Qi Hong

Qi Hong

First Name: 
Qi
Last Name: 
Hong
Title: 
PhD Candidate
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

People Type:

Areas of Interest: 
  • Modern Chinese literature and culture
  • History of books and reading
  • History of linguistic thoughts
  • Sound studies
  • Asexuality and aromantic studies

Program:

Dissertation Supervisors: 
Yurou Zhong

Campus: