Yuqi “Yuki” Jiang

• MLitt English Literature: Fantasy (Distinction) - University of Glasgow
• BA Translation Studies – Zhejiang University

Yuqi Jiang worked several years as a video game designer on the NetEase-Blizzard collaboration team before committing herself to early modern drama studies. She received several scholarships during her MLitt programme in English Literature: Fantasy at the University of Glasgow, including Great Scholarship by the British Council. Her MLitt dissertation was on Jaocbean devil plays. Funded by M4C, her doctoral project examines supernatural children and youths in early modern theatre. Her other research interests include Ben Jonson, Richard Brome, Elizabethan humanist education, digital humanities and translation studies. 

Many supernatural characters in early modern theatre were played by child actors and/or constructed as non-adults. My doctoral project examines this phenomenon, exploring its cultural significance and theatrical contexts. Sample chapter titles include: Chapter 1. Mage's Devilish Pages: John A Kent & John A Cumber (1587) and Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1588); Chapter 2. The Childish Supernatural: The Old Wives' Tale (1595); Chapter 3. Child Company's Satirical Attack on Adult Companies' Supernatural Children: The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597) and The Wisdom of Doctor DodyPoll (1600).