Tzu-Yu Hung

Tzu-Yu Hung

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Tzu-Yu
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Hung
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PhD Student
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Before joining the Centre, Tzu-Yu earned her BA and MA in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University, where her MA thesis examined Brecht and Greek tragedy in Sophocles. Her doctoral research investigates the performance strategies and methodologies employed by contemporary Taiwanese theatre to conceptualize political trauma. Her broader research interests include memory studies, trauma studies, theatrical self-reflexivity, phenomenology and performance, and puppetry. As a contributor to Performing Arts Redefined and Reviewing Performing Arts Taiwan—two online performance review platforms supported by Taiwan’s National Culture and Arts Foundation—Tzu-Yu continues to engage with contemporary theatre performance and practice in Taiwan.

Awards

Junior Fellowship, Jackman Humanities Institute, 2023-26
East and Inner Asia Council Small Grant, Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 2025
Helsinki Prize, International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), 2024

Selected Works 

2025. “Hyper-Wrestling: Bang! by Robert Lepage & Ex Machina. Performing Arts Redefined
(2 Feb.) https://par.npac-ntch.org/tw/article/doc/H4QPX5SIHC
2024. “Reconstructing the Meaning of Objects, Distilling the Light of Small Things.” Performing Arts Redefined (2 Nov.) https://par.npac-ntch.org/tw/article/doc/H1EHXL2O74
2022. “Farewell to the Souls: Review of ‘Dear Death.’” Reviewing Performing Arts Taiwan (10 Aug.) https://pareviews.ncafroc.org.tw/comments/eb58c726-dea2-4b33-96fb-c97140975211
2022. “Acting with A Mask: Review of ‘Role Play.’” Reviewing Performing Arts Taiwan (7 Apr.) https://pareviews.ncafroc.org.tw/comments/db02c6dc-60a0-4a19-8efc-97d158120f4f

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