Qi Hong

Qi Hong

First Name: 
Qi
Last Name: 
Hong
Title: 
PhD Candidate
Biography : 

Qi Hong is a Ph.D. candidate in modern Chinese literature and history. They are also affiliated with the Book History and Print Culture (BHPC) program.  Their dissertation explores the science, aesthetics, and politics of “linguistic sound” in late imperial and Republican China. Situated at the intersection of book and literary history and the history of science and technology, this study aims to historicize linguistic concepts and experiments within the broader intellectual community of late Qing and Republican China. 

Before graduate school, Qi worked as a part-time interpreter and translator in Beijing, China. She used to be a half-hearted volleyball player (MB/S), and now she spends more time sparring. 

Publications

“Review of The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy under the Qianlong Emperor, by Mårten Söderblom Saarela”, Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies 21 (2025). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/saksaha.8648

"Between Sound and Script: Henry Sweet's Phonetics in Late Victorian Britain", Proceedings of HSCR 2025. Peer-reviewed paper presented at the 7th International Workshop on the History of Speech Communication Science (HSCR), September 2025, Paris, France. 

 

Education: 
M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University

People Type:

Areas of Interest: 
  • Chinese history and literature (19th and 20th centuries) 
  • Book history and print culture
  • History of language sciences

 

Program:

Dissertation Supervisors: 
Yurou Zhong
Nathan Vedal

Campus: