**Xiaohuan Zhao**

Xiaohuan Zhao is Associate Professor of Chinese Literary and Theatre Studies at the University of Sydney. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland and Otago in New Zealand before taking up his current position in Sydney, Australia. With a specialist focus on ritual/religion and literature/theatre, his research is profiled in internationally renowned journals such as T'oung Pao; TDR/The Drama Review; Asian Theatre Journal, Religions; Ecumenica: Performance and Religion; and Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft. He is currently sitting on the editorial boards of Religions and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. His most recent book is Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi—Volume One: From Exorcism to Entertainment and Chinese Theatre: An Illustrated History Through Nuoxi and Mulianxi—Volume Two: From Storytelling to Story-acting, published by Routledge.
