Posted:2026-04-01 | 瀏覽次數：13
2026/04/15【English Lecture】：Identity and Theatre Translation in Hong Kong
【New Directions in Transnational Asian Studies】： Identity and Theatre Translation in Hong Kong
Topic: Identity and Theatre Translation in Hong Kong
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 14:10–17:00
Venue: College of Liberal Arts 711
Speaker: Shelby Kar-yan Chan , Associate Professor and Associate Dean of School of Translation and Foreign Languages at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Speaker Bio:
陳嘉恩 Shelby Kar-yan Chan (PhD SOAS) is Associate Professor and Associate Dean of School of Translation and Foreign Languages at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. She is author of Identity and Theatre Translation in Hong Kong (Springer, 2015). Her research interests include Chinese-language theatres, the translational turn in contemporary Chinese art, interpreting, as well as postcolonial studies. She has translated four plays from English to Cantonese for stage performances in Hong Kong. She is co-editor of the multilingual anthologies of the International Poetry Nights Hong Kong. She is also a practising editor, translator and interpreter in arts, legal and commercial sectors. Currently she is translating Gao Xingjian’s monograph on drama into English.
Chair: Prof. Wah Guan Lim , Associate Professor, International PhD Program in Taiwan and Transcultural Studies, NCHU
Organizers: International PhD Program in Taiwan and Transcultural Studies, NCHU
Co-sponsored by: Ministry of Education Yushan Young Fellow Program