Dr Kelly Ngo BCom, LLB, MA, PhD

Lecturer in Ancient Chinese Literature

Institute of Education and Humanities

Role in the University

I teach Classical Chinese texts for a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including the BA (Hons) in Sinology and the BA (Hons) in Sinology (Humanistic Education), as well as the MA in Confucian Classical Studies and the MA in Chinese Buddhist Textual Studies. I also supervise the dissertations of PhD students working on topics in the field of Sinology.

Background

PhD Cultural Studies, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2022)
Master of Arts Sinology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2018)
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law, Sydney, Australia (2005)
Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance) & Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Sydney, Australia (2004)

My postgraduate study was sponsored by full scholarships from the Chin Kung Multicultural Education Foundation.

Member Of

I am a member of the European Association of Chinese Studies. I have also served on the management board of the University’s Academy of Sinology since 2022.

Academic Interests

I contribute to the following undergraduate modules:

Elementary Education in Late Imperial China
Four Books of Confucian Learning
Translation of Confucian and Buddhist Literature
Translation of Daoist Literature
Political Thought in the Essentials of Bringing about Order from Assembled Texts (Qunshu Zhiyao)
Cultural Memory of Tang China
Mirroring History in Late Imperial China
Confucian Classical Studies
History and Civilisation of China

I offer the module – Classical Chinese Texts in English for the MA in Confucian Classical Studies and the MA in Chinese Buddhist Textual Studies.

I supervise the dissertations of postgraduate research students.

Research Interests

My research interests centre on classical Chinese texts for state governance and character cultivation. I am currently working on the English translation of the Essentials for Bringing about Order from Assembled Texts (Qunshu zhiyao).

Publications

Guide to the Traditional Chinese Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol. Co‑translated with Dr Katherine Ngo. (Taipei: The Corporation Republic of Hwa Dzan Society, 2016).
Cultural Memory of Early Tang China in the Qunshu zhiyao: 群書治要 (Essentials for bringing about order from assembled texts)”, The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 4 (2023): 199–222.
[forthcoming] Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong, and the Essentials (Ann Arbor: Lever Press)
[forthcoming] Sourcebook on Traditional Chinese Children’s Literature (Ann Arbor: Lever Press)

Additional Information

Confucian Philosophy Masterclass for teachers of the Honours Programme at St David’s Sixth Form College, Cardiff. April 2023.
Sinology: Art of Living Seminars. Co-presented two-day seminar lectures. Academy of Sinology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. July 2022, January 2023, and January 2024.