Carmine takes translation as a complex mode of literary production, cultural intermediation and social critique and uses it to gain perspective on transcultural modernist literary phenomena at various geographical and temporal scales. This broader understanding of translation, as a capacious mode of literary production, cultural intermediation and tool of theoretical critique allows him to approach contemporary debates on the politics of translation and world literature, and related issues in philosophy of language by way of a specialized yet diverse training in classical Chinese literature, contemporary philosophy, comparative literature, and critical theory.
Degrees and Certifications
2017 MA University of California, Davis
Department of Comparative Literature
2015 MA Fudan University
School of Philosophy
2010 BA Drake University, Iowa
Departments of Philosophy and Politics
2010 TESOL Certification, Drake University, Iowa
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Publications
2016 “Metaphorical Language in the Zhuangzi,” Philosophy Compass, vol. 11.4, pp. 179-188. April 2016. Wiley Online Publishing: Sydney, Australia.
2016 Contemporary Research in Chinese Philosophy (1949-2009)[Dangdai Zhongguo Zhexue Yanjiu 当代中国哲学研究 (1949-2009)], Translator.
Edited by Guo Qiyong 郭齐勇, Beijing Language Press, 2009; [chapters translated: 2, 4-6.], May 2016, Brill Publishing: Shanghai
2018 “Zhuangzian Poetics in Qing-era Historical Fiction: Daoist Critique in Ru Lin Wai Shi 儒林外史” *In progress
2018 “The Wind and Rain at Pisa: Ezra Pound’s Retranslation of Dao道 and Reconfiguration of the Scale of The Cantos.” *In progress
Languages
Mandarin 普通话
Classical Chinese 古文
French
Teaching Experience
2017 Associate Instructor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis
COM004 (Fall, Winter, Spring quarters): Major Books of the Contemporary World
2016 Teaching Assistant, Department of Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis
COM140 Week 5 Seminar: Daoism and Tang Dynasty Poetry
COM180 Week 6 Seminar: Hamlet and Descartes’ Meditations
COM005 Week 3 Lecture: The Zhuangzi as Chinese Parables?
COM005 Discussion Section Leader Weeks 1-10: Fables, Parables, Fairytales
2015 TA School of Philosophy, Fudan University
PHIL250 Wei-Jin Dynasty Xuan Xue
2014 AI School of Philosophy, Fudan University
PHIL190 Pre-Qin Dynansty Confucianism
2014 AI School of Philosophy, Fudan University
PHIL/ENG150 Academic Writing for Philosophy Majors
2011-13 Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities, Amoy (Xiamen) University
ENGL 140 English Writing and Composition
2012 Language Testing Expert, New Oriental, Fujian
SAT, IB Literature, AP History, GRE/GMAT
Course as New Foreign Teacher Trainer
2010-11 English Instructor, Guangxi Normal University/University of British Columbia
University-level English Reading Teacher in Sino-Canadian Exchange Program
Supervised Research Experience
2015 School of Philosophy, Fudan University, MA Thesis
“Metaphorical Language in the Zhuangzi: Yuyan as an Interpretive Device”
2013 Humanities Department, Xiamen University, Research Fellow
First project: On Contemporary Historical Fiction of Author Mo Yan
Second project: On Qing Dynasty Historical Fiction
2010 Drake University, Undergraduate Senior Capstone Research
Department of Philosophy: Theravada Buddhism and Drake’s Mission Statement
Department of Politics: Soft Power and Economic Development
2008 Amnesty International Australia, Intern Refugee Researcher
Supervised by Politics Department at University of New South Wales
Scholarship and Fellowship Awards
2015 Provost’s Fellowship—University of California-Davis
Awarded to select graduate students
2013 Chinese Scholarship Council Foreign Scholar Award—Fudan University
Ministry of Education Foreign Scholar Award
2011 Sino-American Cultural Exchange Fellowship—Amoy University
Teaching fellowship requiring annual research projects
2008 Civic Contribution Essay Award—University of New South Wales
Awarded for a research essay on Australian asylum seekers
2006 President’s Scholarship—Drake University
Tuition dispensation awarded to elite students