Christian Pak, MA, BSocSc(Hons)

Area of Study / Keywords

Mediaeval Chinese Literature Early Tang Literature Pre-modern Chinese Literary History Literary Reception Pre-modern Chinese Fiction

About

Christian Pak (MA, Hong Kong, 2022) is appointed to the position of Project Manager for the Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing and the Quantum Horizons Alberta Project of the Department of Physics, where his responsibilities include assistance with project administration, knowledge dissemination events, and strategic development works for both Consortium and Initiative.

In addition to his administrative role, he is also a researcher in East Asian Studies and Comparative Literature.  His main research interest lies in mediaeval Chinese (220-979) literature with a subsidiary interest in Late imperial Chinese fiction.

Education
MA (with distinction), Chinese Language and Literature, The University of Hong Kong, 2022
BSocSc (Honours), China Studies/Sociology (Minor: Chinese Language and Literature), The Education University of Hong Kong, 2017
ERASMUS+ Abroad Study, Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, 2016

Research

Under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Fried, my thesis is in conjunction between the poetry of Chen Zi'ang (fl. ca. 658–699), an Early Tang poet, with Daoism. My thesis analyses Chen Zi'ang's Daoist' sensibility throughout his literary writings.