Professor Carole Hoyan received her B.A. (Hons. First Class) and M.Phil. in Chinese Language and Literature from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She subsequently pursued her Ph.D. studies in Canada with the support of the Commonwealth Fellowship and the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Overseas Studies (honorary). She received her Ph.D. degree in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia and has been teaching at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1996. She was appointed Director of the Yale-China Chinese Language Centre in August 2020.

Professor Hoyan’s research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese fiction and drama, Eileen Chang studies, Hong Kong literature, world literature and Asian studies, and Cantonese pronunciation and teaching. Her publications include Revisiting Modern Chinese Literature: Close Reading, Data and Reception (2020) and Re-investigating Eileen Chang: Adaptation, Translation and Research (2018). She also co-authored Tracing the Origin: Fun with the Etymology of Cantonese Vocabulary (2006), co-interviewed and co-compiled An Oral History of Hong Kong Drama: From the Thirties to the Sixties (2001), and co-edited Modern Chinese Literature: Methodology and Appraisal (1999). She is PI of the RGC General Research Fund projects “A Study on the Newspaper Literary Supplements of the Overseas Chinese Daily News (Wah Kiu Yat Po) of Hong Kong” and “The Reception of Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing) in Hong Kong.” Professor Hoyan also participates in inter-disciplinary studies and publishes creative writings and film and theatre reviews. Professor Hoyan is a  Ph.D. supervisor, Founding Committee Member of the Hong Kong Literature Research Centre of CUHK, Founding Editorial Board Member of Journal of Chinese Literature, and Founding Committee Member and Chairperson (4th-7th Award) of the Global Youth Chinese Literary Award of CUHK.

Professor Hoyan is also experienced in administration. Before serving as the Director of CLC, she was Acting Chairperson and Vice Chairperson (Student Affairs) of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature. She was also Acting Head of the Chinese Division of the Graduate School and Director of the MA Programme in the Division.

Professor Hoyan has also actively served the community. She has served as External Examiner for the B.Ed. Programme of The Education University of Hong Kong, adjudicator for the “Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature” and the “Awards for Creative Writing in Chinese” organized by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, and guest host for the TVB’s Programme “Fun Cantonese.”