Professor Li Kaijun (b. 1971) is a native of Wenshangxian, Shandong Province. He holds a Ph.D in Literature. He joined the faculty of Shandong University in July 2001, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007, and to Professor in 2013. His primary research field isModern Chinese Literature, and his Ph.D dissertation’s title is "Liang Qichao and the Transformation of Chinese Literature" (2001). His current research endeavor is focused on "Chen Sanli and the writing of classical poetry in the late-Qing early-Republican era.”He has also spent roughly a decade of scholarly effort on researching the history of newspapers and periodicals in the late-Qing Dynasty. He has published a significant number of papers and scholarly journal articles, including:  "A New Glossary That Emerged in the Creating of ‘The Revolution in Poetic Circles’, and Its Influence on the Creation of Classical Poetry"; "The Emergence, and Usage, of the Term ‘jizhe (journalist)’ in China"; "Debunking the Misunderstanding that Chen Baozhen was Given an Imperial Edict to Commit Suicide";  "The Early Poetic Writings of Chen Sanli and the Poets’ Circles of Hunan and Hubei in the Late-Qing Dynasty”. Professor Li has also authored and published the following monographs: Thematic Research on the History of Chinese Journalists, (2009), and A Biographical Chronology of Chen Sanli: The Extensive Edition, (2014). He also compiled and edited the writings of Chen Sanli, resulting in the publications: The Collected Poems and Other Writings of the Sanyuan Cloistered Study, (2003), An Addendum toThe Collected Poems and Other Writings of the Sanyuan Cloistered Study, (co-edited, 2007), and The Collected Poems and Other Writings of the Sanyuan Cloistered Study,(expandededition, 2014).

Contact information: E-mail address: licture@sdu.edu.cn