Shaoyu Yang

About

Shaoyu is an Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick. She completed her PhD in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the University of Warwick, 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 Study of the English Translation of Yan Lianke's Si Shu (The Four Books)', Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 9.1 (2022), 26-46 <https://doi.org/10.1080/23306343.2022.2065131>

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 Warwick

Research Assistant, 'Creative Writing as Intervention for the Improvement of Mental Health', led by Dr Qian Liu, University of Warwick

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 Warwick)

2022: 'Chinese Modernity and Everydayness' Conference (18 July, Newcastle University)

Organisation

2026: Organiser, Warwick-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 Warwick); Workshop Assistant, One-Day Workshop 'Creative Writing and Mental Health' (16 June, University of Warwick)

2025: Organising Committee Member, The 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI 2025, 13-14 November, University of Warwick); Workshop Assistant, Midlands4Cities Dialogue Day 'The Creative and the Critical: Creative Writing for Researchers' (29 May, University of Warwick)

2021-2022: Co-Organiser, Translation and Transcultural Studies Reading Groups (SMLC, University of Warwick)

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 Warwick (2025-2026)

AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Studentship Award, University of Warwick (2022-2025)

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University, 2018

Qualifications

PhD in Translation and Transcultural Studies, University of Warwick, 2025

MA in Translation and Cultures, University of Warwick, 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)