Projects per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Hui completed her PhD in Film Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. She has been an Assistant Professor in Film Studies in the Department of Media and Communication at XJTLU since September 2019. She has also worked in higher education both in the UK (University of Surrey, 2013-2017) and China (Department of English, XJTLU, 2017-2019) in the area of translation and interpreting. Hui is a certified translator and interpreter. Hui welcomes PhD applications related to her research interests.
Research interests
Chinese cinemas
Film and city
Film and cultural memory
Audiovisual translation
Experience
Lecturer (Film Studies), Department of Media and Communication, Xi’an-Jiaotong Liverpool University, since 2019
Lecturer (Translation and Interpreting), Department of English, Xi’an-Jiaotong Liverpool University, 2017-2019
Teaching Fellow, Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, 2013-2017
Associate Tutor, School of Media, Art and Design, Canterbury Christchurch University, 2013-2016.
Teaching
COM336 City in Films
COM332 Chinese Cinema
COM336 City in Films
COM110 Communication in China
COM332 Chinese Cinema
ENG415 Journalism Translation
ENG416 Audiovisual Translation
ENG418 Translating Chinese Culture
Awards and honours
Official Selection, The 5th Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, the short documentary The World on a String《声生》, 2023.
Official Selection, Shanghai International Short Week, the short documentary The World on a String《声生》, 2023.
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. University of Birmingham, 2012
M.Phil. University of Birmingham, 2005
Person Types
- Staff
Research output
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Defiance in Amnesia: Memory and Abjection in Wang Xiaoshuai’s Red Amnesia
Miao, H., 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Chinese Cinemas.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intimacy in Urban Families: Harmony and Social Cohesion
Miao, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Gender, Intimacy and Class: Social Change in China. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Postcards from Suzhou: XR 2024
Ke Jinde, K., Miao, H. & Skulsuthavong, M., 1 Oct 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Exhibition/ Event/ Festival › Curated works: Physical Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
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The dilemma between innovation and authenticity in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage: Community agency in preserving Suzhou pingtan
Miao, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: China Information.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Postcards from Suzhou: Voices of Suzhou Culture 2023
Ke Jinde, K. & Miao, H., 1 Oct 2023Research output: Practice-based research output › Exhibition/ Event/ Festival › Curated works: Physical Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
Activities
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Female consciousness and affective space in Chinese women’s cinema
Hui Miao (Speaker)
12 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Intangible Cultural Heritage and Community Agency: Paradoxes of Innovation and Authenticity in Safeguarding Suzhou Pingtan
Hui Miao (Speaker)
7 Dec 2023 → 9 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Cinematic spaces in the films of Wong Kai-wai
Hui Miao (Supervisor)
1 Sept 2023Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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Drag language in the fansubbing of RuPual’s Drag Race
Hui Miao (Speaker)
Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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In Her Eyes: Chinese Women Directors in a Transnational Context (2008-2022)
Hui Miao (Supervisor)
Jun 2023 → Aug 2023Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project