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Nick Tsung-Che Lu
Assistant Professor of English
Bio
Nick Tsung-Che Lu (he, him; published as "Nick T. C. Lu") is a scholar and educator in contemporary Anglophone, World, and East Asian literatures. His research and teaching interests include postcolonial theory, Asian Diaspora studies, social justice, and human geography. Lu is a co-editor of Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice (2023). His other academic works have appeared in Research in African Literatures and other venues.
Education
PhD, English, University of North Texas
MA, English, Chinese Culture University
BA, Asia University
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Postcolonial literature and theory, world literatures, critical theory, human geography.
Courses Taught
Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Literary and Critical Theory, World Literatures, Oceanic and Island Literatures.
Selected Publications
"For an Archipelagic Ontology: Oceanic Care and Non-Controlling Responsibility in Monique Roffey's Archipelago," Shima, vol. 20, no. 1, 2026, pp. 162-179. 10.21463/shima.292
"Rereading Jiang Weishui's Revolutionary Politics and Contribution to Anti-Imperialism." An Unlikely Trajectory: Literary and Cultural Leftism in Taiwan edited by Pei-yin Lin and Po-hsi Chen, SUNY Press, 2026, pp. 69-92.
"Chain of Oppression: An Aquapelagic Reading of Industrial Fishing in Port of Lies," Shima, vol. 19, no. 2, 2025, pp. 21–35. 10.21463/shima.236
Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice. London: Routledge, 2023 (co-edited with Masood Ashraf Raja).
"Social Justice: A Philosophical Introduction." Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice edited by Masood Ashraf Raja and Nick T. C. Lu, Routledge, 2023, pp. 29-42 (co-written with Hue Woodson).
"Class-Nation, Nation-Class: Anticolonial Marxism as Justice Politics for Redistribution and Recognition in Yang Kui's 'Newspaper Carrier' and 'A Model Village'." Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice edited by Masood Ashraf Raja and Nick T. C. Lu, Routledge, 2023, pp. 465-474.
"Nationalism in Postcolonial Studies: A Case for Hybridity." Decolonizing Colonial Development Model in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique edited by Fidelis Allen and Luke Amadi, Bloomsbury, 2022, pp. 23-42.
"Between Tradition and Modernity: Practical Resistance and Reform of Culture in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru," Research in African Literatures, vol. 50, no. 2, 2019, pp. 123-141.
Selected Presentations
Speaker. "Archipelagic Narrative time and Reparative Reading of Monique Roffey's Archipelago," Islands & Island Studies 25, Jersey Island, June 3-7, 2025.
Speaker. "Chain of Oppression: An Aquapelagic Reading of Blue Tuna Fishing in Tang Furei's Port of Lies," Decolonial Dialogues 2024, Mauritius, June 27-29, 2024.
Speaker. "Reading the Geographical Unconscious: Postcolonial Despair and Revolutionary Hope in The Dragon Can't Dance and Two Island Stories from Taiwan." American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA). March 16-19, 2023.
Co-Chair and Respondent. "Ethics of Postcolonial Translation: Exploring New Modes of Power and Resistance in Transcultural Exchanges." ACLA. June 15-18, 2022.
Chair. "The Postcolonial Islands, Their Challenge and Sensibilities." ACLA. April 8-11, 2021.
Speaker. "The Struggle of Geographical Narratives in Colonial Taiwan." ACLA. April 8-11, 2021.
Speaker. "Hybridization of the City Space: Anti-Nationalism in Zhu Tianxin's 'The Old Capital'." ACLA. March 7-10, 2019.
Invited and Public Lectures
"Literary Criticism and Justice: Combining Critical and Reparative Reading." UNESCO, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Lecture Series, University of Hyderabad, Inda, October 2025.
