Wen-chin Ouyang

Wen-chin Ouyang, FBA (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]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ouyang.

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]

In July 2018, Ouyang was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[11] She was the first Taiwan-born academic to receive the honour.[12]

References
  1. World Literature Events 2013-2014. Simon Fraser University website.
  2. Ben East, Will Arab novel expert judge for 2015 Man Booker International Prize help region’s chances? The National, October 14, 2013.
  3. Man Booker judges to speak at NYU panel on world literature. The National, October 22, 2014.
  4. Judging panel for the Man Booker International Prize to visit Abu Dhabi The National, October 30, 2014.
  5. Liz Bury, Marina Warner to chair Man Booker International prize judges. The Guardian, August 14, 2013.
  6. Where is "World Literature?" New York University Abu Dhabi website.
  7. Hannah Furness, Man Booker row rumbles on as Lady Antonia Fraser rejects panel offer. The Daily Telegraph online edition, September 25, 2013.
  8. Wen-chin Ouyang at the Man Booker Prize website.
  9. Wen-chin Ouyang at Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature website.
  10. Richard van Leeuwen, The Thousand and One Nights: Space, Travel and Transformation, preface. London: Routledge, 2007. ISBN 9781134146628
  11. "Record number of academics elected to British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  12. Hsu, Elizabeth (July 27, 2018). "Taiwan-born scholar honored with British Academy fellowship". Central News Agency. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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