YI-CHI CHIU
Ready for Sunday Escape
ABOUT ME
Yi-Chi Chiu
Yi-Chi Chiu is an active post-doctoral researcher specializing in Taiwan's contemporary literature and history. In 2019, she was awarded the Associate Fellow by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in recognition of her expertise in education and teaching ability in universities under UK Professional Standards Framework. In 2020, she was selected by the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology's LIFT-TAIWN program as a member and participated in a cross-field visit to Taiwan's technology industries. She has engaged in creative writing for 15 years, published three books, and won three literary awards. Furthermore, she is experienced in digital audio and video production (YouTube, Podcast) and digital publishing (e-books, online blogs). Her expertise includes planning and organizing academic activities, characterized by prominent research awareness, critical thinking, influence and public speaking skills.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
TRANSLATOR
July 2017 - August 2017
This is a part-time work which cooperated with British Inter-University China Centre in the UK. There are eight academic translations I have translated, which relevant to China’s disaster history. You can check the link below: http://www.disasterhistory.org
COLUMNIST, DISTINCT EDUCATION.CO.
January 2018 - December 2020
The articles are about the education system differences between UK and Taiwan. Mostly, it provides the advice to Taiwanese student who attempts to study abroad. Please see the link below: http://de2017.pixnet.net/blog
TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
September 2018- January 2019
I was a seminar leader of modern Chinese history module in the University of Manchester. The modern Chinese module starts from the late Qing dynasty to contemporary China. More than one hundred and fifty first-year students are in the class, and I took responsible for two seminar groups. There are three assignments that student have to submit, and my work is to give the mark and provide the comment by using Turnitin. Furthermore, I have to facilitate student to have sufficient discussion in the seminar, allowing them to have opportunities to share their opinions toward the historical event.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, ACADEMIA SINICA
September 2013-December 2013
As a research assistant in the modern history department in Academia Sinica. My work focuses on building the digital database of ancient China. Academia Sinica is the national academy of Taiwan. It supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences to life sciences, and humanities and social sciences. As an educational institute, it provides Ph.D. training and scholarship through its English-language Taiwan International Graduate Program in biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, informatics, and earth and environmental sciences.
PGR PEER ADVISOR, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
September 2018- Now
The strategy complements initiatives at Faculty and University level, but differs in that it is strongly PGR-led: the initiatives and events are designed by and for PGRs and the central idea is that to increase the sharing of experience between PGRs and strengthen the SALC PGR-community to improve wellbeing and counter isolation and anxiety.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
September 2016 -
October 2020
PH.D.,
CHINESE STUDIES.
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Rethinking decadence in Taiwanese urban literature: introspection of space, illness and lust. I would like to take the deeper look at literature text as synchronical phenomenon, and how it continue to impact upon the formation of future literature developemnt.
September 2014 - September 2015
MA,
CHINESE LITERATURE.
SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Several associations are attended in my University and Master life in to allow me to develop not only academic research ability but also the concerned with society. I was elected to be the student representative in Cultures of China and Inner Asia Department. It is one of the most crucial experiences for me which allows me to help students while they have questions or problems. Communication and negotiate ability were rose and I feel the achievement is not constructed by myself but the people who taught me so much, for example, professor, school fellows, and students, during this period.
September 2009 -
June 2013
BA,
Taiwanese Literaturę.
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
NCKU has nine campuses which located in central Taiwan separately. It is one of the oldest university in Taiwan. Taiwanese literature department is a new raising school in the recent decade which pays attention to the history of Taiwan, Taiwanese literature, languages learning ( Japanese, Taiwan Aboriginal languages, Taiwanese dialect). It provided me a fruitful college life that I will never forget. Not only the teaching quality but also the amazing college friends.
September 2017
EXCHANGE RESEARCHER,
LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is one of Europe’s leading international research universities. It has seven faculties in the arts, sciences and social sciences, spread over locations in Leiden and The Hague. The University has over 6,500 staff members and 26,900 students. The motto of the University is 'Praesidium Libertatis' – Bastion of Freedom. My exchange programme is funded by European Association of Taiwan Studies, I was awarded the travel grant to study at Leiden University for a week.
July 2011 - August 2011
LANGUAGE EXCHANGE,
NANZAN UNIVERSITY
Japanese students who were studying at Nanzan University came to Taiwan, Tainan for two months Mandarin learning. I was at the position to organize the language courses, teaching Mandarin, managing their needs at the university.
SKILLS
ENGLISH
This is my third year ( 2018) in the UK. Before I came to the UK, I completed the TOEFL exam and had the High intermediate level score. After three years training for reading, listening, speaking and writing, my English level meets the advanced standard.
PIANO
Received the piano teaching certificate in 2009. Piano playing is one of my passion, and also the way to relax my self.
CREATIVE WRITING
Season of Bending Rain (Poetry collection), 2013, Yuexiang Press, Taiwan
Grandmother(Prose Writing)
honor dateDec 2015 honor issuer“Love shouldn’t have regret” literary award.
Mary(Prose Writing)
honor dateJul 2014 honor issuerGlobal Chinese-Reading Literary Prize
Banknote(Prose writing)
honor dateApr 2011 honor issuerThe 28th Chunghsing Lake Literature Award, Chunghsing University
MANDARIN
Mandarin is my native language. Mandarin is one of the most-used languages in the world. Nowadays, people are paying their interest in learning Mandarin.
"The pen is mightier than the sword”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
CONTACT
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New Taipei City, Taiwan
