Dr Jindan Ni

Jindan Ni is a lecturer in Global and Language Studies at RMIT University. She has worked in the areas of Japanese classical literature, comparative literature and translation studies. She received a PhD in Comparative Literature from La Trobe University and has published academic papers in Translation Studies, Japanese Literature and Comparative Literature. She is also an active translator who has translated books from Japanese and English to Chinese.

Jindan Ni is an accredited supervisor for HDR students and her current supervision interests are Japanese and Chinese literature, comparative literature, translation studies.

Book review

1. The Anime Ecology: A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game Media By Thomas Lamarre
2. A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji By Reginald Jackson

The Conversation article

1. The Whitewash is a scathing, hilarious satire of Asian misrepresentation in Hollywood
2. Winning everything everywhere all at once: 5 experts on the big moments at the Oscars 2023

• Coordinating Chinese Studies program
• Coordinating and lecturing Chinese 1, Chinese 2, Chinese 3, Chinese 4 and Chinese through Drama.
• Member of Judge Panel for Chinese Bridge.
• Member of Association for Asian Studies.
• Member of Modern Language Association.
• Member of Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities.
• Executive Member of Australian Tertiary Chinese Teacher Association
• Research Member of Cultural Studies on The Tale of Genji, Japan.

• PhD, La Trobe University, Australia, 2018.
• MA, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, 2010.

• Jul 2015 — Dec 2017        Sessional Teacher of Asia Institute, University of Melbourne
• Sep 2010 — Jun 2011       Lecturer of Japanese Language and Culture, Fujian Normal University, China