# Wai-yee Li 1879 Professor of Chinese Literature Director of Graduate Studies, 2020-21 ![li](/sites/g/files/omnuum9471/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/earlymodernworld/files/screen_shot_2021-10-31_at_1.04.52_pm_-_wai-yee_li.png?itok=nogQ1DWg) email laptop\_windows [Personal Website](https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/people/wai-yee-li) Region: China Time: 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century Theme: Chinese Literature, Early Modern Drama, History of the Body, History of Gender and Sexuality, Intellectual History Wai-yee Li teaches Chinese literature at Harvard University. Her research focuses on early China and late imperial Chinese literature and culture. She is interested in historiography, the history of emotions, the relationship between history and literature, material culture, trauma and memory, and gender and sexuality. - ## People: Department Search [Comparative Literature](/people-department-search/comparative-literature) [East Asian Languages and Civilizations](/people-department-search/east-asian-languages-and-civilizations) [Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality](/people-department-search/studies-women-gender-and-sexuality) - ## People: Filtered Search [Faculty](/people-filtered-search/faculty) - ## People: Theme Search [Chinese Literature](/people-theme-search/chinese-literature) [Early Modern Drama](/people-theme-search/early-modern-drama) [History of Gender and Sexuality](/people-theme-search/history-gender-and-sexuality) [History of the Body](/people-theme-search/history-body) [Intellectual History](/people-focus-search/intellectual-history) - ## People: Region Search [China](/people-region-search/china) - ## People: Time Period Search [16th Century](/people-time-period-search/16th-century) [17th Century](/people-time-period-search/17th-century) [18th Century](/people-time-period-search/18th-century)