Voon Yi Thean
Voon Yi is curating and translating a cross-cultural vocabulary of Sinitic lacunae, inspired by Lin Yutang’s “Critical Vocabulary” (The Importance of Living).
PhD Candidate in Chinese
School of Languages and Cultures
Qualifications
MICAT, Victoria University of Wellington (2021)
GDip Systems Analysis, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore (2002)
BSc Mathematics, Statistics, Purdue University West Lafayette (1995)
Profile
Voon Yi had been involved in various fields of work including IT development and engineering, education, translation. He is working on uncovering underexplored and underappreciated concepts in the Sinitic experience, with the aim of showcasing a selection to the Anglophone audience. He hopes that his research will be a spark for intercultural dialogue about how the east and west see and feel the world in distinctively dissimilar yet resonantly kindred ways.
Supervisors
Professor
School of Languages and Cultures