肯尼斯·苏林(Kenneth surin)曾为美国杜克大学文学系系主任,现为该系教授。2010年苏林教授应邀访问上海交通大学并在人文艺术研究院开设研讨班。在此期间,王杰教授和苏林教授就当代社会主义、伊格尔顿的悲剧理论和马克思主义美学等问题进行了探讨。2011年4月苏林教授在王杰教授的邀请下参加了由人文学院和英国曼彻斯特大学联合举办的首届中英马克思主义双边论坛会议。 Kenneth Surin was a former Dean of the Department of Literature at Duke University in the United States and is currently a professor of the department. In 2010, Professor Surin was invited to visit Shanghai Jiao Tong University and hold a seminar at the Institute of Humanities and Arts. During this period, Professor Wang Jie and Professor Surin discussed the issues of contemporary socialism, Eagleton’s tragedy theory and Marxist aesthetics. In April 2011, Professor Surin attended the first Sino-British Marxism Bilateral Forum meeting jointly held by the Humanities School and the University of Manchester, UK at the invitation of Professor Wang Jie.