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Taiwanese academic
Wen-chin Ouyang ,
FBA (歐陽文津 ) is a professor of
Arabic literature and
comparative literature at
SOAS, University of London .
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Ouyang was born in
Taiwan and raised in
Libya .
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[9] She earned her bachelor's degree in the
Arabic language from the
University of Tripoli and completed her
PhD in
Middle Eastern studies at
Columbia University in the
United States .
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[9] She taught Arabic studies at Columbia, the
University of Chicago , and the
University of Virginia before moving to the
United Kingdom . Ouyang speaks both Arabic and
Mandarin Chinese as a native speaker.
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Most of Ouyang's written work focuses on early to middle Arabic literary criticism. She is the editor or co-editor of several academic journals within the field of Middle Eastern studies. She is also a regular contributor to
Banipal .
[8] During the early 2000s, Ouyang was one of the organizers for a workshop series based on the "Genre, narrative and ideology" research program at SOAS.
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In 2013, Ouyang was selected as a judge for the 2015
Man Booker International Prize .
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In July 2018, Ouyang was elected a
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
[11] She was the first Taiwan-born academic to receive the honour.
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In 2022 she was elected to the
Academia Sinica .
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Man Booker judges to speak at NYU panel on world literature . The National, October 22, 2014.
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Marina Warner to chair Man Booker International prize judges .
The Guardian , August 14, 2013.
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Man Booker row rumbles on as Lady Antonia Fraser rejects panel offer .
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Wen-chin Ouyang at the Man Booker Prize website.
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Wen-chin Ouyang at Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature website.
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The Thousand and One Nights: Space, Travel and Transformation , preface.
London :
Routledge , 2007.
ISBN
9781134146628
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"Taiwan-born scholar honored with British Academy fellowship" . Central News Agency. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
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"Top research institute selects 19 new members" . taipeitimes.com . Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2022 .
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