Shu-ning Sciban

Professor Emerita - School of Languages - Linguistics - Literatures - and Cultures

+1 (403) 220-5305

Craigie Hall Block C 212

snsciban@ucalgary.ca

Website:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~snsciban

Research and Scholarship Leave (July 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017)

Please note that I am currently on sabbatical. I will return to the office in January, 2018.

Research Interests

Research Interests:

Currently Teaching

Not currently teaching any courses.

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Publications

Book

Yu, Catherine, Sciban, Shu-ning and Cai, Wei. First Steps in China Neimenggu, China: Neimenggu Press, 2008. 253 pages. Print.

Book Chapter

Sciban, Shu-ning. "How to Do Things with Neologisms: A Study of Wang Wenxing's Language" Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity: Essays in Commemoration of Milena Doleželová-Velingerová (1932–2012). Ed. Kirk Denton, ed. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2017. Print.

Conference

Sciban, Shu-ning, Yang, Yu-Kun, Cai, Wei and Yang, Jie X.. "The Design of 'Yuedu' Courseware and Chinese Reading Strategies for Chinese Heritage Students]. The Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Internet Chinese Education. Taipei: Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission. 1-12. 2007.

Edited Book

Sciban, Shu-ning (ed). Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, Issue #39 (Special issue on Wang Wen-hsing) Santa Barbara: University of California at Santa Barbara., 2017. 204 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning and Ihor Pidhainy (eds). Reading Wang Wenxing: Critical Essays. Cornell East Asia Series No. 178. Ithaca: Cornell East Asia Program, Cornell University, 2015. 345 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning (ed). Glimpses of the World through the Inner Eye: Collected Biographies and Interviews of Wang Wen-hsing. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. 485 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning and Lai-hsin Kang (eds). Irony and Rebellion: Critical essays on Family Catastrophe. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. 367 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning and Lai-hsin Kang (eds). Sound and Fury: Critical Essays on Backed against the Sea. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning and Lai-hsin Kang (eds). Endless War: General Essays on Works by Wang Wen-hsing. 2 Volumes. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning (ed). Endless War: Fiction and Essays by Wang Wen-hsing. Cornell East Asia Series No. 158. Ithaca: East Asian Program, Cornell University, 2011. li + 415 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning and Edwards, Fred (eds). Dragonflies: Fiction by Chinese Women in the Twentieth Century. Cornell East Asian Series No. 115. Ithaca: East Asian Program, Cornell University, 2003. viii + 226 pp. Print.

Journal Article

Cai, Wei and Sciban, Shu-ning. ""A Preliminary Investigation of Listening Strategies Used by Heritage and Non-heritage Chinese Language Learners at the Beginner’s Level"". Journal of Chinese Language Teaching 7.2 (2010): 39-63. Print.

Other

Sciban, Shu-ning, Yu, Catherine Jie Mei and Yang, X. Jie. "Shizi: Chinese Characters" (CD-ROM). Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 2003.
Sciban, Shu-ning and Yang, X. Jie. "Fayin: Mandarin Pronunciation" (CD-ROM). 2nd Ed. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 2003.

Degrees

PhD - Chinese Literature
University of Toronto, 1995
MA - Comparative Literature
University of Alberta, 1985
BA - Chinese Language and Literature
National Taiwan Normal University, 1981

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