Wen-chin Ouyang
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Wen-chin Ouyang (歐陽文津) is a professor of Arabic literature and comparative literature at SOAS, University of London.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Early life and education
Ouyang was born in Taiwan and raised in Libya.[8][9] She earned her bachelor's degree in the Arabic language from the University of Tripoli and completed her PhD in Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University in the United States.[8][9] She taught Arabic studies at Columbia, the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia before moving to the United Kingdom. Ouyang speaks both Arabic and Mandarin Chinese as a native speaker.[8]
Career
Most of Ouyang's written work focuses on early to middle Arabic literary criticism. She is the editor or co-editor of several academic journals within the field of Middle Eastern studies. She is also a regular contributor to Banipal.[8] During the early 2000s, Ouyang was one of the organizers for a workshop series based on the "Genre, narrative and ideology" research program at SOAS.[10]
In 2013, Ouyang was selected as a judge for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Citations
- ↑ World Literature Events 2013-2014. Simon Fraser University website.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ben East, Will Arab novel expert judge for 2015 Man Booker International Prize help region’s chances? The National, October 14, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Man Booker judges to speak at NYU panel on world literature. The National, October 22, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Judging panel for the Man Booker International Prize to visit Abu Dhabi The National, October 30, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Liz Bury, Marina Warner to chair Man Booker International prize judges. The Guardian, August 14, 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Where is "World Literature?" New York University Abu Dhabi website.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Hannah Furness, Man Booker row rumbles on as Lady Antonia Fraser rejects panel offer. The Daily Telegraph online edition, September 25, 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Wen-chin Ouyang at the Man Booker Prize website.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wen-chin Ouyang at Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature website.
- ↑ Richard van Leeuwen, The Thousand and One Nights: Space, Travel and Transformation, preface. London: Routledge, 2007. ISBN 9781134146628
External links
- Official bio page at the SOAS website
- Wen-chin Ouyang at Alibris
- Articles containing Chinese-language text
- Living people
- Taiwanese academics
- Taiwanese women academics
- Taiwanese women
- University of Tripoli alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- University of Chicago faculty
- University of Virginia faculty
- Academic journal editors
- Women editors
- Man Booker Prize
- Middle Eastern studies scholars
- Arabists
- Academics of SOAS, University of London
