Yuqing Liu
Lecturer in Chinese Studies
- Asian Studies
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Email: yuqing.liu@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 4.18,
50 George Square - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9LH
Availability
Office Hours: Tuesdays 13:00-14:00
Background
Yuqing Liu joined the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh in spring 2024. Prior to this, she was a lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, where she completed her PhD. She also studied Chinese literature at National Taiwan University and Fudan University.
She specialises in Chinese literature, multilingual poetry, and language politics across premodern and modern periods. Her current book project, "Pidgin Poetics," examines the appropriation and adaptation of pidgin in Chinese and English literatures from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. This study uncovers the history and aesthetics of pidgin in China and explores its diverse roles in shaping Chinese language and literature.
Her research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the British Academy, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Association for Asian Studies.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Yuqing Liu is currently the Deputy Director of Research in Asian Studies.
Undergraduate teaching
Pre-honours:
- Society and Culture in Pre-modern East Asia
- Premodern East Asian History
Honours:
- Chinese Literature (Pre-modern)
Postgraduate teaching
- Sound and Sensibility in Chinese Culture
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Doing Research on East Asia: Key Concepts, Approaches and Issues
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Research summary
My research spans a wide range of topics in late imperial Chinese literature, including its influence on and adaptation in modern literature and film. My current interests include: language contact and translation; Sinitic poetry in multilingual contexts; the culture and politics of sound; the interplay between lexicography and literary writing; and maritime history and literature.
My recent article, “Sinicizing European Languages: Lexicographical and Literary Practices of Pidgin English in Nineteenth-Century China,” problematize the concept of “pidgin” by uncovering and examining dictionaries and folksongs in nineteenth-century Canton. Another article, “Polyphonic Poetics: Reading Yang Shaoping’s Pidgin Bamboo Branch Lyrics,” analyzes the creative use of pidgin in classical Chinese poetry.