Dr. Gil Hizi

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Asian Studies,Sociological Theory
Keywords	urban China, market economy, self-improvement, human capital, immaterial labor

Current contact address

Country	Australia
City	Camperdown, Sydney
Institution	University of Sydney
Institute	Department of Anthropology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Susanne Brandtstädter	Institut für Ethnologie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship	01/02/2020

Programme(s)

2019	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021	Hizi, Gil: Against Three Cultural Characters Speaks Self-Improvement, or On the Individualization of Discourses on Social Development in Contemporary China. In: Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 52, 2021, 237-253
2021	Hizi, Gil: Becoming a Role Model: The affordances of soft skills in contemporary China. In: Ethos, 49, 2021, 135-151
2021	Hizi, Gil: Fluctuating Affect: Purpose and Deflation in Paths of Self-Development. In: Hau, 11, 2021, 942-957
2021	Hizi, Gil: Tragic Stability and Elusive Selfhood: On the Drive for Self-Development in Contemporary China. In: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Affairs, 50, 2021, 161-179
2021	Hizi, Gil: Zheng Nengliang and Pedagogies of Affect in Contemporary Urban China. In: Social Analysis, 35, 2021, 23-43