Ping Xu

Education

Ph.D., Comparative Lit., SUNY- Binghamton

M.A., Philosophy, SUNY- Binghamton

M.A., Chinese, Nanjing University

Diploma, Chinese, Jingzhou Teachers College

Books

Xu, P. (2018). Right, Power, and Faquanism: A Practical Legal Theory from Contemporary China (Translated by Ping Xu). (p. 399). Leidon, The Netherland, Koninklijke Brill NV.

Xu, P. (2005). Chinese Character Instruction and Computer Technology. (p. 273). Taipei, Taiwan, The Linking Company.

Xu, P. (2002). Thinking/Writing/Thinging: An Exploration of Heideigger, Fenollosa, Pound and taoist Tradition . (p. 244). Wuhan , Wuhan University Press .

Xu, P. (1990). Art as the First Light of Knowledge: An Introduction to Benedetto Croce's Aesthetics . (p. pp 232). Nanjing, Jiangsun Education Press .

Journal Articles

Xu, P. (2017). Friedrich Schlegel and “the Literary Absolute” (translated into Chinese by Weizhen Guo). Yangtze River Academic, (2). 40-47.

Xu, P. (2016). "Lyotard: Art, the Sublime, and the Postmodern Condition" (in Chinese). Journal of Tongji University (Social Science Section), 27(6). 57-63.

Xu, P. (2010). “On Teaching Chinese Literature Abroad”. Journal of Chinese Language Teaching and Research in the U.S. , 91-94.

Xu, P. (2009). “A Reinterpretation of Aristotle’s Mimetic Theory” . Journal of Yunnan University (Social Sciences Edition), 8(1). 88-93.

Xu, P. (2009). “Derrida, Metaphor and Ambiguity in Wallace Stevens’s Poetry” . Humanities Review: 2008, 654-674.

Xu, P. (2009). “The Current Status and Future of Computer-aided Chinese Teaching” . Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language , 212-218.

(2005). “‘Penless’ Chinese Language Learning: A Computer-Assisted Approach”. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 40(2). 25-42.

Xu, P., & Jen, T. (2002). "On Penless Chinese Language Teaching and Learning, International Research on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Journal of Nanjing University , pp 250-252.

(2000). "Penless Chinese Character Reproduction" . Sino-Platonic Papers, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania , (102). pp 1-15.

(1999). "Chinese Characters in the Computer Age" . Geolinguistics: The Journal of the American Society of Geolinguistics, Cummings & Hathaway , 25. pp 103-112.

(1998). "Croce's Notion of Externalization and the Alleged 'Unpainted Painting'' Italian Quarterly . Department of Italian, Rutgers University , (137-138). pp 13-22.

(1998). "Rose-Cherry Sunset-Iron Rust-Flamingo Diagram and the Genesis of Ezra Pound's Ideogrammic Method" . Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship, the University of Maine Pr, 27(2 & 3). pp 53-68.

(1995). "Irigaray's Mimicry and the Problem of Essentialism" . Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Indiana University Press , 10(4). pp 76-89.

(1987). Three Notes on Benedetto Croce's Aesthetics . Journal of Yangzhou Normal University, Yangzhou: Yangzhou Normal University Press , (2). pp 17-22.

(1986). "Realistic Aesthetics and Giovanni Gentile". Contemporary Thought of Literature and Arts, Xi'an Contemporary Thought of Literarture and Arts Press , 5. pp 106-108.

(1986). "The Beautiful as Potentiality and Reality . Journal of Nanjing University, Nanjing University Press , 1. pp 8-15.

(1986). "Kant's Aesthetics Its Convergence and Divergence ". Journal of Nanjing University, Nanjing University Press , pp 165-170.

Book Chapters

Xu, P. (2005). “Computer Technology and Penless Chinese Character Instruction”. Chinese Character Instruction and Computer Technology (pp. 1-22). Taipei,Taiwan. The Linking Company.

Presentations

Xu, P. (2016, May 30). "Lyotard: Art, the Sublime, and the Postmodern Condition". Shanghai, the People's Republic of China: Tongji University.

Xu, P. (2016, May 24). "Luce Irigaray's Mimicry: A French Feminist's Strategy". Shanghai, the People's Republic of China: Tongji University.

Xu, P. (2015, August 19). “Fundamental Issues of ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in Mandarin Chinese”. Symposium: Supervision of Research Students in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. Leeds, UK: University of Leeds.

Xu, P. (2012, August 25). “Technology and the Future of Chinese Language Instruction”. Symposium: Supervision of Research Students in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. Leeds, the United Kingdom: University of Leeds.

Xu, P. (2004, March 26). “Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE): Funding and Support”. Baruch College’s Seventh Annual Teaching and Technology Conference. Baruch College: Baruch College.

Xu, P., & Jen, T. (2003, October 4). Penless Chinese Langauge Learning Project. International Forum on Chinese Character Instruction and Computer Technology. New York, NY

Xu, P. (2003, May 4). Classroom Application of the Penless Chinese Language Learning Approach. The International Conference on Studying and Teaching Chinese Language and Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in a Multiculture Environment. New York, NY

Xu, P., & Jen , T. (2002, November 24). The State of Penless Chinese Project. The Annual Convention of American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Salt Lake City: ACTFL.

Xu, P. (2002, June 25). Penless Chinese: A Project Progress Report. Third International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy. Nanjing, China

Xu, P. (2002, May 5). Penless Chinese Language Learning: A Computer-Assisted Approach. Inaugural Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York. New York, NY

Xu, P. (2002, May 3). Breaking Through the Technology Barrier: A Hands Workshop, Teaching Foreign Languages in the 21st Century. CUNY Council on Foreign Languages in the 21st Century. New York, NY: CUNY Council on Foreign Languages/CUNY Development Program /Baruch College.

Xu, P., & Jen, T. (2001, November 17). Penless Chinese Learning: A Computer-Assisted Approach. 2001 FIPSE Project Director's Meeting. San Diego, CA

Xu, P., & Yu, J. (2001, April 21). The Oral Proficiency Interview. CUNY Conference on Proficiency and Teaching. New York, NY

Xu, P. (2001, February 17). Ziran and the Notion of Thing Chinese Literary and Philosophical Tradition. National Conference of the International Association of Asian Studies. Houston, TX

Xu, P. (2001, February 28). Ziran and the Concept of Thing in Philosophical Taoism" A Pilgrimage of Color: 2001 National Conference Politics, Philosophy & Religion Monograph Series. The International Association of Asian Studies.

Xu, P., & He, W. (1999, November 21). Application of Chinese Computing in Language Instruction; A New Type of Course. Annual Conference of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL/Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). Dallas, TX

Xu, P. (1999, May 22). Phonetic or Pictographic? Rethinking Chinese Characters in the Computer Age. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Geolinguistics. New York, NY

Xu, P., & Jen, T. (1999, May 2). A Penless Chinese Character Reproduction, A Conference on the Past, Present and Future of Chinese Characters. Conference on the Past, Present and Future of Chinese Characters. The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA

Xu, P. (1999, April 17). Using Computers to Accelerate the Learning Chinese -Assisted Language Learning. Annual Conference of Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA). Pittsburgh, PA

Xu, P. (1998, November 22). Using Computers to Acceleate the Learning of Chinese Characters. Annual Conference of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). Chicago's IN

Xu, P. (1998, April 21). Chinese language and CUNY Foreign Language Consortia. The 4th Annual Colloquium of the Modern Languages of Department. Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY

Xu, P. (1997, December 30). Investigating Pen-Less Chinese Language Instruction. International Conference of World Chinese Language Association. Taipei, Taiwan

Xu, P. (1997, November 23). Hand-Writing Chinese Characters: Problem and Solution Annual Conference of American Council on the teaching of Foreign Languages. Chinese Language teachers Association (CLTA). Nashville, TN

Xu, P. (1996, April 21). Pen-less Chinese Language Learning; A Radical Approach Conference on Chinese Language Teaching at New England Liberal Arts Colleges. Conference on Chinese Language Teaching at New England Liberal Arts Colleges. Bowdain College

Xu, P. (1995, October 22). Immortality and Ground of Philosophical Taoism. SSIPS/SAGP 14th Annual Conference "Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Social Thought. New York, Binghamton

Xu, P. (1994, April 7). Language, Truth and Heiregger's Way Thinking. Comparative Literature Lecture Series, Comparative Literature Graduate Student Organization of the State University of New York at Binghamton. New York, Binghamton

Other Scholarly Works

Reviews

Xu, P. (2009,January 1). “The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai”. East Rockaway, NY,USA: Geolinguistics: The Journal of the American Society of Geolinguistics.

Xu, P. (1996,January 1). "Taiwan Today: An Intermediate Course". CLASS Journal (Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools .

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