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Jane Qian Liu is Associate Professor of Translation and Chinese Studies at the University of Warwick, where she also serves as Head of Translation and Transcultural Studies and Director of Research for Translation and Transcultural Studies (both since 2024). She earned her DPhil in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford in 2014, following an MA in Comparative Literature and World Literature from Beijing Normal University (2010) and dual BA degrees in Chinese Language and Literature and English Language and Literature from the same institution (2007).
Dr. Liu's research centers on cross-cultural literary exchanges between China and the West, particularly examining translation practices, intertextuality, and reader reception in early twentieth-century China. Her work investigates how Chinese translators creatively adapted Western literary works through processes like pseudotranslation, and how these adaptations shaped modern Chinese literary forms. She has made significant contributions to understanding the role of emotion, lyricism, and transcultural dynamics in literary transmission.
Dr. Liu's scholarly output reveals a consistent trajectory toward examining the complex interplay between translated texts and reader experiences. Her research shows increasing sophistication in conceptual frameworks, moving from textual analysis to incorporate reader response theory and metaphysical considerations of literary reception. Key themes across her publications include the adaptation of European literature in China, the creation of alternative romantic spaces through translation, and the cultural significance of reading practices.
Among her accolades, Dr. Liu received the 'Good Book Review of the Year' award from China Book Review in 2021. She serves as associate editor of Comparative Literature & World Literature and has conducted interviews with prominent scholars including Henrietta Harrison, Douglas Robinson, and Rebecca L. Walkowitz, which have been published in the same journal.
Dr. Liu actively supervises PhD students working on East-West cultural and literary exchanges, with current advisees including Shaoyu Yang, Yuqing Zhang, Xinyao Zhang, Ambra Minoli, and Yaqi Xi. She convenes several postgraduate courses including 'Translation and Transcultural Encounters between China and the West' and 'Dissertation in Translation Studies,' reflecting her commitment to training the next generation of translation scholars.
As a practicing translator, Dr. Liu has translated Bob Eckstein's Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores into Chinese (Commercial Press, 2021), which received an 8.0 rating on Douban, as well as scholarly works by Stephen Owen and Andrew Jones for Theories of World Literature, a Reader (Peking University Press, 2013).
