Dr. Lan Li
Vice Chairperson
Dr Lan Li received a BA and MA degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Renmin University of China, and a PhD in anthropology from Queen's University, Belfast. She is currently a lecturer in the Institute for Chinese Studies at the University College of Dublin, teaching Chinese culture and contemporary Chinese society, and is responsible for teaching and research in both the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at UCD and the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland. Dr Li’s research focuses on religion in modern China, cross-cultural comparison between Ireland and China, and teaching methodologies of international Chinese.
She is the solo author of “Popular Religion in Modern China: The New Role of Nuo” and “Recreation of the Belief: Nuo in An Anthropological Perspective; the first author of "Doing Business in China: Irish Experience", "Doing Business in China: Irish Advantages and Challenges" and "An Analysis of the Application of Digital Methods to International Chinese Pedagogy"; and has published many papers in both English and Chinese.
She is also the chief editor of "The Teaching Pack on Chinese Culture and Language for Transition Year" and "Chinese for Short Course in Chinese Language and Culture", both of which are textbooks for teaching Chinese language and culture as a curriculum subject in Irish secondary schools. Dr Li has been the vice president of the IACT since 2015 and the deputy secretary general of the EACT since 2019.