Contact
Expertise Summary
Dr Leong Yut Moy （レオン・ユットモイ）is a Japanese literary researcher at the School of Media, Languages and Cultures (SMLC). She was the Deputy Head of School in 2013-2023; Head of Language Programmes in 2010-2013, and Director of Teaching in 2015-2019. She was a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho, MEXT) Scholar in Japan for six years. She earned her MA and PhD in Japanese Literature from Hiroshima University, Japan. Her literary research ranges from the period of Meiji, Taisho, Showa to contemporary Japanese Literature, and comparative studies between Japanese, English and German Literature, especially regarding the works of Natsume Soseki, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Meredith and E. T. A. Hoffmann.
Other than undertaking literary research, Dr Leong has been involving in various forms of Creative Writing in Chinese and Japanese as well as literary translation. She has been composing award-winning Japanese short novel (2007) and poetry (2009) in Japan and award-winning Chinese poetry in Malaysia (2009, 2010). Dr Leong's Japanese translation works are published in Gendaishi Techo (Japan), and her award-winning poem is selected in the World Poetry Almanac 2009 and 2010 (Mongolia). Her translation of poems of the well-known Chinese and Japanese poets has been presented on international poetry festivals in China, Japan, Iceland etc.
Dr Leong is interested in learning different languages and she enjoys the excitement and fulfillment of language acquisition immensely. In addition to the global lingua franca, she strongly believes that mastering of a foreign language not only improves employment potential but also broadens one's global perspective, and brings many more priceless experiences beyond one's expectation.
Award:
Lord Dearing Award 2012
Teaching Development Fund 2013 (Offered a Nottingham Advantage Award module under the collaboration with colleagues from Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering.)
Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award 2019
Qualification and experience:
Research Ethics Reviewer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia.
MoU Coordinator, Japanese universities.
Certified Primary Invigilator for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK), an internationally regconised Chinese Proficiency Test.
External Examiner, MA dissertation, University of Malaya.
Campus Teaching Committee
Visiting scholar, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
Internal Auditor, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Foundation in Arts and Education, MSc Environmental Monitoring and Management, MSc in Investment and Islamic Finance.
Membership:
International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA)
Japan Comparative Literature Association (JCLA)
Hiroshima University Modern Japanese Literature Association
Teaching Summary
Dr Leong's teaching interests range from language subjects (Mandarin and Japanese), to humanity courses such as Japanese literature, Japanese culture and society, comparative literature and creative… read more
Research Summary
Natsume Soseki, George Meredith, Robert Louis Stevenson
Present roles:
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee
Extenuating Circumstances Panel (Chair)
Past roles:
Deputy Head of School
Workload Planning School Lead
Director of Teaching and Learning
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Teaching Enhancement Committee
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus Internal Audit Panel
Dr Leong's teaching interests range from language subjects (Mandarin and Japanese), to humanity courses such as Japanese literature, Japanese culture and society, comparative literature and creative writing in both languages mentioned above. Her PhD dissertation was mainly focusing on the relation of Natsume Soseki and western literature. It is undeniable that influences of Chinese literary works, especially ancient Chinese poems are also vividly seen and play great roles in structuring some of his works. Hence, Dr Leong is planning to continue her research on comparative literature from a broader perspective, regarding Soseki and foreign literature encompasses both western and eastern literary works in the future. Alongside literary research, she is also very interested in foreign languages and issues related to foreign language acquisition.
Modules taught/on-going:
Reading Japanese Literature I
Japanese 1A
Japanese 1B
Japanese 2A
Japanese 2B
Japanese 3A
Japanese 3B
Mandarin 1A
Mandarin 1B
Mandarin 2A
In-sessional Mandarin
Nottingham Advantage Award module:
'Enhancing Employability 101' (offered by the Teaching Development Fund)