Doctoral Student in Asian Languages and Cultures
About
I study East Asian moving image culture, with a focus on Hong Kong. I’m particularly interested in the translation of cinematic and video expression across borders, languages, and formats. I see this manifesting not only in the aesthetic choices of particular artists, but also in the networks of human beings who collaborate with each other from across a range of industrial and political contexts. I pay particular attention to Hong Kong-mainland China co-productions, as well as pop culture flow between Hong Kong and South Korea from the 1980s to the present.
Language plays a key role in my work. In addition to looking at the aesthetic role that spoken languages play in multilingual media, I also analyze Chinese subtitling practices, paying particular attention to their role in mediating a triangular relationship between Mandarin, Standard Written Chinese, and Cantonese. My interest in the latter has lately led to research into the literization of colloquial Cantonese and its impact on Hong Kong diglossia.
A former journalist, my writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and the Los Angeles Review of Books China Channel. My first academic publication is forthcoming in the Winter 2020 issue of Film Quarterly.
Languages (other than English):
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Korean
- German
