Josh Stenberg

Josh Stenberg is an academic, poet and translator. His most recent work, with Lap Lam, is The Travelling Soul: Chinese Poetry in Australia (1901-1934).

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Josh Stenberg

Josh Stenberg is Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Deputy Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and a recipient of the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award as well as Fulbright and International Institute for Asian Studies fellowships. Recent books include academic monographs Minority Stages: Sino-Indonesian Performance and Public Display (University of Hawaii Press, 2019; Asian Studies Association of Australia Early Career Book Prize, Honorable Mention), Liyuanxi: Chinese ‘Pear Garden’ Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2022) and the edited and annotated Kunqu Masters on Chinese Theatrical Practice. Two books are forthcoming: the edited volume Beyond State-Centric Soft Power: Actors and Arenas in Sino-Indonesian Cultural Encounters and a co-authored monograph titled Self-Translation and the Modern Chinese Literary World. He is also an award-winning translator of contemporary Chinese-language poetry and drama as well as a poet (nibs & nubs, 2024).

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The Travelling Soul

Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.

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