I am Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at The Open University of Hong Kong. After joining OUHK in 2018, I completed a PhD in Chinese Studies at SOAS University of London. I am also the Principal Investigator of the HKRGC-FDS funded project “Escaping Prestige: The Transmedia Aesthetics of Gao Xingjian’s Post-Nobel Works” (UGC/FDS16/H09/19).

• World Literature
• Chinese and Theatre Studies
• Chinese-language hip hop
• Gao Xingjian

Sep 18-Present  School of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University of Hong Kong

                            Lecturer in Comparative and English Literature

Sep 17- Jul 18     Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, SOAS University of London

                            Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 12- Jun 14   Community College, University of Hong Kong

                            Lecturer (Part-time)

Book Chapters

• Cheuk, Michael Ka Chi. “The Low Mays and the Transgression of Wo Lei Fei Fei.” _For The Culture: Hip Hop and the Fight for Social Justice_, eds Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey and Adolphus G. Belk, Jr. (Under Review)
• Cheuk, Michael Ka Chi. “The Language of Trauma in Gao Xingjian’s Selected Short Stories.” _Trauma, Memory, and Healing in Asian Literature and Culture_, ed. Sharanya Jayawickrama. (Accepted)
• Cheuk, Michael Ka Chi. “The ‘Lazy’ Element: LMF and the Localization of Hip Hop Authenticity.” _Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong: Angles on a Coherent Imaginary_, eds. Jason S Polley, Vinton Poon, Lian-hee Wee. Singapore: Palgrave, 2018. 149-66.

Journal Articles

• Cheuk, Michael Ka Chi. “Understanding Gao Xingjian’s Exile.” (Journal of British Association for Chinese Studies, Under Review)
• Cheuk, Michael Ka Chi. “Life’s a (Confucian) Struggle: A Confucian Reading of Shawn Sung’s ‘Life’s a Struggle.’” (China Perspectives, Under Review)

• Contributor, Time Out Hong Kong, https://timeout.com/hong-kong
• Contributor, The Theatre Times, https://thetheatretimes.com/