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Mr Don Starr
Assistant Professor (Teaching) / Director of Studies in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Lecturer in Chinese Studies (d.f.starr@durham.ac.uk), School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 43225
Room number: A25, Elvet Riverside I
Member of the Centre for Intercultural Mediation
Contact Mr Don Starr (email at d.f.starr@durham.ac.uk)
Research Groups
- Translation/Linguistics/Pedagogy
Research Interests
- Chinese literature
- Classical and modern Chinese language
Indicators of Esteem
- 2013: Editor of JBACS (Journal of British Association of Chinese Studies):
- 2005: President of the British Association for Chinese Studies [until 2008]:
Selected Publications
Authored book
- 2009 (co-authored with Barnes, Archie & Ormerod, Graham) Du’s Handbook of Classical Chinese Grammar, Alcuin Academics, 168 pp.
Chapter in book
- 2010 'Eight Album Leaves Attributed to Gong Xian (1618-1689)', in Barclay, Craig, Grocke, Rachel & Armstrong, Helen (eds.), Treasures of the Oriental Museum Durham University, Durham University and Third Millennium Publishing, pp. 36-39
Journal Article
- 2013 '新闻中的孔子：近三百年来英国报纸中的孔子形象 (Confucius in the News: Images of Confucius in Three Centuries of British Newspapers)', World Sinology 12, pp. 42-54
- 2012 '理雅各及其翻译艺术：以《孟子》译本为例 (English title “James Legge and the Art of Translation”)', World Sinology 8, pp. 124-134
- 2012 'A Taste of Chinese', Liaison Magazine pp. 38-40
- 2012 'China and the Confucian Education Model', Universitas21 pp. 1-27
- 2009 'Chinese Language Education in Europe: The Confucius Institutes', European Journal of Education 44, pp. 65-82
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- International: Language, literature, culture: Chinese
- Asia (excluding Middle East): China
