Profile

Chenyu Tu (Ph.D, Brown) is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University. He works primarily on early modern European literature, with a special focus on British literature and humanist Latin. His current interests lie mainly in the strategic misuse of high rhetoric and the history of allusion.

Educational Experience

B.A. in English, Shanghai International Studies University, 2016

M.A in English, Peking University, 2019

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Brown University, 2025

Work Experience

July 2026 to present, Boya Postdoctoral Fellow in School of Foreign Languages, Peking University

Research Interests

Early Modern European Literature; Humanist Latin; The Misuse of High Rhetoric; The History of Allusion

Selected Publications

Chenyu Tu, “Paradiastole as Distinction-Making,” International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 31.2 (2024): 123–140. (A&HCI)