Siyuan Liu, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Shanghai-Style Jingju (Beijing Opera) through the Lens of Transnational Theatre History
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$209,464
The Avant-Garde and the Proletarian: Japan's Impact on Leftist Chinese Theatre in the 1930s
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$61,991
The Avant-Garde and the Proletarian: Japan's Impact on Leftist Chinese Theatre in the 1930s
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$22,797

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Shanghai-Style Jingju (Beijing Opera) through the Lens of Transnational Theatre History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liu, Siyuan

$209,464

The Avant-Garde and the Proletarian: Japan's Impact on Leftist Chinese Theatre in the 1930s

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liu, Siyuan

Keywords: China; Japan; Europe; theatre; performance; spoken drama; avant-garde; proletarian theatre; huaju; shingeki; intercultural; transnational; translation; adaptation; archival research; puppet theatre

$61,991

The Avant-Garde and the Proletarian: Japan's Impact on Leftist Chinese Theatre in the 1930s

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liu, Siyuan

Keywords: China; Japan; Europe; theatre; performance; spoken drama; avant-garde; proletarian theatre; huaju; shingeki; intercultural; transnational; translation; adaptation; archival research; puppet theatre

$22,797

Cultural translation and the impact of Euro-American-educated practitioners on modern Chinese theatre

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liu, Siyuan

Keywords: Chinese theatre; Asian theatre; modern theatre; theatre studies; performance studies; postcolonial studies; Asian studies; translation and adaptation studies

$105,110

Reform of traditional theatre in China in the 1950s

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Liu, Siyuan

Keywords: Chinese theatre; xiqu; performance conventions; archival memory; physical memory; theatre studies; performance studies; postcolonial studies; colonial modernity

$106,460

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Liu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Shanghai-Style Jingju (Beijing Opera) through the Lens of Transnational Theatre History" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]