Dr. YAU Ting Kit Kevin

Dr. YAU Ting Kit Kevin

Lecturer

BA, MPhil, PhD (CUHK)

Profile

Dr. Yau obtained his Ph.D. from the department and has remained to teach here. He was a visiting member of the Institute of Literature and Philosophy (Academia Sinica) in 2019. In 2023, he published his monograph, which discusses Lu Xun, Chen Duxiu, and Cai Yuanpei. Dr. Yau focuses on literary and cultural trends from the late Qing dynasty to contemporary times, placing particular emphasis on tracing the sources of modern literary materials. In recent years, he has been interested in the formation and transformation of Europe-Asia thought, Sino-Japanese cultural translation, and the Chinese aesthetic education movement.

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Research Interests

Lu Xun Studies / 20th Century Chinese Literature / Transcultural Studies / Intellectual History

Selected Publications
  • 《情感與理性之間——五四啟蒙個案的跨文化省思》。香港:商務印書館,2023年。
  • 〈民國美育思潮的跨文化脈絡——從俞寄凡的藝術學翻譯談起〉,《東亞觀念史集刊》21(2023.9): 143-179。
  • 〈蔡元培與泡爾生「非理性思想」的譯介以《倫理學原理》為中心〉,《東亞觀念史集刊》20(2022.9): 339-378。
  • 〈中日反啟蒙連結:論蔡元培對井上圓了學說的接受〉,《臺大文史哲學報》 97(2022.5): 71-100。
  • 〈魯迅早期論文中的情感與理性〉,《漢學研究》1(2020.3): 259-284。
  • 〈「笑聲」與「寫實」:重探魯迅《故事新編》和張天翼《鬼土日記》、《洋涇濱奇俠》〉,《人文社會科學研究》4: (2019.12): 67-87。
  • 〈科學的一元宗教,還是以科學代宗教?──論陳獨秀對海克爾學說的接受與轉化〉,《東亞觀念史集刊》16 (2019.6): 73-103。
  • 〈關於1940年香港上演《民族魂魯迅》的考察──兼論蕭紅、馮亦代詮釋魯迅的差異〉,《興大中文學報》45 (2019.6): 173-199。
  • 〈關於「笑聲」概念的反思:以魯迅及張天翼作為個案〉,收入香港公開大學、明報月刊出版社編:《文學批評與人生:第四屆兩岸四地華文文學講座論文集》(香港:明報月刊,2019),頁106-113。
  • 〈從魯迅到閻連科──試讀《日熄》中的隱喻和象徵〉,收入香港浸會大學文學院編:《第六屆紅樓夢獎評論集──閻連科《日熄》》(香港:匯智,2018),頁54-62。
  • 〈論黃碧雲早期作品中的魯迅身影〉,《成大中文學報》60 (2018.3): 65-100。
  • 〈「香港」作為魯迅研究的資源──以舊詩專論及《抖擻》雜誌為例〉(與何杏楓合撰),《韓中言語文化研究》48 (2018): 85-105。
  • 〈論魯迅《故事新編》的晚期風格〉,《雲漢學報》32 (2016): 1-22。

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Research Scheme
Year Research Scheme
2024-2025

2024-25, Principal Investigator, “The Transcultural Context of Feng Zikai’s Early Aesthetic Education Thought (1920-1941)[ 豐子愷前期美育思想的跨文化脈絡 (1920 -1941)],” Direct Grant for Research (CUHK).

2024-2025

2024-25, Co-Investigator, “A Study on The Commercial Press and the Aesthetic Education Movement in a Transcultural Context (1897-1940)[商務印書館與美育運動的跨文化脈絡研究 (1897-1940)],” General Research Fund Project (Research Grants Council).

2022-2027

2022-2027, Sub-plan Core Member, “Compilation and Research of Contemporary Hong Kong Newspaper Literary Supplements (1949-2022)[香港當代報紙文藝副刊的整理與研究(1949-2022)],” Major Project of National Social Science Fund of China (National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences).

2023-2024

2023-24, Principal Investigator, “Aesthetic Thoughts in Transcultural Perspective: A Case Study on Yu Ji-fan’s Translations[跨文化視野下的美育思想:俞寄凡翻譯書籍個案研究],” Direct Grant for Research (CUHK).

Awards and Honors
Year Awards and Honors
2020

ICS Mok Hing Cheong Postgraduate Scholarship, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK, 2020.

2019

中央研究院中國文哲研究所「博士候選人獎助計畫」,2019。

2019

Sin Wai Kin CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarships in Arts, History and Philosophy, CUHK, 2019.

2018-2019

Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, CUHK, 2018/19.

2017-2018

Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, CUHK, 2017/18.

2018

Golden Jubilee Celestial Civilian Scholarship on Hong Kong Literature, CUHK, 2018.

2017

「學有所思,關懷為本:香港中文大學中文寫作及微電影劇本選拔比賽」金獎,CUHK,2017。

2014

香港中文大學中國語言及文學系黃繼持教授紀念獎學金,2014。

2014

香港中文大學中國語言及文學系楊冠鏘先生紀念獎學金,2014。

2013

「第五屆新紀元全球華文青年文學獎」小說組二等優秀獎,2013。