PhD Candidate
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
- Modern Chinese literature and culture
- History of books and reading
- History of linguistic thoughts
- Sound studies
- Asexuality and aromantic studies
Working Dissertation
Supervisors
Yurou Zhong
Biography
Qi Hong is a Ph.D. candidate in modern Chinese literature and book history. Their dissertation explores the science, aesthetics, and politics of linguistic sound from late Qing to early twentieth-century China. Qi earned a master’s degree from Columbia University, where they completed a thesis on the art of patterns in Republican Chinese book design.
Before graduate school, Qi worked as a part-time interpreter and translator in Beijing, China. She was a half-hearted volleyball player (MB/S), but now she spends more time sparring.
Education
M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University