New event! 📆8th Aug 🕑2pm Hongkong Time Join @asiancha.bsky.social for "Hong Kong & Ireland: Two places, one conversation" w/ @myetcetera.bsky.social Alexis lai, Lesley Cheung & Michael O'Sullivan & more Details: www.instagram.com/p/DbAqedgqb8D
Chris Song
@chrissonghk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Associate Chair @UTSCLanguage @UTSC East Asian Studies @UofT; Editor @Babel_FIT @vvpoetryhk; Poet; Translator.
Honored and grateful to have received the UTSC Dean's Merit Award once again. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way!
My translation of Xiao Hai's poem "Made in China" appears in an extended profile / interview with him in @observeruk.bsky.social! Read the interview here: observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
Today's editorial adventure in Babel: I opened a new submission that turned out to be exactly the same manuscript as two previous submissions I'd already rejected—except each time it had a different author. Academic publishing continues to find innovative ways to keep editors stimulated!
Chaired the 2nd Dr. David Hui Lecture in Humanities on overseas classical Chinese poetry by Dr. Lap Lam at @rclchkle @uoft!
One more report on OMNI TV with @tingguowrites.bsky.social, Bernice Cheung, and a student about @utsc @utsclanguage’s first offering of an intensive Cantonese language course in this summer!
So happy to see @utsc.utoronto.ca Language Studies' new Cantonese language course highlighted on CityNews, with Ting, Bernice, and me!
It's here! _Orphans of the Times_, translations from the pathbreaking Bei Dao and Li Tuo-edited book 《七十年代》. Fiction writers (Han Shaogong! Ah Cheng), poets (Zhai Yongming!), and artists (Xu Bing!) reflecting on their lives in memoirs of the PRC's turbulent 1970s. cup.cuhk.edu.hk/CUHKP/Orphan...
Truly delighted to share my recent interview on OMNI Television, where I spoke about my department at @utsc.utoronto.ca launching its very first Cantonese language course!
After two years of sustained effort, I am delighted to share that the first #Cantonese language course is now being offered across the University of Toronto's tri-campus system. My sincere thanks to all who have supported this initiative along the way!
My modest contribution to translating Taiwan literary scholarship into English published in Taiwan Literature English Translation Series 台灣文學英譯叢刊! Learned a lot about Taiwan’s classical verses during Koxinga’s regime and the Qing!
Moments in our English and Chinese Translation Program's Student Conference at the @utsc.utoronto.ca!
Our Roundtable on the Francophone and the Sinophone at University of Toronto Scarborough!
Made it through AAS this year while battling multiple rounds of jet lag. I also had the impression that there were more panels composed of PhD students than in previous years.
The Backreading Hong Kong: An Annual Symposium this year hosted numerous reunions and inspiring discussions at the University of British Columbia! Thanks so much Helena Wu!
My talk on “Writing Poetry in the Age of AI” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong!
𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Chris Song offers a rigorous meditation on the 𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑒 字花 Issue 118 cover controversy, where a grieving teenager’s image appeared without consent. @chrissonghk.bsky.social ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/01/26/f... 。。。。。
My new essay on @asiancha.bsky.social, in which I reflect on a recent controversy surrounding Fleurs des lettres 字花, a major Hong Kong Sinophone literary magazine, and what it reveals about consent and ethics in contemporary literary publishing. Read here: chajournal.com/2026/01/26/f...
[ESSAY] “A Face, a Cover, a Failure: Fleurs des lettres Issue 118 Cover Controversy” by Chris Song
Editor’s note: Chris Song offers a rigorous meditation on the Fleurs des lettres Issue 118 cover controversy, where a grieving teenager’s image appeared without consent. Reading the intervent…
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Blatant plagiarism of University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) professor Ting Guo’s book for a talk at Yale University!
Ting@tingguowrites.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis looks wildly similar to my book. 1) who at Yale invited him 2) will anyone challenge him at the talk? macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/eve...
Looking forward to reading my poems about Toronto with AG and the open mic at Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) — Canada’s most diverse and brave reading series! 明天晚上朗誦我的多倫多詩抄! Event Poster: Ghazaleh Zarrinzadeh Link to the event on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/1CCzRq...
Great discussions at the MLA in Toronto while having so many other thoughts and worries on my mind…
Great discussions at the MLA in Toronto while having so many other thoughts and worries on my mind…
My new essay on Hong Kong-based poet James Shea's book, Last Day of My Face, on @asiancha.bsky.social! chajournal.com/2025/12/12/l...
[ESSAY] “𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒, Past Light of a City: Reading James Shea and Hong Kong” by Chris Song
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: In Chris Song’s essay, James Shea’s Last Day of My Face (University of Iowa Press, 2025) is read in relation to Hong Kong as b…
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[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘] In Chris Song’s latest essay, James Shea’s 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒 (Iowa University Press, 2025) is read in relation to Hong Kong as both a lived city and a literary space. @chrissonghk.bsky.social ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/12/12/l... 。。。。。
[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘] In Chris Song’s latest essay, James Shea’s 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒 (Iowa University Press, 2025) is read in relation to Hong Kong as both a lived city and a literary space. @chrissonghk.bsky.social ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/12/12/l... 。。。。。
📣we have a new episode - the very first Shicha episode in English!📣 @tingguowrites.bsky.social talks to Myung-Sahm Suh on the global Christian right, religion and modern Korea! open.spotify.com/episode/574D...
#20 全球基督教右翼 & 宗教與現代韓國｜Global Christian Right & Religion and Modern Korea
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We also discussed @helenjinkim.bsky.social ‘s Race for Survival: How #ColdWar South #Korea Shaped American #Evangelical Empire!
时差Podcast@shichapodcast.bsky.social · 8mo ago📣we have a new episode - the very first Shicha episode in English!📣 @tingguowrites.bsky.social talks to Myung-Sahm Suh on the global Christian right, religion and modern Korea! open.spotify.com/episode/574D...
Join @ShabeSherTO #Poetry #OpenMic Jan 20, 2026 to hear featured #poets me & #AG + share a #poem in any #Language #SpredTheWord #diversity #courage #SpokenWord #community #solidarity facebook.com/share/1CCzRqUD…
