Mingyuan Hu

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Mingyuan Hu is a British historian and publisher.

Hu read Classics, Philosophy and Art History at the University of Glasgow, winning the Herkless Prize in 2008. [1] From the same university she received her PhD in Literature.

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Between 2008 and 2023, she held teaching positions at the University of Glasgow and University of Leeds, and research positions at Victoria & Albert Museum and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Author of Fou Lei and two fictions, she translates French, English, and Chinese literatures. She is the founder of Hermits United, a multilingual literary press in London and Paris. [2]

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References

  1. "Dr Mingyuan Hu, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin". HU Berlin. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. "Information". Hermits United. Retrieved 19 May 2023.