Biography
Yijun Li is a visiting scholar in Department of Cinema and Media Studies of University of Washington, working with Professor Yomi Braester. She graduated in 2018 with a doctor degree in Media Arts from Communication University of China, and currently serves as an associate professor in Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Yijun conducts research in cinema and media technology. Her representative research is on ethnic minority issues in Chinese film system, with particular focuses on young filmmakers in Tibetan areas. In recent years, She also focuses on the new media applications and explores the conditions of the human beings in their interactions with media technologies. Her concerns include virtual idol worship, AMSR video, digital immortality and media nostalgia. She is the Chinese translator of two books by media philosopher Vilém Flusser: Into the Universe of Technical Images and Post-history.
Contact: li_yijun@hust.edu.cn