, associate professor of Chinese literature and humanities, 1993-99, professor of Chinese, 2000-; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, postdoctoral research fellow at Fairbank Center, 1990-91; University of Vermont, Burlington, assistant professor of Chinese, 1991-92; public speaker; guest on radio programs; Southwest conference of Asian Studies, president, 1996-97. Publications: Village Echoes: The Fiction of Wu Zuxuang, 1993; Chinese the Easy Way, 1999; Critical Essays on Chinese Women and Literature, 2 vols., 1999, 2001; The Great Wall of Confinement, 2003. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles, translations, and reviews to Asian studies and literature journals. Address: Department of Languages and Literatures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287- 0202, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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