Person Xin Li

Xin Li ist Illustratorin und Bilderbuchautorin. Sie studierte Design und arbeitete mehr als ein Jahrzehnt lang für Softwareunternehmen. Nach der Geburt ihrer Tochter erkannte Xin Li, dass ihre wahre Leidenschaft im Schaffen von Kunst und im Erzählen von Geschichten liegt. Sie lebt derzeit in Norwegen.

Born in Shanghai, China, Xin Li is doing her postdoctoral research at University of Bayreuth, Germany. She holds a PhD in transcultural Anglophone studies. Her dissertation is entitled “Saying the Unsayable – Poethics of Silence in Contemporary North American Narratives”. Her fields of research include postcolonial literary studies, gender studies, intersectional studies, posthuman studies. Her recent publications includes “Unmaking Silence & FutureS in the Midst of ‘The Passing Dreams of Choice” in Passages: Metaphors, Narratives and Concepts (2023) published by UCL Press. Xin Li was a visiting scholar at University College London and is currently teaching intersectionality and gender studies at the University of Bayreuth. She serves as co-speaker of Network on Gender, Queer, Intersectionality and Diversity at the University of Bayreuth.