Sophie Gee, PhD '02, at the Literary Festival

Sophie Gee was born in Sydney and grew up in Paddington. She attended the University of Sydney where she graduated in 1995 with a first-class honours degree in English. She wrote her undergraduate thesis on Evelyn Waugh, still one of her favorite writers.

After university Dr. Gee won a scholarship to Harvard, where she did a PhD in English literature. She wrote her doctoral thesis about filth, pollution and satire in the eighteenth century. She graduated from Harvard in 2002 and in fall of that year she was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of English at Princeton. She teaches classes on eighteenth-century literature ranging from Milton to Jane Austen.

There are two opportunities to catch Sophie Gee at the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival on March 11.

12:30 pm at The Press Room:

Dim Sum & Then Some Presents The Scandal of the Season -- Sophie Gee's historical work is a tale of seduction, betrayal and intrigue. Winning a scholarship to Harvard, Dr. Gee did a PhD in English literature. She wrote her doctoral thesis about filth, pollution and satire in the eighteenth century. Now an assistant professor at Princeton, she teaches classes on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature ranging from Milton to Jane Austen. Enjoy lunch and 18th-century gossip about authors and aristocracy. In conversation with RTHK's Sarah Passmore.

5:00 pm at M at the Fringe:

Armchair Traveller -- Sip champagne and imagine diving in the Galapagos. Journey to another time in history and hear aristocratic scandals. Julia Whitty, author of The Fragile Edge, and Sophie Gee, who wrote The Scandal of the Season, share fascinating anecdotes. In conversation with Stephen McCarty.

For more information, please visit the Festival web site: http://www.festival.org.hk/2009a/programme.php?cat=participants&match=Gee,%20Sophie