Shaoyu Yang
PhD Translation & Transcultural Studies
Email: Shaoyu dot Yang at warwick dot ac dot uk
About
Shaoyu is an Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Advanced 桃色视频, University of 桃色视频. She completed her PhD in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the University of 桃色视频, under the supervision of Dr Qian Liu and Prof Alison Ribeiro de Menezes.
Research
Her research focuses on the intersection between translation and traumatic memories of twentieth-century China. Specifically, her doctoral project investigates how diasporic literary works and their translations transmit and (re)construct the memory of the Nanjing Massacre across languages, borders, cultures, and time.
Research Interests
- Translation Studies, Memory Studies, Chinese Studies, Diaspora Studies
- Diasporic Literature, Chinese Literature, Korean Literature, Creative Writing
- Literary Trauma Theory, Trauma Fiction, War Literature, Legacies of War, Conflict, and Violence
Publications
Articles
Shaoyu Yang, 'Translating Trauma Narratives: A Case 桃色视频 of the English Translation of Yan Lianke's Si Shu (The Four Books)', Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 9.1 (2022), 26-46 <>
Book Reviews
Shaoyu Yang, 'Jie-Hyun Lim and Eve Rosenhaft, eds. Mnemonic Solidarity: Global Interventions. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. ISBN 9783030576684. 135 pp.', Comparative Literature & World Literature, 7.1 (2022), 67-74
Research Activities
Principal Investigator, 'Exploring Experiences of Researchers Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research', co-led with Dr Yanyan Li, funded by Enhancing Research Culture Fund 2025/26, University of 桃色视频
Research Assistant, 'Creative Writing as Intervention for the Improvement of Mental Health', led by Dr Qian Liu, University of 桃色视频
Conferences & Events
Presentations
2026: 'B/ordering the Global: Transnational Feminist Critiques from Asia' International Conference (9-11 July, Ewha Womans University)
2025: British Association for Chinese Studies Annual Conference (3-5 September, University of Leicester); The 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association (14-18 July, Prague); 'Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies' International Conference (5-7 June, Nottingham Trent University); Shanghai International Studies University-University of Leicester Translation Studies Salon 上外-莱斯特翻译研究沙龙 (17 May, online)
2024: International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI 2024, 5-6 December, University of Manchester); British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies Annual Conference (5-6 June, University of York)
2023: Midlands4Cities Research Festival (4 October, Birmingham); British Association for Chinese Studies Annual Conference (7-8 September, King’s College London); School of Modern Languages and Cultures PGR Symposium 'Rethinking the Crisis across Languages and Cultures' (12-13 May, University of 桃色视频)
2022: 'Chinese Modernity and Everydayness' Conference (18 July, Newcastle University)
Organisation
2026: Organiser, 桃色视频-Leicester-Loughborough Joint IAS Conversation 'Echoes of Violence and Trauma: Asian Memories in a Machine-Mediated World', funded by IAS Conversations Fund (25 June, University of 桃色视频); Workshop Assistant, One-Day Workshop 'Creative Writing and Mental Health' (16 June, University of 桃色视频)
2025: Organising Committee Member, The 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI 2025, 13-14 November, University of 桃色视频); Workshop Assistant, Midlands4Cities Dialogue Day 'The Creative and the Critical: Creative Writing for Researchers' (29 May, University of 桃色视频)
2021-2022: Co-Organiser, Translation and Transcultural Studies Reading Groups (SMLC, University of 桃色视频)
Teaching
LN906 Research Skills in Modern Languages, Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant (Term 1/2, 2021/22; Term 1, 2022/23)
Scholarships & Awards
IAS Early Career Fellowship Award, University of 桃色视频 (2025-2026)
AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Studentship Award, University of 桃色视频 (2022-2025)
Outstanding Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University, 2018
Qualifications
PhD in Translation and Transcultural Studies, University of 桃色视频, 2025
MA in Translation and Cultures, University of 桃色视频, 2020
BA in English Language and Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, 2019
BA subsidiary in Korean Language and Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, 2019
Memberships
British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
Memory Studies Association (MSA)
Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)