• PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• MPhil, The University of Hong Kong
• MA, University College London
• BA, Sichuan University

Fields of Research

• Translation History
• Translation Theory
• Performance Studies

Areas of Teaching

• Literature Translation
• Translation Theory
• Writing Skills and Translation

• 2024-25, “Translation and the Tapestry of Historical Drama: A Study on the Hong Kong Dramatist Yao Ke,” CUHK Faculty of Arts Direct Grant for Research, HK$80,492 (Principal Investigator).
• 2024-25, “Enhancing Follow-up Learning Experience by Leveraging ‘Topic Guidance Enquiry Framework’ on Guided NLP Model for Tailored Student Engagement,” UGC Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (2022-25), HK$642,288 (Co-Investigator).

Journal Articles & Translation

• Li, Jiawei. 2024. “(Pseudo-)Collaborative Translation as a Legitimization of Authority: A Case Study of the National Theatre Movement.” Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice 32 (3): 539-553.
• Wei, Chenlin and Jiawei Li. 2024. “How Are Translators Embedded? Textual and Peritextual Analysis of Li Yü’s Twelve Towers in the Nineteenth Century.” Translation Studies (published online: 14 Mar 2024).
• Li, Jiawei. 2023. A Textual Practice of Guoju Yundong: The Translation of Changsheng jue. 國劇運動的一次劇本實踐——《長生訣》的翻譯. Translogopoeia 5: 57-85.
• Li, Jiawei. 2023. “A Missing Piece of the Collage: The Stage Practice in the National Theater Movement.” Asian Theatre Journal 40(1): 75-95.
• (translation) Li, Jiawei and Jiang Wei. 2022. “Selected Poems of Li Yü.” Renditions 98: 29-40.
• Li, Jiawei. 2022. “Remolding Aesthetic Paradigm for Chinese Theatre: Yu Shangyuan’s ‘Qinxian’ Series of Articles.” Journal of Translation Studies 6(2): 131-166.
• Li, Jiawei. 2022. “Realistic Play and Drama Evolution: Yu Shangyuan’s Translation of Brander Matthews’ Works.” Compilation and Translation Review 15(2): 85-122.
• Wei, Chenin and Li Jiawei. 2022. “Contemporary Performance and Stage Dissemination of Li Yü’s Classic Work” 李漁經典作品的當代搬演和舞台傳播. Journal of HIT. 24(5): 103-110.
• Li, Jiawei. 2020. “Revealing ‘Beauty’ in Modern Chinese Theatre: Max Reinhardt as an Anti-Ibsenite Emperor in Yu Shangyuan’s Translation.” Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies 7 (3): 1-20.
• Li, Jiawei. 2019. “On Top of the Audience—The Translation and Performance of The Waltz of the Dogs” 高臨民眾的上頭：《狗底跳舞》的翻譯與演出. Journal of Translation Studies 3 (2): 33-58.

• Li, Jiawei, “Legitimizing Heterodoxy: Collaboration the Notion of Prestige.” Power of Prestige, Oxford University, Oxford, 10-12 July 2024.
• Li, Jiawei, “Framing J. M. Barrie through Translation: The Case of The Admirable Crichton.” Translation and Power: The Fourth International Conference on Chinese Translation History, Hong Kong, 14-16 December 2023.
• Li, Jiawei, “How are Translators Embedded? The Reception of Li Yu’s Twelve Towers in the Nineteenth Century Britain.” Chinese Studies in the World: Moving beyond Borders, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 6-7 May 2023.
• Li, Jiawei, “Hybrid Construction as a Contestatory Force.” New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS 2022): State and Society in Asia: Past and Present, Syracuse University, New York, 7-8 October 2022.
• Li, Jiawei. “Collaborative Translation as Legitimization of Authority.” American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA X): Translation, Interpreting and Movement(s), University of California, Santa Barbara, 31 March- 3 April 2022.
• Li, Jiawei. “Towards a Retheatricalized Drama: Yu Shangyuan’s Translation of J. M. Barrie’s The Admirable Crichton.” Translation Studies in East Asia (2021 EAST), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 11-12 June 2021.
• Li, Jiawei. “Bridging Chinese and Western Drama Traditions: Yu Shangyuan’s Translation of Brander Matthews’ Works under the Evolutionary View of Drama.” (Hi)stories of Translation and Translators: Past, Present and Future, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 12-13 November 2020.
• Li, Jiawei. “High Above the People: Zhu Rangcheng’s Translation and Stage of The Waltz of the Dogs.” The 1st Forum on Chinese Translation History, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 11-12 December 2019.
• Li, Jiawei. “Translation and Theatre Performance: The Case of Xinyou Drama Group.” New Trends and Topics in Chinese Language Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 27 January 2018.

Qualifications, Memberships & Certifications

• Research Associate, Research Centre for Translation (RCT), CUHK
• Research Associate, Institute of Translation History and Transcultural Studies, HNUST
• Member, Association for Asian Performance (AAP)
• Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Hong Kong)
• Trados Studio Certified Trainer