Dr. CHAN Chi Ying Michelle
PhD in English in Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
MA in English in Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
BA (Hons) in English, Hong Kong Baptist University
Courses Taught
Women's Writing and Feminist Readings
Textual Analysis of 20th Century Fiction
The Language of Poetry
Children's Literature
Critical Analysis of Drama
Victorian Literature and Society
English Usage
English Writing
Postgraduate Supervision
Topics:
"Transmedia Narration of Romantic Music: Adaptations Pyotr Lyyich Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty (1889) and The Nutcracker (1892)"
"The Imaginations of Nature: The Vital Ecogothic Bodies in Wuthering Heights"
Research Interests
Victorian Literature
Studies of Fantasy
Research Grants
Jan 2024 – Jun 2025 Hong Kong Children’s Literature: City and Visual-Textual Narratives. RGC FDS. (UGC/FDS15/H19/23) (Amount Funded HK$317,169)
2023 Korean Picture Books: The Rising Significance of Korean Children's Literature in Hong Kong. LTI Korea. (Amount Funded HK$28,100)
https://english.hksyu.edu/news-and-events/News/detail/Korean%20Picture%20Book%20Exhibition%20test
2022-2023 (Co-Investigator). Gender Role Portrayal of Parents in Hong Kong Children's Literature: Egalitarian or Stereotyping?. University Research Grant. (URG/21/08) (Amount Funded HK$39028.5)
Jul 2022 A "Bubbly" Dickens: Exploring the image of Dickens through A Christmas Carol. University Conference Grant. (UCG/21/02) (Amount Funded HK$14,919.14)
Publications
Book Chapters
Chan, M. (forthcoming, 2025). The Gothic Daphne: Vegetation of the Traumatized Female in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian. Moving in with Trauma. Vernon Press.
Chan, M. (forthcoming). Spatial allocation and human/animal dualism: Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City (2018). Exploration of Current Ecological Issues and Concerns in Graphic Narratives. Edited by B. Akçeşme, B. A. Koçak and K. Koçak. Routledge.
Chan, M. (2023). The Promised Neverland: Exploitation of the Religious "Others". In K. Hayashi & W.H.U. Anderson (Eds.), Anime, Philosophy, Religion (pp. 223-242). Vernon Press.
Chan, M. (2022). Reiteration of Fairy Tales in the Twenty-first Century for a Global Market. In B. Ayres and S. Maier (Eds.), Neo-Disneyism: Inclusivity in the Twenty-first Century of Disney's Magic Kingdom (pp. 93-114). Peter Lang.
Chan, M. (2021). Bonds and Companionship: the Healing Efficacy of the Picture Books of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. In S. Jayawickrama and R. Gairola (Eds.), Trauma, Memor, and Asia: Recall, Affect, and Orientalism in Contemporary Narratives (pp. 107-121). London and New York: Taylor and Francis Asia Pacific.
Journal Articles
Chan, M. (2023). A Deficient Presence: Translating Old Master Q Chinese Idioms LOL for Edutainment. Babel: International Journal of Translation, 69 (1), 76-98. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/babel.00308.cha
Chan, M. (2017). Mapping and Remapping One's Self for Religious Purpose: A Delusion reading of George MacDonald's Lilth (1895). Northwind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies, 36, 71-86.
Conference Proceedings
Chan, M. (2024). 香港繪本與兒童教育. Proceeding of 「文以為學：文學教育的古與今」Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Hong Kong.
Chan, M. (2019). Evaluating the distinction between human and non-human: a study on the view of Chinese and Western monsters in fantasy writings”. Proceeding of The Natureculture Crisscrossing: An Emergent Chinese-Western Intersectional Perspective (pp.309-329). Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Hong Kong.
Chan, M. (2018). Completing Stories through an Absence of Information: A Study of Omission in the Communication of Picture Books. Proceeding of Fourth International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies. ICLLS.
Chan, M. (2018). The Loss of Trees in Picture Books—Investigating the Visual Literacy of Environmental Issues. Proceedings of The Anthropocene and Beyond: Towards a Shared Narrativity in Interdisciplinary Research. Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, 2018
Other publications (non-refereed)
Newsletter
Chan, M. (2023, March). Korean Picture Books in Hong Kong market (〈홍콩인들은 어떤한국 동화책을좋아할까? 〉). Northeast Asian History Foundation News, 196, 4-7.
Creative Work
Lee, A. and Chan, M. (2021). character/character. Hong Kong: Frenzi Music Limited.
Invited Book Review
Chan, M. (2020, Dec 18). Can you see it or not? 《看得到?還是看不到》. PMQ Seed. Web.
Chan, M. (2020, Nov 28). Exclamation Mark! 《我是驚嘆號!》. PMQ Seed. Web.
Chan, M. (2020, Oct 24). 《等待》. PMQ Seed. Web.
Chan, M. (2020, Oct 10). Les poings sur les îles《爺爺的花園》. PMQ Seed. Web.
Chan, M. (2020, Sep 26). My Unbelievable My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)《我的老師是怪獸》. PMQ Seed. Web.
Chan, M. (2020, Sep 12). The Truth About School《我的學校很神奇》. PMQ Seed. Web.
Chan, M. (2015, Mar 8). Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Peter Brown. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2015, Feb 1). Tillie and the Wall, Leo Leonni. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2015 Jan 18). Clown, Michael Rosen. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2014 Dec 7). The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po, 7 Dec 2014.
Chan, M. (2014, Nov 23). Where’s Grandma?, Edmund Lim. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2014, Nov 9). Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, Michael Rosen. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2014, Oct 12). The Way Back Home, Oliver Jeffers. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2014, Oct 12). Asian Spice Kids- Star Anise, Superstar!, Linn Shekinah”, Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2014, Sep 28). Phileas’s fortune: a story about self-expression, Valeria Docampo, Agnès De Lestrade”, Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Chan, M. (2014, Sep 21). The Shepherd and His Cloud, Natalie Pang. Joyful Youth, Kung Kao Po.
Conference Presentations
Chan, M. (2024). Translating Neologistic Expressions in Children’s Picture Books. New Voices in Children’s Literature: Culture, Power and Translational Approaches. International Conference in Children’s Literature and Translation Studies (CLTS). Stockholm University, Sweden.
Chan, M. (2024).〈香港繪本與兒童教育〉，香港樹仁大學主辦，「文以為學：文學教練的古與今」，2024年6月14-15日。
Chan, M. (2024). Curiosity in City Narrative - Hong Kong Children's Picture Books. Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC). Singapore.
Chan, M. (2024). The Modernization of the Female Supernatural - Baek Hee-Na’s Korean Folklores. Gender in Korean Literature: Literary and Translation Symposium. Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
Chan, M. (2023). Preserving Folklore and Traditions – the Aesthetics of Baek Hee-na’s Picture Books. Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association (TCLRA). Tunghai University, Taiwan.
Chan, M. (2023). Webtoon: the renovation of comics in the digital age. The Suffolk Storytelling Conference. University of Suffolk, Ipswich, United Kingdom.
Liu, J. and Chan, M. (2022). Mediating Heroism through Picturebooks: A Study of the French Translation of the Chinese poem “The Ballad of Mulan” (Mulan Ci <木蘭辭>) in the Form of a Picturebook. The International Conference on Translation, Ideology, Ethics: Response and Credibility. Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Chan, M. (2022). A “Bubbly” Dickens: Exploring the image of Dickens through A Christmas Carol. The 27th Annual Dickens Symposium. The Dickens Society, London.
Chan, M. (2021). Childhood with Multitudes: The Dynamic Platforms in the Picture Books of Hong Kong. The Modernity, Memory, and Asian Childhood International Conference. Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association (TCLRA) and Institute of Art Studies. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Chan, M.〈繪本與逆境思維：論述關於死亡的繪本〉，香港兒童文藝協會主辦，「滬港兒童文學研討會」，2019年9月28 日。
Chan, M. (2019). The Voice of Plants: examining the manifestation of the vegetal life conducted by the visual and verbal literacy of picture books. Language and Ecology: Towards a Shared Narrative in Interdisciplinary Research. Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
Chan, M. (2018). Completing Stories through an Absence of Information: A Study of Omission in the Communication of Picture Books. Fourth International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies. ICLLS. Hong Kong.
Chan, M. (2018). The Loss of Trees in Picture Books—Investigating the Visual Literacy of Environmental Issues. The Anthropocene and Beyond: Towards a Shared Narrativity in Interdisciplinary Research. Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong.
Chan, M. (2016). The Cultivation and Consolidation of National Identity in 21st Century Singaporean Picture Books. Thammasat University Annual Conference. Thammasat University, Thailand.
Chan, M. (2015). Trauma, Healing, and Children’s Picture Books. A Symposium on ‘Trauma, Memory, and Healing in Asian Literature and Culture. Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong.
Chan, M. (2009). Childishness and Belief: Charles Sturridge’s Fairy Tale: A True Story. Children’s Film and Literature- Day Conference. University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Invited Talks and Seminars
Chan, M. (2022, Dec 9). Korean Picture Books in Hong Kong Picture Book Market. Comparative Analysis of Narratives in East Asian Textbooks. Northeast Asian History Foundation.
Chan, M. (2021, Nov 27). Picture Books and Children Education. Saturday Seminar Series, Department of English Language Education. Hong Kong Education University.
Chan, M. (2021, Nov 26). Picture Books and Emotional Learning. PCF Parental Conference. PAP Community Foundation, Singapore.
Chan, M. (2021, Oct 15). The New Development of Hong Kong Children's Literature. Research Institute of Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), School of Education and Languages, Hong Kong Metropolitan University.
Chan, M. (2021 Oct 7). Readership and Children's Literature. Division of Arts and Languages, College of International Education, HKBU.
Chan, M.〈香港繪本與動植物形象〉 ，香港恆生大學主辦，「動物・植物・活物：首屆香港生態人文學研討會2021」，2021年4月23日。Chan, M. (2020, Apr 27). Visual and Textual Translation of Comic and Picturebook. Critical Thinking in Translation of MA Translation. Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS, University of London.
Chan, M. (2019, Mar 7). Local Anime-Comics and Hongkongers. School and Public Policy Studies of College of International Education, HKBU.
Chan, M. (2017, Dec 13). Picture Books on Adversity. Early Childhood Education Theatre of the Learning and Teaching Expo (LTE) 2017. Hong Kong Education City (HKEdCity). Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Workshop
(2020, Jan 13). Develop Empathy and Compassion: Picture Book Reading Workshop. Tai Pol Methodist School.