Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Dongxuan Zhao and Lucie-Ly Mey In brief Date - 25 November 2026Venue - Room G.06, 50 George SquareSpeakers - Dongxuan Zhao (PhD student, Translation Studies) and Lucie-Ly Mey (PhD student, Celtic and Scottish Studies)Chair - Professor Charlotte Bosseaux (Translation Studies)Titles - Speaking as Sunzi: The Intratextualisation of an Earlier Translator’s Commentary in a Comics Retranslation of The Art of War (Dongxuan Zhao); “Scattered pieces, which he arranged, tied together, stretched out perhaps”: Questioning the Nature of Translation Through the Ossianic Debate in France (Lucie-Ly Mey) About the speakersDongxuan ZhaoDongxuan Zhao is a first-year PhD student in Translation Studies, primarily interested in innovative interpreting of Chinese classical texts through the interplay of text and visuals. She served as a Principal Investigator in a Graduate Innovation Program and participated in multiple National Social Science Foundation projects in China. Supervised by Dr Hephzibah Israel, Dongxuan is investigating graphic novel translation, combining her expertise in multimodality with a passion for cross-cultural communication.Lucie-Ly MeyLucie-Ly Mey is a second-year PhD candidate researching the translations of James Macpherson's Poems of Ossian in France (1760-1842) in Celtic and Scottish Studies. Her research interests also include 19th-century Realism, Gustave Flaubert, George Eliot, Marcel Pagnol, Hervé Bazin, Scottish Gaelic, translation and reception.She achieved an undergraduate degree in Celtic and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh in 2024, and an MPhil in Literature, Culture and Thought from the University of Cambridge in 2025.How to attendThis event is open to all and free to attend. No registration is required - just come along!About the seminar seriesEach semester, we welcome a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a seminar on their work in translation.Our seminar series is run collaboratively by staff and postgraduate students, enabling our early career researchers to build networks and experience.Entry is free and no booking is required. Everyone is welcome.Are you interested in Translation Studies at Edinburgh?Providing excellent teaching and supervision, our postgraduate MSc and PhD programmes are among the UK's most comprehensive and flexible. Our expertise covers a wide range of research areas and many languages, of which you can choose to work with two. Find out more about postgraduate programmes in Translation Studies Tags Translation Studies Nov 25 2026 16.10 - 18.00 Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Dongxuan Zhao and Lucie-Ly Mey An in-person PhD showcase seminar by two PhD students, Dongxuan Zhao (Translation Studies) and Lucie-Ly Mey (Celtic and Scottish Studies), on their respective research areas. Room G.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square This article was published on Monday 29 September 2025
Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Dongxuan Zhao and Lucie-Ly Mey In brief Date - 25 November 2026Venue - Room G.06, 50 George SquareSpeakers - Dongxuan Zhao (PhD student, Translation Studies) and Lucie-Ly Mey (PhD student, Celtic and Scottish Studies)Chair - Professor Charlotte Bosseaux (Translation Studies)Titles - Speaking as Sunzi: The Intratextualisation of an Earlier Translator’s Commentary in a Comics Retranslation of The Art of War (Dongxuan Zhao); “Scattered pieces, which he arranged, tied together, stretched out perhaps”: Questioning the Nature of Translation Through the Ossianic Debate in France (Lucie-Ly Mey) About the speakersDongxuan ZhaoDongxuan Zhao is a first-year PhD student in Translation Studies, primarily interested in innovative interpreting of Chinese classical texts through the interplay of text and visuals. She served as a Principal Investigator in a Graduate Innovation Program and participated in multiple National Social Science Foundation projects in China. Supervised by Dr Hephzibah Israel, Dongxuan is investigating graphic novel translation, combining her expertise in multimodality with a passion for cross-cultural communication.Lucie-Ly MeyLucie-Ly Mey is a second-year PhD candidate researching the translations of James Macpherson's Poems of Ossian in France (1760-1842) in Celtic and Scottish Studies. Her research interests also include 19th-century Realism, Gustave Flaubert, George Eliot, Marcel Pagnol, Hervé Bazin, Scottish Gaelic, translation and reception.She achieved an undergraduate degree in Celtic and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh in 2024, and an MPhil in Literature, Culture and Thought from the University of Cambridge in 2025.How to attendThis event is open to all and free to attend. No registration is required - just come along!About the seminar seriesEach semester, we welcome a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a seminar on their work in translation.Our seminar series is run collaboratively by staff and postgraduate students, enabling our early career researchers to build networks and experience.Entry is free and no booking is required. Everyone is welcome.Are you interested in Translation Studies at Edinburgh?Providing excellent teaching and supervision, our postgraduate MSc and PhD programmes are among the UK's most comprehensive and flexible. Our expertise covers a wide range of research areas and many languages, of which you can choose to work with two. Find out more about postgraduate programmes in Translation Studies Tags Translation Studies Nov 25 2026 16.10 - 18.00 Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Dongxuan Zhao and Lucie-Ly Mey An in-person PhD showcase seminar by two PhD students, Dongxuan Zhao (Translation Studies) and Lucie-Ly Mey (Celtic and Scottish Studies), on their respective research areas. Room G.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square This article was published on Monday 29 September 2025
Nov 25 2026 16.10 - 18.00 Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Dongxuan Zhao and Lucie-Ly Mey An in-person PhD showcase seminar by two PhD students, Dongxuan Zhao (Translation Studies) and Lucie-Ly Mey (Celtic and Scottish Studies), on their respective research areas.
