SHANG Xin

SHANG, Xin

Job title：Professor
Field of study：Semantics, Contrastive Linguistics, Translation

Posts Held:

Professor in College of Foreign Language in Shanghai Maritime University; Supervisor for doctoral candidates; Dean of College of Foreign Languages, SMU; Member of the Academic Committee of Shanghai Maritime University; Member of the Degree Committee of Shanghai Maritime University; Chairman of the Degree Sub-Committee of the College of Foreign Languages; the fifth batch of disciplinary leaders in Shanghai Maritime University; The leader of the academic innovation team of English-Chinese Comparison and Translation Studies in Shanghai Maritime University. The CFL leader of the English-Chinese Comparison and Translation Studies. Deputy Secretary-General and standing director of China Association of Comparative Studies of English and Chinese; Member of Shanghai Foreign Language Society; Editorial Director of Contrastive and Translation Studies of English and Chinese Journal; Member of the Shanghai Language Society; Standing director of China Research Association of Translation and Cognition; Member of the Academic Committee of Shanghai Foreign Literature Society;

Education:

Undergraduate studies at Xuzhou Normal University (1990 -1994);

Graduate studies at Xuzhou Normal University (1998-2001)

Doctoral studies at East China Normal University (2001-2004).

Research Interests:

Semantics, contrastive linguistics, and translation.

Publications:

More than 30 papers published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Journal of Foreign Languages, Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Journal of Linguistic Science, Journal of PLA Foreign Studies University and Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.

Monograph：A Contrastive Study of Tense and Aspect in English and Chinese (2007), Shanghai People’s Publishing House.Tense-Aspect Typology of English and Chinese and Translation Strategies (2014), Shanghai People’s Publishing House.

Research Projects:

Completion of a National Social Science Fund project (2012) and a Shanghai Municipal Education Commission research innovation project (2011). Completion of the key course for SMU graduate students project “English and Chinese Comparison and Translation” Two ongoing ministry-level projects: a Ministry of Education’s Humanities and Social Science project and a Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science project. Participating in a national project and a ministerial project.

Awards:

First-class Award for Shanghai Young Linguists’ Excellent Papers (2012), Luo Huangfeng Doctoral Award (2008), SMU Excellent Undergraduate Teaching Award (2010), SMU Excellent Postgraduate Teaching Award (2010), and SMU Scientific Achievement Award (2011, 2013). The 13^th Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (2016); SMU Top 10 Excellent Supervisors Award (2017)

Academic Activities: 

Senior visiting scholar at the Department of Linguistics, McGill University (2008-2009); participating in international conferences at the University of Toronto, the University of Concordia, etc. 

Tel: 021-38282701

Email: xinshang@shmtu.edu.cn