Wayne Wong is Lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield. He holds a PhD in Film Studies and Comparative Literature from King’s College London and the University of Hong Kong. He has published in peer-reviewed journals, including Global Media and China, Asian Cinema, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, and Archiv Orientální.
Experience
2021–present
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield
Education
2020
University of Hong Kong, PhD in Comparative Literature
2020
King's College London, PhD in Film Studies
Publications
2022
A Tale of Two Dragons: Politics of the Comedic Kung Fu Body in Chinese Cinema, Archiv Orientální
2022
Killing in Equanimity: Theorizing John Wick’s Action Aesthetics, The Worlds of John Wick: The Year's Work at the Continental Hotel
2021
From Expressivity to Equanimity: New Black Action in Black Panther, Afro-Futurism in Black Panther: Gender, Identity, and the Re-Making of Blackness
2019
Beyond the Cinematic: Reinventing Chinese Martial Arts through New Media Art Practices, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
2019
Nothingness in Motion: Theorizing Bruce Lee’s Action Aesthetics, Global Media and China
2018
Action in Tranquillity: Sketching Martial Ideation in The Grandmaster, Asian Cinema
2017
Synthesizing Zhenshi (Authenticity) and Shizhan (Combativity), Martial Arts Studies
2016
Beyond ‘Rivers and Lakes’: RoCH Fans and Legends’ Repositioning of Wuxia Fantasy, RoCH Fans & Legends
2015
Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom, Martial Arts Studies