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Biography

Dr.Payne¡¯s background is in East Asian Studies, with a particular focus on cultural production from the People¡¯s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan and Hong Kong. He received his BA in History/East Asian Studies from Saint Mary¡¯s University in Halifax, then spent the next two years living and studying in Taiwan. In 2002, he completed an MA in East Asian Studies at McGill University, and then spent the next four years living, studying and working in East Asia, mostly in Seoul, South Korea, as well as time spent in southern China near Macau and Hong Kong. In 2010, Dr Payne completed a PhD at SOAS, University of London, and shortly thereafter was appointed to the Academy of East Asian Studies at Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul, South Korea). In the autumn of 2013, he joined The University of Manchester where he spent six years, the last three as Programme Director for Chinese Studies. His work can be found in such prestigious journals as Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Oriental Archive/Archiv Orient¨¢ln¨ª and Positions: Asia Critique. He has multiple published translations, two novels by Mai Jia Âó¼Ò (Decoded¡¶½âÃÜ¡·²¹²Ô»å In the Dark¡¶°µËã¡·by Penguin), one by Jiang Zilong ½¯×ÓÁú (Empires of Dust¡¶Å©ÃñµÛ¹ú¡· by ACA), as well as three titles published by Sinoist Books, Distant Sunflower Fields ¡¶Ò£Ô¶µÄÏòÈÕ¿ûµØ¡·by Li Juan Àî¾ê, The Mountain Whisperer ¡¶ÀÏÉú¡·by Jia Pingwa ¼Öƽ°¼ and All Quiet in Peking, Volume 3: Final Curtain Call¡¶±±Æ½ÎÞսʡ·by Liu Heping ÁõºÍƽ. Two more titles are due to be published soon, Jia Pingwa¡¯s Old Kiln¡¶¹Å¯¡·and Huang Tongtong¡¯s »Æ١١ Late Spring¡¶´º¹âºÃ¡·.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;

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