Dr. Sophia Kidd is Associate Research Fellow at Sichuan University, and has served as visiting master class lecturer for Sichuan International Studies University, Göttingen University, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Kidd is Founder and CEO of Yan Er Lu Arts International, publisher of Igneus Press, and Managing Editor for the academic journal Literature and Modern China (Sichuan University). She has worked as a research-based curator for over twenty years, mostly in China and the USA. During this time, Sophia has worked closely with scholars, artists, and arts professionals, bringing them into relationship with contemporaries and communities throughout the world. Dr. Sophia Kidd’s most recent monograph is Culture Paves the New Silk Roads(Palgrave MacMillan, 202). Her latest chapter on literary geography appears in Spatial Literary Studies in China）, （Palgrave MacMillan, 2022), and her recent guest-edited issue of The Cafe Review: The Chinese Issue ） (XPress, 2021) features new translations of poetry from the Southwest of China, with a focus on Chuanyu 川渝 poetry of Chengdu and Chongqing.

Contact e-mail: sophiakidd@yanluartsandculture.com