Dr Jindan Ni

Jindan Ni is a senior lecturer in Global and Language Studies at RMIT University. She has worked in the areas of Japanese classical literature, comparative literature and translation studies. She received a PhD in Comparative Literature from La Trobe University and has published academic papers in Translation Studies, Japanese Literature and Comparative Literature. She is also an active translator who has translated books from Japanese and English to Chinese.

Grant

• Japan Foundation Fellowship (2022-23)

Essays in The Conversation

• Guide to the classics: the sophisticated aesthetics of Sei Shōnagon's The Pillow Book
• Like 'the tolling of a distant temple bell', Ibuse Masuji's Black Rain remembers the horrors of Hiroshima and warns of the inhumanity of war
• Winning everything everywhere all at once: 5 experts on the big moments at the Oscars 2023
• The Whitewash is a scathing, hilarious satire of Asian misrepresentation in Hollywood

Book review

• A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji By Reginald Jackson
• The Anime Ecology: A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game Media By Thomas Lamarre

• Coordinating and lecturing Chinese 1, Chinese 2, Chinese 3, Chinese 4 and Chinese through Drama
• Editorial Board for Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
• Secretary of Australian Tertiary Chinese Teacher Association
• Member of Modern Language Association
• Member of Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities
• Research Member of Cultural Studies on The Tale of Genji, Japan
• Member of Judge Panel for Chinese Bridge Competition

• PhD, La Trobe University, Australia, 2017.
• MA, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, 2010.

• Jul 2015 — Dec 2017        Sessional lecturer, University of Melbourne
• Sep 2010 — Jun 2011       Lecturer of Japanese Language and Culture, Fujian Normal University, China