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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 21d

Attended the celebration and opening of Mr. Michael Bing Chiu Lai’s art exhibition at @rclchkle! As a literary scholar, I’m really impressed by his heartful dedication to creating, editing, and maintaining _Toronto Season_ 多倫多文藝季 for eighteen years!

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 27d

I don't read many substacks, but Broad & Ample Road by Michelle Kuo & Albert Wu is special, for insights on Taiwan above all, but good on various other issues, too, eg hwere trends in publishing/patterns of translation/graphic novels ampleroad.substack.com/p/underdog-s... cc @wwborders.bsky.social

Underdog Stories in the Shadow of Empires

Two Taiwanese Graphic Novels about Memory and History

ampleroad.substack.com

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Sep 11

Received my new publication in the mail room! Thanks Chia-rong, Min-xu, Alison, and Yenna, for putting this volume together with wonderful chapters from admirable colleagues, including Peiyin, Rebecca, Josh, Cheow-Thia, Lucas, Simona, and many more! See: shorturl.at/bdaIh

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Sep 9

The first class of “Hong Kong Literature” graduate seminar in the new semester at the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Toronto! Welcome to the world of and the world’s Hong Kong literature! :)

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

"Her cubicle becomes a chamber of obsessive self-scrutiny, where reflection no longer stabilises identity but fractures it." @myetcetera.bsky.social reviews "Lake Like a Mirror" and "Tongueless." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/tongues-tied-mirrors-shattered/

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations @nadmussen.bsky.social!

John Delury @johndelury.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congrats 恭喜恭喜 to the brand new cohort of fellows in the National Committee on US-China Relations public intellectuals program. Great group, and urgently needed @ncuscr.bsky.social #PIPFellow

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Twenty Leading China Specialists Selected for Ninth Round of Public Intellectuals Program

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is pleased to announce the ninth round of fellows in its  Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The ...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 20

So honored (and a little stunned) to have received the UTSC Dean’s Merit Award for the second time—“the highest score in the pool”! Grateful beyond words, though I have to admit: the past year has been utterly exhausting.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Grateful for their trust, effort, and curiosity!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 4

It’s one thing to teach theory and techniques, but it’s something else entirely to see students connect with the material in their own ways—whether it’s navigating the tone shifts between Chinese and English news writing or rethinking adaptation as a space of interpretation and resistance.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Just wrapped up another term of “Translation in Media” and “Translation and Adaptation” at UTSC—and reading through student reflections honestly made my day (and week).

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 2

My new office! Waited for three years! Finally with a window!

Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Aug 1

Excited to announce the publication of my English translation of Fah Hing Chong’s essay, “Description, Imagination, and Translational Subjectivity: A Critical Study of Mahua Literary Theories” in Chinese Literature and Thought Today.
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Description, Imagination, and Translational Subjectivity: A Critical Study of Mahua Literary Theories

Identity and subjectivity are fundamental psychological needs. As an emerging branch of literature in the postcolonial context, Mahua literature has persistently pursued questions of subjectivity a...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jul 30

📚 My latest translation explores a lesser-known yet pivotal chapter in Sinophone literary history. Wen-Wei Shiu 須文蔚’s “Transregional Circulation of Literary Publications by Macao’s Tipografía Salesiana” 澳門慈幼印書館. Read 📰 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Transregional Circulation of Literary Publications by Macao’s Tipografía Salesiana

The role of Macao’s Tipografía Salesiana in the transregional circulation of Sinophone literary publications has been consistently overlooked in literary studies. Originating from the Instituto Sal...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks for contributing this insightful and inspiring article!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jul 28

With Ting Guo, I’ve co‑authored a new article titled “The ‘Ueno Chizuko Phenomenon’: Translating Feminist Modernity Across East Asia” in the “Translation Studies as Methods” special issue uof Chinese Literature and Thought Today (Vol. 56, Nos. 1–2). See www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

The “Ueno Chizuko Phenomenon”: Translating Feminist Modernity Across East Asia

The “Ueno Chizuko phenomenon” describes the popularity and influence of Japanese feminist scholar Ueno Chizuko in East Asia, particularly in China and South Korea, through translations of her work....

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Nick Admussen @nadmussen.bsky.social · Jul 24

My essay on the "rise of China" meme just got posted by Chinese Literature and Thought Today. It's got two bits in it: one, historicizing where the "rise of China" idea came from and how it mutated over its 90-year history, and two, asking...(con't): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Rise of China: Toward Sanctuary

This essay historicizes, contextualizes, and interprets the politics of the often-cited “rise of China,” finding its origins in the early twentieth-century palingenetic imagination and its geograph...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thrilled to share that the new volume of Chinese Literature and Thought Today (CLTT) is out now — featuring a special issue I co-edited with Yifeng Sun: “Translation Studies as Methods.” 🧭📘

🔗 Reas it here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/mcs...

Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jul 26

📣 Excited to share my new article—co-authored with Yifeng Sun—is now published in Chinese Literature and Thought Today!

📰 It introduces our special issue, “Translation Studies as Methods.”

🔗 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Translational Reconfigurations: Interdisciplinary Dialogues in Modern Chinese Literary Scholarship

This article introduces Chinese Literature and Thought Today’s “Translation Studies as Methods” special issue that explores the evolving intersection of modern Chinese literature and translation st...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jul 6

Caught the 4K restoration of #WongKarWai’s In the Mood for Love #花樣年華 at Toronto’s oldest independent cinema, the Fox Theatre (est. 1914)! Recently, I also wrote two encyclopedia entries on #LiuYichang’s #劉以鬯 fiction, The Drunkard and “Intersection,” which inspired this film’s haunting beauty.

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · Jul 4

Last winter after a talk at UofT, an audience who shared the difficulty of finding community said, “but you’re here now; I don’t feel alone anymore.” I remain grateful to that heartfelt comment. It warms my heart to think that I’ll be (re)joining UofT next year & reconnecting with this community

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

Published by indie publisher 51人, this graphic book documented 51 street vendors (hence 51攤) of all trades, ages, genders, ethnicities (incl a Uyghur uncle with ‘warm smiles’) in Shanghai and their lives during COVID & lockdown

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thanks for sharing!

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lando kardashian @adamsideas.bsky.social · Jun 29

reminded again of this bit from DIARY OF THE ABSURD LIFE IN 1997 by Mary Wong, translated by @chrissonghk.bsky.social

One leisurely Sunday, Kwong amused herself with the idea of buying a new outfit for her company’s upcoming movie premiere. Inspired by the red flags dotted around the city streets, she thought about getting a red shirt and skirt with yellow polka dots, but she found it difficult to imagine being wrapped in a flag. “Why not decide after the movie,” I suggested, giving her more time to think.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · Jun 29

Three conference group photos this year: Saarbrücken (Cultural Reparation), Milan (Geo-literary images), Toronto (Sinophone translation)! 今年三張研討會合照：薩布呂肯（文化修復）、米蘭（文學地景）、多倫多（華語翻譯）！

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · Jun 27

#Toronto peeps, my #book is now available at the Richard Charles Lee Canada- #HongKong Library (f8 Robarts @uoftlibraries.bsky.social, part of EastAsianLib) in its physical form — in addition to the ebook!

(Someone has already borrowed it so I used my own copy for the photo shoot🫶👽📚)

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