FHM Researchers - Prof CHAN Timothy Wai Keung
FHM Researchers - Prof CHAN Timothy Wai Keung
- Head of Department/ Professor, Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL)
Research Area(s):
- Classical Chinese literature
- Religious literature
- Comparative literature
- Mythology
- Sinology
I joined EdUHK in August 2024 and am excited about my new life here. I have previously worked as an academic staff member at Hong Kong Baptist University, The University of Sydney, and The Ohio State University. My post-graduate training focused on Chinese and comparative literature and was informed by a rigorous, philological approach to Sinology. Primary sources remain the foundation of my exploration, and I prefer to read through multiple perspectives and employ a transdisciplinary approach. In addition to academic research, I am also interested in creative writing, especially poetry in classical Chinese and prose in modern Chinese.
Select publications:
- Chan. Fantasy in the Grotto: Otherworldly Adventures in Medieval Chinese Literature. Leiden: Brill, 2025. Single-authored monograph.
- Chan, ed. Zhongguo wenxue yu zongjiao de yan, yi, xiang 中國文學與宗教的言、意、象 (Word, Meaning, and Image in Chinese Religious Literature). Taipei: Wanjuanlou, 2025. Edited volume.
- Chan, ed. Daojiao xiulian yu keyi de wenxue tiyan 道教修煉與科儀的文學體驗 (Daoist Meditation and Rituals and Literary Representation). Nanjing: Fenghuan chubanshe, 2018. Edited volume.
- Chan. “The Buddha’s Life in Parallel Couplets: A Hagiography of Tathāgata Śākyamuni’s Attaining Enlightenment Attributed to Wang Bo.” Tang Studies 42 (2024), 33–110. Journal article.
- Chan. “Zhongshen huxing, buxu Yujing: Li Bai de Zhexian shixue” 眾神護形，步虛玉京——李白的謫仙詩學 (“Gods Protecting My Physical Form” and Pacing the Void in Jade Capital: Li Bai’s Poetics of the Banished Transcendent”). Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies 清華學報 52.4 (2022), 675–715. Journal article.
- Chan. Houhaiwan de bolan 后海灣的波瀾 (Billows and Ripples of Deep Bay). Hong Kong: Manuscript Publishing, 2024. Creative writing.
Titles of RPg students’ theses:
- Clark L. Alejandrino. “The Morals of Civil War: A Comparative Study of War in De Bello Civili and Sanguo Yanyi.” (MA, 2004).
- Tyler Pike. “Symphonies of Voices: A New Approach to Du Fu’s Allusive Art.” (PhD, 2008).
- Zhang Mengru. “The Projection of the North Celestial Pole: Space Construction in the Scriptures of the School of Highest Clarity.” 北天極的投射：上清經文的空間構建 (PhD, expected 2025).
- You Ya. “A Discussion of the History and Culture in Early China from the Character Writing in the Lisao.” 從〈離騷〉的人物書寫看中國早期歷史文化 (PhD, 2024).
- Ho Sin Wa. “Constructing the ‘True Self’: the Performative Presentation in Xu Wei's Writing.” 建構「真我」：徐渭書寫的表演呈現 (MPhil, 2024).