{"id":1660,"date":"2023-10-19T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/?page_id=1660"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:48:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yan Er Lu Arts International<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Providing you with professional and high quality services<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Dr. Sophia Kidd&#8221; position=&#8221;Founder &amp; Chief Executive Officer&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16.jpeg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Associate Researcher at School of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Lecturer at the Sichuan University of Foreign Languages, Lecturer at the University of G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, and Lecturer at the University of Bochum. Dr. Sophia Kidd is the Founder of Words Art International, Director of Igneus Press, and Editor of Literature and Modern China, a journal of School of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University. Dr. Sophia Kidd is a research curator, art critic, translator, and writer who has lived and worked in Chengdu for over ten years, working closely with Chinese scholars, artists, and specialists in the field of art and facilitating exchanges between them and their counterparts abroad. She has recently published a monograph <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-981-16-8574-3\">Culture Paves the New Silk Roads<\/a>(Palgrave, 2022.) Kidd also wrote a chapter that appeared in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/spatial-literary-studies-in-china-fang-ying\/1141485393\">Spatial Literary Studies in China\uff09<\/a>, (Palgrave, 2023.) 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