Mingyuan Hu Explained
Mingyuan Hu is a British historian and publisher.
Hu read Classics, Philosophy and Art History at the University of Glasgow, winning the Herkless Prize in 2008.[1] From the same university she received her PhD in Literature.
Between 2008 and 2023, she held teaching positions at the University of Glasgow and University of Leeds, and research positions at Victoria & Albert Museum and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Author of Fou Lei and two fictions, she translates French, English, and Chinese literatures. She is the founder of Hermits United, a multilingual literary press in London and Paris.[2]
Selected works
Monographs
- Fou Lei: An Insistence on Truth (Brill, 2017; Hermits United, 2023) ;
- Late Roses and Early Snow (Hermits United, 2022)
- Mnemosyne (Hermits United, 2022)
Translations
- Toward Bravery and Other Poems (Hermits United, 2017; 2022) by Mu Xin. ;
- Oratory and Democracy in China: Four Dialogues from the Annals of the Warring States (Hermits United, 2022)
- Virtue Politics: Mencius on Kingly Rule (Hermits United, 2023)
- The Assassins of Confucius (Hermits United, 2023) by Jean Levi, translated from the French, Les Assassins de Confucius.
- Good Beyond Evil: Xunzi on Human Nature (Hermits United, 2023)
- Realpolitik: Han Fei on Mighty Reign (Hermits United, 2023)
- 京劇改革 (Hermits United, 2023) by Maël Renouard, translated from the French, La réforme de l'opéra de Pékin.
- The Red Detachment of Women (Hermits United, 2023) by Jiang Yun, co-translated with Annelise Finegan.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Dr Mingyuan Hu, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. HU Berlin. 15 August 2022.
- Web site: Information. Hermits United. 19 May 2023.
