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Biography

Jason Eng Hun Lee is a Senior Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. A creative writer, scholar, performer and community advocate, his research and practice fields encompass postcolonial and diasporic Asian writing, global Shakespeares, cosmopolitan literature and theory, performance studies, and creative pedagogy. His articles have been published in Textual PracticeThe Journal of Postcolonial WritingWasafiri, and Shakespeare. His current monograph and research project locates the techno-cultural mobility of text, performance, film, games and other digital artifacts across Asian Shakespeares. As a creative writer/performer, he has featured internationally in festivals across the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. His poetry collection Beds in the East (London: Eyewear, 2019) was a finalist for the Hong Kong University Prize (2010) and runner-up for the Melita Hume Prize (2012) and he is co-editor of Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry Anthology (Brmingham: Verve Press, 2023). He serves as literary editor for Postcolonial Text and is chief organizer of OutLoud HK 隨言香港, Hong Kong’s longest-running poetry collective. 

Research Interests

Postcolonial and Diasporic Asian Writing
Global Shakespeare
Creative Pedagogy
Performance Studies

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, English Literature, The University of Hong Kong

1 Oct 200828 Feb 2013

Award Date: 3 Dec 2014

Bachelor, English Language and Literature, University of Leeds

25 Sept 200213 Jul 2005

Award Date: 28 Jun 2005

Master, Postcolonial, Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds

1 Sept 200530 Jun 2006

Keywords

  • PR English literature
  • Shakespeare
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • Diasporic Studies
  • Hong Kong Literature
  • Cosmopolitanism

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