HU Liangyu(胡亮宇) is an assistant prefessor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature from Beijing Language and Culture University, a joint Ph.D. from Peking University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He hosted the Beijing Social Science Foundation youth project "Research on the Image of Africa in Chinese Popular Culture since the New Century". His research focuses on cultural studies, film theory, “The Global South” issue, and Cold War history. His major translations include The Geographical History of America(in Chinese). He has published several papers in academic journals such as Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, Contemporary Cinema and Film Art.
