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Lecturer in East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield

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