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Dr. Payne’s background is in East Asian Studies with a focus on cultural production in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. He received a BA in History and East Asian Studies from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and spent years living and studying in Taiwan. In 2002, he completed an MA in East Asian Studies at McGill University and spent four years living, studying, and working in East Asia, mainly in Seoul, South Korea, as well as time in southern China near Macau and Hong Kong. In 2010, he completed his PhD at SOAS, University of London, and was shortly thereafter appointed to the Academy of East Asian Studies at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. In the autumn of 2013, he joined the University of Manchester, where he spent six years as Programme Director of Chinese Studies. His work has been published in prestigious journals such as Modern Chinese Literature and Culture and Oriental Archive. He has multiple published translations of novels by authors such as Mai Jia and Jiang Zilong.
University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Payne teaches courses in East Asian Studies and Chinese Studies, focusing on cultural translation and literature.
Department of Sociology