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Julia Lovell

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Julia Lovell

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
Carlisle, England
国籍
British
言語
English, Chinese
居住地歴
Carlisle (birth) → London (resident / workplace: Birkbeck) → Nanjing (Hopkins–Nanjing Center)

経歴

職業
scholar, historian, author, translator, university professor
活動期間
2000年〜
所属
Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London, Fellow of the British Academy
所属団体
The British Academy (FBA)
影響を受けた人物
Influenced by Jung Chang (inspired by 'Wild Swans' to study China), Scholars of modern Chinese history and literature

学歴

Emmanuel College, Cambridge
国: United Kingdom
Completed undergraduate and graduate studies, focusing on Chinese studies
Hopkins–Nanjing Center
国: China
Attended an international Sino-US program for advanced Chinese studies

受賞歴

Philip Leverhulme Prize
2010
部門: Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern History
主催: Leverhulme Trust
結果: winner
Cundill History Prize (longlist)
2012
対象作品: The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
主催: McGill University (Cundill Prize)
結果: longlist
Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
2012
対象作品: The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
主催: Jan Michalski Foundation
結果: winner
Orwell Prize (shortlist)
2012
対象作品: The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
主催: The Orwell Foundation
結果: shortlist
Baillie Gifford Prize (shortlisted)
2019
対象作品: Maoism: A Global History
主催: Baillie Gifford Prize
結果: shortlisted
Cundill History Prize
2019
対象作品: Maoism: A Global History
主催: McGill University (Cundill Prize)
結果: winner
Elected Fellow of the British Academy
2019
主催: The British Academy
結果: elected
Orwell Prize (longlist)
2020
対象作品: Maoism: A Global History
主催: The Orwell Foundation
結果: longlist

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Politics of Cultural Capital: China's Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature

2006年 cultural history / literary studies

Examines the relationship between Chinese literature and international recognition, analysing the cultural and political dynamics surrounding the Nobel Prize in Literature.

cultural capitalliterature and the state

The Great Wall: China Against the World, 1000 BC – AD 2000

2006年 history / general non-fiction

A long-term history of the Great Wall that uses the structure as a lens to explore China's relationship with the world.

borderssymbolism and nationalism

The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

2011年 history / non-fiction

A comprehensive history of the Opium Wars using both Chinese and Western sources, discussing the conflicts' impact on Chinese society, memory and nation-building.

imperialismmemory and nationalismAnglo-Chinese relations

Maoism: A Global History

2019年 history / political thought

Surveys how Maoism was received, transformed and exported both within China and globally, offering an international perspective on the ideology's diverse manifestations.

transmission of ideasrevolutionary movementsCold War and post-Cold War impacts

全著作

  • The Politics of Cultural Capital: China's Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature
  • The Great Wall: China Against the World, 1000 BC – AD 2000
  • The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
  • Maoism: A Global History

作家による翻訳

  • Lu Xun translations (The Real Story of Ah-Q and other tales)
  • Selected translation of Journey to the West (Monkey King: Journey to the West)
  • Han Shaogong - A Dictionary of Maqiao (translation)
  • Translations of Zhu Wen, Yan Lianke, Eileen Chang and others

作風・主題

文体
scholarly yet accessible prosenarrative history grounded in primary sources
頻出モチーフ
Chinese national identity and memoryrelationship between culture and powercultural exchange through translation

評価・遺産

Has contributed significantly to modern Chinese history and literature studies and acted as an important bridge for Chinese studies in the English-speaking world. Her translations and scholarly works have been widely recognised through academic and literary prizes.

関連学会

  • The British Academy

引用

  • Lovell's translation of Lu Xun's work "could be considered the most significant Penguin Classic ever published."
    出典: Time magazine (2009年)

豆知識

  • Her book The Opium War won the Jan Michalski Prize in 2012 (the first non-fiction work to win the prize).
  • Her translation of Zhu Wen's I Love Dollars and Other Stories of China was a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize in 2008.
  • She is married to author Robert Macfarlane.