Biography
Grace En-Yi Ting is an assistant professor of gender studies at the University of Hong Kong. Her work includes writing on Japanese women writers and popular culture, as well as issues of race and gender in Japanese studies. Recent publications include “Ekuni Kaori’s Tears in the Night: The Brilliance of Queer Readings for Japanese Literary Studies” (Journal of Japanese Studies), with an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Kenneth B. Pyle Prize for Best Article, and “Grief, Translation, and the ‘Asian American Woman’ in Hong Kong” (Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature). She is working on a monograph reorienting Japanese literature through transnational encounters with the Sinophone and women of color feminisms, theorizing a queer feminist ethical praxis for border-crossing Asian contexts. In addition, she is engaged with collaborative work to expand resources for Asian/Asian American feminist pedagogies. She has been interviewed by CNN, TIME, and The China Project and spoke on anti-Asian violence on the Hong Kong television program RTHK The Pulse before it was cancelled shortly after.
Articles, Publications, and Appearances
WRITING (SELECTED)
- “Grief, Translation, and the ‘Asian American Woman’ in Hong Kong.” Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature 19, no. 1 (March 2022): 224-235.
- “Ekuni Kaori’s Tears in the Night: The Brilliance of Queer Readings for Japanese Literary Studies.” Journal of Japanese Studies 47, no. 1 (2021): 1-27.
- “Sparking Joy: Religion, Representation & Marie Kondo. A roundtable about what’s really going on — and what’s at stake — in Tidying Up.” Tara Fickle, Andrew Way Leong, Grace En-Yi Ting. The Revealer. Published on February 20, 2019.
NON-ACADEMIC PUBLIC EVENTS
- 2024 “Mai Ling Speaks #10 with Grace En-Yi Ting and Priyanka Hutschenreiter.” Austrian Association of Wom*n Artists (VBKÖ), Vienna, Austria. Supported by City of Vienna, Cultural Department. June 22, 2024.
MEDIA AND OUTREACH (SELECTED)
- Interview with Jiayun Feng, The China Project (March 2023)
- Interview with Jessie Lau, CNN (April 2022)
- Speaker on anti-Asian racism, RTHK Agender Café (radio) (April 2021)
- Speaker on anti-Asian racism, RTHK The Pulse (March 2021)
- Interview with Amy Gunia, TIME (February 2021)