Education:
Ph. D. in Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Sun Yat-sen University, 2000-2005. Degree awarded: Jun. 2005. Concentration: comparative philosophy
M. A. in English Language and Literature, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University, 1996- 1999. Concentration: literary theory
B. A. in English Language and Literature, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University, 1992-1996

Professional Experience:
Jan. 2010—present: Associate Professor of English, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University
2002—2010: Assistant Professor of English, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University.
1999—2002: Lecturer of English, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University.

Dec. 2012—Dec. 2013: Fulbright Visiting Scholar, History Department, UC Berkeley, US.
Sep. 2003—Jul. 2004: Harvard-Yenching Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, US.

Research Interests:
Critical theory; Comparative Intellectual History; China studies overseas

Courses taught:
An Introduction to Literary Criticism; Understanding Fiction; Readings in English Literature; China in Western Minds; Post-Colonialism: Theory and Practice

Publications:
Book:
Liu Yuyu, Difference and Similarity—Cross-cultural Interpretation of Philosophical Concepts, Chongqing University Press, 2011.

Papers:
1. Liu Yuyu, “Two Different Approaches in the Study of Chinese Philosophy—a Survey based on several English Scholars”, Academic Research, Jul. 2012.
2. Liu Yuyu, “On ‘Implied Author’ and ‘Real Author’”, Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, Aug. 2012.
3. Liu Yuyu, "On the Confucian Quotations in Thoreau’s Walden", Foreign Literature Review, Aug. 2009.
4. Ren Yuan & Liu Yuyu, “On the Problem of Reference in Gongsun Long’s ‘White Horse’”, Logic and Cognition, Dec. 2007.
5. Liu Yuyu, “Emily’s ‘Conspirator’”, Foreign Literature Review, Nov. 2007.
6. Liu Yuyu, "On the Place of ‘Reason’ in Pre-Qin Chinese philosophy—A Critical Survey of The Study by A. C. Graham and Chad Hansen", Confucius Studies, Jan. 2007.
7. Liu Yuyu, "Autonomy in Confucian Ethics", Modern Philosophy, Oct. 2006.
8. Liu Yuyu, “Two Different Approaches towards Chinese Intellectual History—a Comparative Study of Benjamin I. Schwartz and A. C. Graham”, Modern Philosophy, Aug. 2004.
9. Liu Yuyu, “The Indeterminacy of Interpretation and its Limit”, Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University (social science edition), Vol. 42, No. 1, 51—57, 2002.

Translations:
1. Liu Yuyu trans. A Mirror in the Roadway by Morris Dickstein, Shanghai Joint Publishing Company, 2008.
2. Zhou Ying and Liu Yuyu, trans. Nietzsche and the Philosophy by Gile Deleuze, Social Science Literature Press, Beijing, 2001.