Jindan Ni

Dr. Jindan Ni

Senior Lecturer

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Dr. Jindan Ni is a Senior Lecturer in Global and Language Studies at RMIT University. She specializes in Japanese and Chinese literature, comparative literature, and translation studies. Her research spans a wide range of interdisciplinary interests, with a particular focus on the ways in which literary works from different regions and languages intersect, influence, and reshape one another. As a literary scholar and humanist, she seeks to demonstrate the dynamic and intricate dialogues that occur across geographical and linguistic borders. 

 

Professional Affiliations:

- 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 and Literary Studies on The Tale of Genji, Waseda University, Japan
- Member of Judge Panel for Chinese Bridge Competition

Research fields

  • 4705 Literary studies
  • 470321 Translation and interpretation studies
  • 470507 Comparative and transnational literature
  • 470519 Literature in Japanese
  • 470515 Literature in Chinese

UN sustainable development goals

  • 4 Quality Education
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 5 Gender Equality

Academic positions

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

Supervisor projects

  • Female Images in the English Translations of Shui Hu Zhuan
  • 12 Aug 2022
  • Understanding Female Chinese international students' negotiation of gender and cultural norms
  • 26 Nov 2021

Teaching interests

Semester 1: Chinese 1, Chinese 3 and Chinese through Drama
Semester 2: Chinese 1, Chinese 2 and Chinese 4

Research interests

Japanese and Chinese Literature Studies, Comparative Literature studies, Translation Studies, Language Education
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.