• Region: China
• Time: 15th Century; 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century
• Theme: Chinese Literature; Cultural History; Intellectual History

Kangni Huang studies the literature and culture of late imperial (Ming-Qing) China. She is particularly interested in Ming-Qing fiction and its intersection with other socio-cultural spheres, such as historiography, popular religion, materiality, and print culture. She also explores comparative approaches to Ming-Qing literature within the context of a global early modern era. Kangni holds a B.A. in Spanish from Beijing Foreign Studies University, an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the Erasmus Mundus program Crossways in Cultural Narratives, and a second M.A. in Chinese Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder.