Dr. Tianyu Liu is a researcher specialising in Ethnomusicology. She holds a PhD from University College Cork, National University of Ireland, and a master’s degree from the University of Sheffield. She completed her undergraduate studies at Northeastern University . She works as a research assistant on the ERC-funded project “Ecura” and is a member of the International Council for Traditional Music and Dance (ICTMD) and the Chinese Society for Anthropological Aesthetics (CSAA).

Academic Experience:

  • 2025 Conference Presentation: “The Rise of the Chinese ‘Digital Folk Musician’: Reframing Tradition in the Age of Short Video Platforms,” CHIME (European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) Annual Conference, July 2025.
  • 2025 Conference Presentation: “Literature Review and Prospects of Music and Dance Culture in Northeast Thailand,” Academic Workshop on Music and Dance Cultural Heritage along the Lancang-Mekong Region (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Section)—Sixth Anniversary Academic Series of the Research Centre for Southern Chinese Minority Music Culture, Hunan Normal University 湖南师范大学, China, May 2025.
  • 2024 Conference Presentation: “Modeling Performance on Chinese Soil: The Challenge of Professional Erhu in Folk Musical Life,” British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BEF), Ireland, April 2024.
  • 2022 Conference Presentation: “Women, Whips and the Ethnographic Eye: New Technology in the Time of Pandemic,” International Council for Traditional Music (ICTMD), Ireland, February 2022.
  • 2019 University-wide Master’s Conference, Departmental Representative Presentation: “The Sustainable Development View of Chinese Musical Instrument Erhu,” University of Sheffield, August 2019.

Internship Experience:

  • 2024 Teaching Assistant, University College Cork Music Academy Summer Camp, Ireland, May 2024.
  • 2024 Conference Organizing Assistant, British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BEF), Ireland, April 2024.
  • 2023 Project Leader, “Chinese Music Planet” (in collaboration with Zhejiang Conservatory of Music 浙江音乐学院, Chinese Traditional Instruments Department), The 9th China International Internet+ University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (International Track), August 2023.