18/08/2026
๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฒ
Dr. Sharkeyโs PhD thesis, entitled โ๐๐๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ: ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ,โ looks at how ideology, as an expression of the power of institutions and the interests they serve, impacts representations of Mao in translation. The thesis compares three translations of Volume V of The Selected Works of Mao Zedong carried out by the Chinese Foreign Languages Press, the CIA-funded Joint Publication Research Service, and the American Ivy-league college Brown University. The translations of Mao produced by these institutions are viewed as instances of knowledge creation, extending and reinforcing particular ways of looking at Mao and his work in the English-speaking world. Some of Dr. Sharkeyโs perspectives on the translation of Mao into English are presented in the article โTranslation and the Making of History: The Objectification of Mao Zedong,โ recently published in World Literature Studies.
Dr. Sharkey credits the dynamic research environment at the Department of Translation with giving him the space and inspiration to conduct truly interdisciplinary research bridging translation with history, historiography, and sociological institutionalism.