Tingyu Han

Thesis title: Open Text and World-Building in Chinese Digital Games

Background

Tingyu Han is a PhD in Intermediality at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh, where she also completed her MSc in Intermediality. Her academic training focuses on literary and media studies, with a particular interest in how texts, images, and digital media interact across cultural and technological contexts.

Qualifications

PhD in intermediality, University of Edinburgh, 2025–present

MSc in intermediality, University of Edinburgh, 2023–2024

Research summary

Her research interests centre on intermediality, literary adaptation, and digital game studies, with a particular focus on how Chinese traditional literature and mythology are transformed across contemporary media.

Current research interests

Her current research examines open text, world-building, and intermedial adaptation in Chinese digital games, especially Black Myth: Wukong and other game adaptations of classical and popular literary works.