Shen Lin is a Professor at the Central Academy of Drama and Visiting Professor at CAA. He earned his PhD from the Shakespeare Institute at University of Birmingham in the UK and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Folger Shakespeare Library in the United States. He is the former Director of the Institute of Central Academy of Drama, and Executive Editor-in-Chief and President of Drama. He has held appointments as a visiting researcher and professor at University of California, University of Copenhagen, Charles University, Ilia State University, and Free University of Berlin. His research areas include Shakespeare and intercultural drama and his creative works include The Balcony, Love Ants, Che Guevara, and Good Person of Beijing. In April 2023, Shen Lin was invited by ICAST to give a lecture entitled “Condor’s Plastic Drama: Family Photo Albums in Extreme Times”.