Peer-reviewed article:
Jan Cao (2022) “The Collector, the Glitcher, and the Denkbilder: Toward a Critical Aesthetic Theory of Video Games,” Games and Culture, 1-17. [download]
Jan Cao (2021) “From “Purpurwort” to Forgiveness: A Tawadian Translation of Celan’s Psalm.” The German Quarterly Vol. 94, Issue 3, 298-314. [download]
Jan Cao (2020) Mathematizing the Limits of Time: Heidegger, Derrida, and the Topology of Temporality. The Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 24, Issue 1, 28-41 [view online].
Jan Cao (2019) Benjamin’s Chinese Painter: Copying, Adapting, and the Aura of Reproduction, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, Vol. 94, Issue 1, 39-56. [view online]
Literary translations:
Ford, Ford Madox (2017) 有些人没有 [Some Do Not], Volume 1 of 队列之末 [Parade’s End]. Trans. Jan Cao. Shanghai: Joint Publishing. [kindle book]
Ford, Ford Madox (2017) 再无列队 [No More Parades], Volume 2 of 队列之末 [Parade’s End]. Trans. Jan Cao. Shanghai: Joint Publishing. [Amazon link][kindle book]
Manuscripts in preparation:
Jan Cao. “Demonic Plants and Magical Language: Benjamin and Tawada Reading Ottilie.” [download]
Jan Cao. “Concentration, Distraction, Immersion: Attentiveness in the Age of Digital Games.” [download]
journalistic writings:
Click here to see my articles on Foreign Policy.
Click here to see my articles on Der Tagesspiegel.
Jan Cao (2022) “The Collector, the Glitcher, and the Denkbilder: Toward a Critical Aesthetic Theory of Video Games,” Games and Culture, 1-17. [download]
Jan Cao (2021) “From “Purpurwort” to Forgiveness: A Tawadian Translation of Celan’s Psalm.” The German Quarterly Vol. 94, Issue 3, 298-314. [download]
Jan Cao (2020) Mathematizing the Limits of Time: Heidegger, Derrida, and the Topology of Temporality. The Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 24, Issue 1, 28-41 [view online].
Jan Cao (2019) Benjamin’s Chinese Painter: Copying, Adapting, and the Aura of Reproduction, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, Vol. 94, Issue 1, 39-56. [view online]
Literary translations:
Ford, Ford Madox (2017) 有些人没有 [Some Do Not], Volume 1 of 队列之末 [Parade’s End]. Trans. Jan Cao. Shanghai: Joint Publishing. [kindle book]
Ford, Ford Madox (2017) 再无列队 [No More Parades], Volume 2 of 队列之末 [Parade’s End]. Trans. Jan Cao. Shanghai: Joint Publishing. [Amazon link][kindle book]
Manuscripts in preparation:
Jan Cao. “Demonic Plants and Magical Language: Benjamin and Tawada Reading Ottilie.” [download]
Jan Cao. “Concentration, Distraction, Immersion: Attentiveness in the Age of Digital Games.” [download]
journalistic writings:
Click here to see my articles on Foreign Policy.
Click here to see my articles on Der Tagesspiegel.
