Vivien Jiaqian Zhu
Summary
Vivien Jiaqian Zhu earned an A.B. (distinction) in comparative
literature and Chinese literature, with a minor in history of art from UC
Berkeley in 2018. She was a recipient of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Award in
Comparative Literature, the Dietrich von Bothmer Award in Classical
Antiquities, and a Regent's Scholar by the Graduate Division at UC Berkeley to
pursue a Ph.D. degree. Her dissertation investigates the expression of self,
the interior space/interiority, and architectural tropes in literature and art.
Other research interests include relational aesthetics, fin-de-siècle Vienna and epigraphy. From 2020 to
2021, she joined Stanford's Inter-University Center at Yokohama Japan as a
Nippon Foundation Fellow. She also has an offer to commence a visiting
scholar/Ph.D. joint position at Stanford University in fall 2022, which is part
of an exchange program for scholars among Stanford University, UC Berkeley and
UCSF. In 2024, she was appointed as a Mitsubishi Research Fellow to study early
modern Japanese palaeography at University of Cambridge. In terms of
professional writing, she serves as an editor for the The Pegasus Review at
Stanford University School of Medicine, and as a columnist for the newspaper
The Stanford Daily. Outside of Stanford, she serves as a peer reviewer for the
Cambridge Educational Research E-Journalin the Faculty of Education. She also
serves on the Editorial Board for International Journal of Sustainable Fashion
& Textiles, Intellect Ltd. Her article “I Dwell in Possibility:” The
Poetics of Space in the Works of 1980s Japanese Avant-garde Fashion Designers
is the winner of ACA Best Researcher Award in History of Art, International
Academic Awards, 2024, and listed for SSRN eJournal Top Papers - Art History
eJournal Top Ten; Arts Administration, Museum Studies, Conservation &
Restoration eJournal Top Ten; Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art Journal Top
Ten; Anthropology of Kinship Top Ten; Gender, the Body & Sexuality eJournal Top Ten; Art
Law eJournal Top Ten; Dance, Fashion, Theater & Performance Studies eJournal Top Ten;
Poetry & Poetics eJournal Top Ten; Rhetoric & Public Discourse eJournal
Top Ten; Visual, Performing & Fine Arts Education eJournal Top Ten;
Literary Theory & Criticism eJournal Top Ten. Her first book, Exploring
Art, Knowledge and Movement in Japanese Fashion (Eliva Press Global Ltd, April
9, 2025), tells a philosophical story of the Greek poein,
avant-garde Japanese fashion designers, the Paris high fashion scene, and
Chinese classics from early modern to contemporary times. It traverses the
terrain of history of art, performance studies, religion, and the
eighteenth-century literary masterpiece The Dream of Red Chamber (Hongloumeng 紅樓夢, Story of the
Stone 石頭記).
Editorial Board Member
Work Details
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
University of California
USA
