UW-Madison’s Chinese Literature and Culture program is one of the leading programs in North America. Professors Rania Huntington and Anatoly Detwyler mentor students in many eras and genres of traditional and modern literature and culture. Training is especially strong in Ming and Qing narrative and drama, literature of the supernatural, memory in literature, translation, modern and contemporary literary culture and film, and modern Western methodologies ranging from canonical theory to cultural analytics. The faculty value close interaction with graduate students in research projects and in regular informal discussions. The program has also sponsored the journal Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) since its inception in 1979.<br><br>Our literature and culture program encourages students to study with well-known experts in programs such as history, Asian American studies, communication arts, English literature, political science, and women’s studies.