Fifth Smart College - Miaowu College



I. Organization


Miaowu College of Nankai University, which is subordinate to School of Literature, is an innovative teaching institution with the aim of cultural heritage, cultural innovation and the training of new liberal arts talents. The College is named Miaowu for two reasons, one is to highlight the characteristics of the humanities and arts, and the other is to break the boundaries of different faculties for better communication and cultivation. With a scale of 100 people, the College deploys academic lectures, exchange seminars and innovative workshops as the main training methods, with the training session of one academic year.


II. Features



1. College Orientation

Open to all students in various majors of Nankai University, based on the integration education of traditional literature and history disciplines and innovative technologies.


2. Training objectives

The College intends to carry out lectures and exchanges around the themes of value interpretation of excellent traditional culture, as well as the cultural change and innovation dissemination in the new technological environment. The College also supports students to design their own research and practice projects, so as to explore the potential of students and improving their independent learning abilities. Through fostering students’ thinking habits, broad cognitive visions, good innovative practice abilities and tolerant cultural attitudes, the teacher-student community will be constructed with mutual trust, mutual assistance and common growth.


3. Training plan

It is proposed to set up thematic lectures, tea gathering exchanges, research visits, innovative workshops (a system based on projects with financial support for excellent programs). 


4. Features of the event

Carry out researches and discussions based on the classics of traditional and modern humanities and arts; organize interdisciplinary and innovative programs and activities with students as the lead.


III. Tutoring team


College Inspector: Chen Hong

Dean of the College: Shen Liyan

Tutor team:

School of Literature (Literature): Zhou Zhiqiang, Feng Dajian, Zhang Jing, Lin Chen, Jin Xin, Zhang Haosu

School of Literature (Art): Gao Yingjin, Tu Jun, Zhang Wang, Wu Lixing

School of Literature (Communication): Ma Ruijie, Li Guangxin

Faculty of History: Wang Hao, Wang Linran

College of Tourism and Service Management: Liu Tingting

College of Cyber Science: Zhang Jin

 

Introduction of the tutors

Name

School/College

Title/Position

Gender

Research direction

Chen Hong

School of Literature

Professor

Male

The study of ancient Chinese literature, religion and literature and novel study

Shen Liyan

School of Literature

Dean/Professor

Male

Pre-Qin Literary thought and Chinese culture 

Zhai Mingrui

School of Literature

Deputy Secretary, Deputy Dean

Male

Guidance for students' career development, debate & speech and eloquence. Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), Board Certified Coach for Career (BCC)

Gao Yingjin

School of Literature

Professor

Male

Visual arts, public art

Tu Jun

School of Literature

Director/Professor

Female

New media art, environmental design, experimental teaching of liberal arts 

Zhang Jing

School of Literature

Professor

Female

Chinese classical poetry

Zhou Zhiqiang

School of Literature

Professor

Male

Literary aesthetics, cultural research

Jin Xin

School of Literature

Associate Professor

Male

Modern Chinese literature, rhetoric and writing

Lin Chen

School of Literature

Associate Professor

Male

Chinese modern and contemporary literature

Wu Lixing

School of Literature

Associate Professor

Male

Art history, research on design innovation, visual culture research

Zhang Haosu

School of Literature

Lecturer

Male

Literary thought of Qing Dynasty, philology; digital humanities

Zhang Wang

School of Literature

Associate Professor

Male

Painting

Ma Ruijie

School of Literature

Associate Professor

Female

Media system, media law and ethics, editing and publishing

Li Guangxin

School of Literature

Deputy editor

Male

Ancient Chinese literature, editing and publishing

Wang Linran

Faculty of History

Associate Professor

Male

Chinese modern history, historical theory

Wang Hao

Faculty of History

Associate Research Fellow

Male

History of university education, History of Nankai University

Liu Tingting

College of Tourism and Service Management

Lecturer

Female

Sociology of Tourism

Zhang Jin

College of Cyber Science/College of Computer 

Deputy Director/

Associate Professor

Male

Artificial Intelligence, brain science, Internet of Things and cloud computing