Biography: 

Education  

2009 PhD in Literary and Cultural Criticism (Sun Yat-sen University).

2004 MA in Literary and Cultural Criticism (Sun Yat-sen University).

2001 BA in English Language and Literature (Shandong University).

Academic Activities

2017-Pres. Associate Professor, School of International Studies.

2010-2016 Lecturer, School of International Studies

2010-2012 Lecturer, School of International Studies; Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Publications

Books and Translations

Zeng Ji. The Problematique of Difference and the Political and Ethical Dimensions in Translation Studies. (in Chinese) Sun Yat-Sen University Press, 2016. 

Fitzgerald, Edward, and Omar Khayyam. Rubbaiyat. Trans. Zeng Ji (into Chinese). Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2017.

Greif, Gideon. We Wept without Tears: Testimonies of the Jewish Sonderkommando from Auschwitz. Trans. Zeng Ji (into Chinese). Guangdong People’s Publishing House, 2019.

Journal Articles

Critical theory and translation studies:

Articles on peer reviewed journals such as East Journal of Translation (Shanghai), Translation Quarterly (Hong Kong), etc.

Middle East Studies

Xiao Yu & Zeng Ji, “Revisiting Moscow’s support on the establishment of Israel”, Israel Affairs, Vol. 24, 2018.

Projects and Funds

“Governmental Elements in Israeli Innovation”, a project funded by Guangdong Provincial Government, 2017. 

“Iranian Clerical Establishment: Changes and Challenges” (with Prof. Meir Litvak of Tel Aviv University), a project funded by Chinese Ministry of Education, 2017

 “Shaping the Identity of Contemporary Israel: History, Religion and International Relations”, a project funded by Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2014.

“Towards a Knowledge-based and Task-oriented Model of Teaching Reading in Foreign Languages”, a project funded by Department of Education, Guangdong Province, 2013.

Research interests

Middle East Studies

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Criticism

Translation Studies