jennifer-lau

Jennifer Lau

Title/Position
Sessional Lecturer, Chinese
Language Studies
  • Mailing Address:

    3359 Mississauga Road
    Maanjiwe nendamowinan, 4th floor
    Mississauga ON L5L1C6
    Canada

Dr. Lau’s research focuses on modern Chinese literature, travel literature, diaspora studies, and translation studies. Her current project lies at the intersection between Chinese Studies and Asian-North American Studies, analyzing the writings of transient and diasporic Chinese individuals in North America beginning in the 1860s. Her latest research on Chinese diplomatic transpacific journeys can be found in the peer-reviewed journal, Asian Review of World Histories.


Education

  • PhD, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto

Selected Grants, Fellowships and Awards

  • SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship
  • Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship
  • CGS Michael Foreign Smith Study Supplement Award
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship in East Asian Studies
  • W. Garfield Weston Foundation fellow

Other

Specialization
Chinese