Jonathan Locke Hart received his PhD in English from the University of Toronto and a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. Dr Hart is Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Member of Academia Europea; Chair Professor, the School of Translation Studies; and Director, International Cooperation Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies and Digital Humanities, Shandong University. He is also Senior Fellow, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, University of Toronto; Associate, Harvard University Herbaria; Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge; Senior Fellow, Abigail Adams Institute; and Adjunct Professor, Amity School of Languages, Amity University Jaipur. In recent years, he was Core Faculty, comparative literature, Western University; Chair Professor, School of Foreign Languages; and Director, Centre for Creative Writing, Literary Culture and Translation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has written over 30 books, edited others and contributed book chapters.