Shanshan Zheng

Holding a PhD in anthropology from Université Lumière Lyon 2, Shanshan Zheng is currently a lecturer in Chinese studies at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and an associate researcher at LARHRA. Her research focuses on religious and cultural dynamics in contemporary China, particularly popular religion, heritage-making processes, transnational circulations, and digital forms of the religious imaginary. She is also a translator specializing in the humanities and social sciences, and was a finalist for the Prix Fu Lei in 2024.

The project

Title: Digital Reconfigurations of the Religious Imaginary in China: An Ethnography of Online Supernatural Horror Films and Series