Yu-Hung Tien
Election
Position
Name
Yu-Hung Tien
Candidate statement
I am a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and soon will become an early career researcher. My research focus lies in Dickinson’s transcultural engagement. Over the past years, I have shown my significant contributions to EDIS and my immense dedication to the promotion of Dickinson and her writing in various manners, which reflects my profound interest in Dickinson. For example, regarding my relationship with EDIS, I presented a paper at its 2023 Annual Meeting in Amherst. My work appears in some of the EDIS Bulletin’s most recent volumes. I am now also part of the EDIS 2025 International Conference’s graduate planning committee and making constant contributions to the society’s translation workshops. In addition to the more standard academic engagement with Dickinson, as a poet, I have a series of poems, titled “My Letters to Emily Dickinson,” published by the British Romantic Association for Romantic Studies’ Romantic Poets in the Wild blog post series. I am also one of the co-runners of the poetry writing workshop that will be held at the EDIS 2025 International Conference.
The aforementioned experience has shown my capacity and eligibility to take on the key responsibilities of EDIS’s position of Member-at-Large. Being elected to the position of Member-at-Large of EDIS will enable me to foster more in-depth collaboration with other board members of the society, continuing their endeavor to promote the significance of Dickinson in different spheres through different committees. My current plan is to start a multilingual podcast, mapping Dickinson’s footprints across cultural, national, and disciplinary boundaries, for example, which would surely make significant contributions to some of society’s existing communities.
My status as a graduate student/early career researcher, together with my experience of studying in Taiwan, China, the UK, and the US, further validates my eligibility to serve in this position. Over the past years, I have organized a range of graduate-student- and early-career-researcher-focused academic events, creating a more inclusive community for participants from different parts of the world to exchange their academic insights. With such experience, I am confident in promoting the visibility of Dickinson among graduate students and early career researchers by initiating more innovative events that will support and help increase EDIS’s membership.
The aforementioned experience has shown my capacity and eligibility to take on the key responsibilities of EDIS’s position of Member-at-Large. Being elected to the position of Member-at-Large of EDIS will enable me to foster more in-depth collaboration with other board members of the society, continuing their endeavor to promote the significance of Dickinson in different spheres through different committees. My current plan is to start a multilingual podcast, mapping Dickinson’s footprints across cultural, national, and disciplinary boundaries, for example, which would surely make significant contributions to some of society’s existing communities.
My status as a graduate student/early career researcher, together with my experience of studying in Taiwan, China, the UK, and the US, further validates my eligibility to serve in this position. Over the past years, I have organized a range of graduate-student- and early-career-researcher-focused academic events, creating a more inclusive community for participants from different parts of the world to exchange their academic insights. With such experience, I am confident in promoting the visibility of Dickinson among graduate students and early career researchers by initiating more innovative events that will support and help increase EDIS’s membership.