Yuning Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in Theatre Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include the interplay between various xiqu (traditional Chinese theatre) genres in Taiwan and the interrelationship between xiqu, politics, national identity, and cultural policy. She also serves as a sessional lecturer in both the Department of Theatre and Film and the Department of Asian Studies at UBC.

Academic
Liu, Yuning. [Accepted manuscript]. “Free Jingju from Its Political and Ideological Burdens: A Case Study of Wang An-Chi, A Leader in the Creation of Jingju in Taiwan” in Women’s Innovation in Theatre, Dance and Performance, vol 4. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Liu, Yuning. “The Resignation of Wang An-Chi, the Artistic Director of Taiwan’s GuoGuang Opera Company: A Debate from Two Versions of Phaedra (2019, 2021),” Asian Theatre Journal, vol 39, no.2, Fall 2022
Liu, Yuning. “Taiwan juchang kua shijie de huaijiu xiangxiang” (On Nostalgic Imagination in the Theater of Taiwan at the Turn of the 21st Century), Theatre Journal, vol. 18, 2013. pp. 51-68.

Non-Academic
“Taiwanese Theatre as A Keyword: Publications in 2022,” Taiwan Insight: The online magazine of the Taiwan Studies Programme. 2023
“xiangyu zhenhao: Weihaimin yu Taiwan jingju zhutixing de jianli” (Wei Haimin and the Subjectivity of Taiwan’s jinju), Performing Arts Review magazine. 2020
“didiao dan meiyou bijiao buzhongyao” (Last But Not the Least: An Introduction to a four-stringed musical instrument), GuoGuang Art magazine. 2019
“gei Taiwan ren zhanglian” (Away from Home: an introduction to uprising star Xu Tingfang). GuoGuang Art magazine. 2018
“huenwei de duomeiti sheji” (Mathias Woo: Multimedia on Stage). GuoGuang Art magazine. 2017
“xiqu de xiayi jingshen” (Wuxia Attitude in Xiqu Performer). Performing Arts Review magazine. 2016
“xiju piping zai taiwan” (The Performing Criticize in Taiwan). Shanghai Literature newspaper. 2016
“xiangxiang xiqu, xiqu xiangxiang” (Imagining Peking Opera: 108 Heroes, Tales from Water Margi). Shanghai Xigu magazine. 2015
“qinian huigu Taipei yisui jie” (Review: Taipei Fridge Festival). Traditional Arts magazine. 2014
“juping: hangche jilu” (Review: How I Learned to Drive). Art Plus magazine. 2013
“qingyi zeren wei piaobo kejie” (Obligations and Responsibilities: Can Wandering Be an Excuse?). Performing Arts Critics’ Forum, http://pareviews.ncafroc.org.tw/?p=4094. 2012

Scholarships
Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, UBC (CAD $18,000) 2022

Errol Durbach Graduate Scholarship in Theatre 2021

President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award 2020-2024

Mr. and Mrs. G E Poole Award 2019

Dr. Edgar Wickberg Academic Prizes, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC 2019

IODE Fine Arts Foundation Scholarship 2019

International Tuition Award, UBC 2018-2024

Taiwan Government Fellowship to Study Abroad for four years (USD $19,000 per year) 2018-2022

Sinophone Taiwan Summer Camp Delegation Award, Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature, National Chung-Hsing University 2018

Outstanding Youth Critic Workshop Award in Shanghai, China Theatre Association 2014

Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship, Taipei National University of the Arts 2012, 2013

Arts and Literature Delegation Award, ROC Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission 2012

Macau Sinophone Theater Festival Visiting Delegation Award, Taipei National University of the Arts 2011

CTS Education Scholarship, The CTS Cultural Education Foundation 2011

Cross-strait Exchange Scholarship, National Tsing Hua University 2008