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Academic degree: Doutoramento
Professional category: Prof. Auxiliar
Research group(s):
E-mail: kunikoukai@ilch.uminho.pt
Phone: 253604171
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ORCID: -------------------
Institutional address:
Departamento de Estudos Asiáticos, Instituto de Letras de Ciências Humanas Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga Portugal
Short bionote:
Born in Fukuoka, Japan Studied Chinese and Chinese literature at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Studied modern Chinese at the Chinese language Institute attached to Furen University, Taiwan Studied Sinology and theory of literature at Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
Research interests:
Classical Chinese literature,, Theory of literature.
Education:
2008 Ph.D Classical Chinese Literature Sinologisch Instituut, Leiden University, the Netherlands
1988 Master degree Sinology idem “with praise” that is,19/20 according to the Portuguese system
1980 Bachelors Degree Sinology idem “with much pleasure” that is,17 /18 according to the Portuguese system.
Professional experience:
Professora Convidada equiparada a Professora Auxiliar , Licenciatura em Estudos Orientais: Estudos Chineses e Japoneses, the Minho University, 2012-today
Leitor, Oriental Studies, the Minho university, from 2007-2012
Professora Convidada equiparada a Professora Auxiliar , Postgraduate program of Asian studies and cursos livres, Porto University, from 2004 to 2007
Researcher, Sinologisch Instituut, Leiden University, the Netherlands, 1988-1992.
Teacher Japanese language and literature, International School of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 1983-1988.
Institutional positions:
none
“The Translation of Classical Chinese Poetry: Literal or Free?” in Génesis Revista Científica do ISAI, 2005, pp.50-64.
“Geografia da China” in A Herança de Confúcio, Dez ensaios sobre a China, Edições Húmus, Organização: Sun Lam, 2013, Famalicão, Portugal, pp.95 - 137.
“Introdução à Literatura Chinesa” in A Herança de Confúcio, Dez ensaios sobre a China, Edições Húmus, Organização: Sun Lam, 2013, Famalicão, Portugal, pp.271 - 325.
“The reception of the theory of thinking in images in the reading of classical Chinese poetry during the early post-Mao period: Li He (791-817) as a test case” in Words from the West, Leiden, 1993, pp.61-85.
PhD thesis; “Songs of a Hidden Orchid” Yuefu and Gexing by Li He (791-817); 2008, three vols. On-Line available at the library of Leiden University, The Netherlands
Seminário (Por convite)
Lecture on Shinto (the indigenous Japanese religion), at Museu de Oriente 2010
Colóquio/Congresso
: “Some Problems of Translating Classical Chinese Poetry into Western Languages”, paper contributed to the ISAI’s 11th Annual Conference on Translation, Porto, 2004.
