Ling Shuhua 凌叔华 (1900-1990) and Life-Writing The prolific translator of Chinese literature, Nicky Harman, introduces the fascinating life and short stories of feminist writer Ling Shuhua. Her presentation is followed by a creative self-writing workshop led by UK-based Chinese author and tutor, Yan Ge. This event is free of charge, but please register at the...
Join us for a talk about train travel in China today, co-hosted with the student-run East Asian Research Society (EARS). Our speaker, Thomas Bird, graduated in Chinese from SOAS, and is currently working in East Asia as a travel writer and journalist (including 15 years in based in Mainland China) and has written for BBC...
Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring Professor Liang Sun, the director of The Experimental Theatre Troupe at The Central Academy of Drama, and her team. She will be in conversation with Xunnan Li, one of the deputy directors of The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, to explore the pivotal role of “Text”...
We're very happy to joined by two translators for this event on 'Translating Taiwan'! Yu Teng-Wei and Shengchi Hsu will discuss their work - including their translations of chapbooks from Strangers Press - followed by an audience Q&A. Tickets are free, but please reserve your place here. Tea and coffee provided. Yu Teng-Wei is a...
In association with EARS (the East Asian Research Society), we're delighted to be hosting author, editor, and translator Xueting Ni as part of her Sinophagia Tour, discussing Chinese horror, just in time for Halloween! The tour is to mark the launch of Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror, published this month by Solaris Books, and...
Join us for a special event featuring authors Kit Fan, Jennifer Wong, and Karen Cheung, exploring UK - Hong Kong ties through poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. The event will begin (3:30-4:15pm) with a focus on recent research on Hong Kong writing, involving a dialogue between Dr Jennifer Wong and Prof Gregory Lee, founding Professor...
We're delighted to welcome Wenyan Lu, author of The Funeral Cryer (Atlantic Books, 2023), to talk about her work and celebrate the paperback publication of her book. Originally from Shanghai, China, Wenyan Lu is the winner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2020. Wenyan holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing as well as a Postgraduate Certificate...
We are delighted to welcome Professor Dongwei Chu 褚东伟, Professor of Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, for this special lunchtime guest lecture. Translating Chinese literature into English has been a great challenge for native speakers of English handling Chinese as a foreign language and a greater challenge for native speakers of Chinese translating...
This event, organised in conjunction with the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds, will combine a presentation by multi-award-winning Chinese novelist Lu Min 鲁敏, with an interactive two-way translation workshop, facilitated by world-leading translators Nicky Harman and Helen Wang (the translators of Lu Min's Dinner for Six, among many other works), with Professor Zhu...