Assistant Professor dorolau@hkbu.edu.hk
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Education:
PhD, Comparative Literature,The University of Hong Kong
Area of Interests:
Film History / Film Theory / Transnational Cinema / Asian Cinema / Martial Arts Cinema / Cyberculture / Screen Culture / Stardom / Fandom / Participatory Culture
Major Highlights:
PUBLICATIONS
Books
| Reorienting Chinese Stars in Global Polyphonic Network: Voice, Ethnicity, Power, Palgrave Macmillan (Forthcoming 2019/2020 with book contract) |
| Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture, Edinburgh University Press, 2018 (https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-chinese-stardom-in-participatory-cyberculture-hb.html) |
Journal Articles / Book Chapters (Referred Works)
| “Discussing Takeshi Kaneshiro: The Polysemic, Pan-Asian Star Image on Internet Fan Forums,” positions: asia media critique. (Forthcoming 2018) |
| “Gazing of the Wuxia Body: Digital Visual Effects, Looking Relations, and Spectatorship in Peter Chan’s Wu Xia (2011).” Digital Culture and Humanities: Challenges and Developments in a Globalized Asia. Springer. (Forthcoming 2018) |
| “Donnie Yen’s Star Persona in Amateur-produced Videos on YouTube,” Transformative Works and Culture 28, 10th anniversary issue, “The Future of Fandom”. 2018. |
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“On (Not) Speaking English: The ‘Phonic’ Personae of Transnational Chinese Stars in the Global Visual Network.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas 12(1), 2018: 20-40. |
| “Reframing Celebrities in the Post-Handover Hong Kong: Political Advocacy, Social Media, and the Performance of Denise Ho,” Hong Kong Studies 1 (1), 2018: 51-65. |
| “Rearticulating Bruce Lee and his ‘Hip-Hop Fury’ in Fan Made Videos” in Lasting Screen Stars: Personas that Endure and Images that Fade. eds. Lucy Bolton and Julie Lobalzo Wright, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 291-303. |
| “‘Friending’ Jet Li on Facebook: The Chinese Celebrity Persona in Online Social Network.” Journal of Asian Cinema 26(2), 2016: 169-192. |
| “Remediating the Star Body: Donnie Yen’s Kung Fu Persona in Hypermedia,” Studies in Media and Communication 4(2), 2016: 90-98. |
| “The Matrix Hero on YouTube: Fan Vids as a Form of Transmedia Storytelling” in Social Media: Global Perspectives, Applications and Benefits and Dangers. ed. Annmarie Bennet. Nova Science Publishers. 2014, 89-106. |
| “Actor or Ambassador? The Star Persona of Jackie Chan in Social Media.” Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. March 2014: 1-17. |
| “Donnie Yen’s Wing Chun Body as a Cyber-Intertext.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas 7 (2), 2013: 157-173. |
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“The Flickering of Jackie Chan: Transnational Chinese Film Stardom, Web 2.0, and the Signification of Performance.” The International Journal of the Humanities 8 (2), 2010: 11-22. |
RESEARCH GRANTS
| UGC RGC Competitive Research Funding Schemes: The Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), “Reimagining Chinese Celebrities in the Cosmopolitical Order: Humanitarianism, Social Media, Fan Identification.” Principal Investigator. HKD524,431. 2018. |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| Film history, film theory, Asian cinema, martial arts cinema, transnational cinema, cyberculture, screen culture, stardom, fandom, participatory culture |
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Education
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PhD (2012) Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong |
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MPhil (2002) Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University |
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BA (1999) Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong |
Positions
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2018 - Present Assistant Professor, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University |
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2013 – 2018 Lecturer, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University |
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2012 – 2013 Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong |
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2009 - 2012 Tutor, Department of Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong |
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2005 – 2009 College Lecturer, Center for International Degree Programmes/Community College & School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong |
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2002 – 2005 Lecturer, Department of English, Chu Hai College of Higher Education |
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2000 – 2002 Tutor, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University |
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1999 – 2000 Research Assistant, Department of Cinema and Television, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Research Grants
| UGC RGC Competitive Research Funding Schemes: The Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), “Reimagining Chinese Celebrities in the Cosmopolitical Order: Humanitarianism, Social Media, Fan Identification.” Principal Investigator. HKD524,431. Jan 2018-Jan 2020. |
| Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. “Chinese Film Stardom in New Media Landscape.” Principal Investigator. HKD20,000, Sept – Nov 2016. |
Publications
Books
| Reorienting Chinese Stars in Global Polyphonic Network: Voice, Ethnicity, Power, Palgrave Macmillan (Forthcoming 2019/2020 with book contract) |
| Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture, Edinburgh University Press, 2018 (https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-chinese-stardom-in-participatory-cyberculture-hb.html) |
Journal Articles / Book Chapters (Referred Works)
| “Discussing Takeshi Kaneshiro: The Polysemic, Pan-Asian Star Image on Internet Fan Forums,” positions: asia media critique.(Forthcoming 2018) |
| “Gazing of the Wuxia Body: Digital Visual Effects, Looking Relations, and Spectatorship in Peter Chan’s Wu Xia (2011).” Digital Culture and Humanities: Challenges and Developments in a Globalized Asia. Springer (Forthcoming 2018) |
| “Donnie Yen’s Star Persona in Amateur-produced Videos on YouTube,” Transformative Works and Cultures 28, “The Future of Fandom” (10th anniversary issue). (Forthcoming 2018) |
| “On (Not) Speaking English: The ‘Phonic’ Personae of Transnational Chinese Stars in the Global Visual Network.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas 12(1), 2018: 20-40. |
| “Reframing Celebrities in the Post-Handover Hong Kong: Political Advocacy, Social Media, and the Performance of Denise Ho,” Hong Kong Studies 1 (1), 2018: 51-65. |
| “Rearticulating Bruce Lee and his ‘Hip-Hop Fury’ in Fan Made Videos” in Lasting Screen Stars: Personas that Endure and Images that Fade. eds. Lucy Bolton and Julie Lobalzo Wright. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 291-303. |
| “‘Friending’ Jet Li on Facebook: The Chinese Celebrity Persona in Online Social Network.” Journal of Asian Cinema 26(2), 2016: 169-192. |
| “Remediating the Star Body: Donnie Yen’s Kung Fu Persona in Hypermedia,” Studies in Media and Communication 4(2): December 2016: 90-98. |
| “The Matrix Hero on YouTube: Fan Vids as a Form of Transmedia Storytelling” in Social Media: Global Perspectives, Applications and Benefits and Dangers. ed. Annmarie Bennet. Nova Science Publishers. 2014, 89-106. |
| “Actor or Ambassador? The Star Persona of Jackie Chan in Social Media.” Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. March 2014: 1-17. |
| “Donnie Yen’s Wing Chun Body as a Cyber-Intertext.” Journal of Chinese Cinema 7 (2), 2013: 157-173. |
| “The Flickering of Jackie Chan: Transnational Chinese Film Stardom, Web 2.0, and the Signification of Performance.” The International Journal of the Humanities 8 (2), 2010: 11-22. |
| “Between Personal Signature and Industrial Standards: John Woo as a Hong Kong Auteur in Hollywood.” LEWI Working Paper Series 22. Hong Kong Baptist University. 3.2004. |
| “Hollywood: An Unfailing Institution.” Film Appreciation Journal. Fall, No. 121. 10-12. 2004 (Chinese). |
| “Interview With Karen Fang—The Writer of A Better Tomorrow”. Film Critics’ Quarterly. 7.2004: 28 (Chinese). |
Book Chapters / Journal Articles (Non-Referred Works)
| 「‘I Desire, Therefore I Am’：後現代資本主義與慾望的經濟」.《經世致用─經濟與神學 的另類想像》. 趙崇明編. 香港: 文藝出版社. 2016. |
| 香港電影人在荷里活. 《吳宇森電影講座》. 桌伯棠編. 香港: 香港浸會大學電影電視系, 天地圖書. 2005, 205-272. |
| “Hollywood: An Unfailing Institution.” Film Appreciation Journal. Fall, No. 121. 10-12. 2004. |
| “Interview With Karen Fang—The Writer of A Better Tomorrow”. Film Critics’ Quarterly. 7.2004: 28. |
Translation Projects
| Godawa, Brian. Hollywood Worldview: Watching Film with Wisdom and Discernment. Hong Kong: FES Press. 2005 (from English to Chinese). |
| Bordwell, David. “Transnational Space: Toward a Poetics of Chinese Cinema.” Film Appreciation Journal 104. 6-8.2000: 15-25, Co-trans. with Yeh Yueh-yu (from English to Chinese). |
| Kleinhans, Chuck. “Becoming Hollywood: New Era of Hong Kong.” Film Appreciation Journal 105, 9-11.2000: 23-28, Co-trans. with Yeh Yueh-yu (from English to Chinese). |
Conference Papers
| “Star Construction in the Era of Media Convergence: Pro-Am Online Videos, Participatory Culture, and Donnie Yen’s Image on YouTube,” AAS-in-Asia, New Delhi, July 7, 2018. |
| ‘“Who is Mr. Kam, or … Mr. Kim?”: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Intermediality, and East-Asian Star Construction in the Culture of Convergence,’ Asia Intermedialities: New Objects, Themes, and Methods at the Convergence of East and Southeast Asian Cultural and Media Studies, Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 26, 2018. |
| “When Martial Arts Meets Star Wars: Amateur-produced Videos, Knowledge of Stars, Discursive Power.” The Third International Conference in Pop Culture and Education, Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong, July 20, 2017. |
| ‘Remembering the “Dragon”: Fan-made Video Tributes of Bruce Lee in the Digital Participatory Era.’ Interdisciplinary Conference: Research and Teaching in the Digital Era: Dialogues on Screen, Literary, and Ecocritical Studies, Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, May 24, 2017. |
| ‘Authenticating the Martial Arts Body in Hong Kong Cinema: The Case of Dragon Tiger Gate.” RIDCH Conference: Digital Art and Film, Hong Kong: Open University of Hong Kong, July 4-6, 2016. |
| “Gazing of the Wuxia Body: Digital Visual Effects, Looking Relations, and Peter Chan’s Wu Xia (2011),” RIDCH Conferences: Digitization and Reconceptualizations of the Humanities, Hong Kong: Open University of Hong Kong, December 17-18, 2015. |
| “The Ethnic Star Phenomenon in Participatory Cyberculture: Chinese Movie Stardom, Zhang Ziyi, and YouTube,” The Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, Osaka, Japan, April 5-8, 2012. |
| “The Martial-Arts Body as Cyber-Intertext: The Case of Donnie Yen,” Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, March 16-20, 2012. |
| “Friending the Star in the Networked, Participatory Culture: The Case of Jet Li on Facebook,” Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association Conference (Computer Culture Area), Albuqueque, USA, February 8-11, 2012. |
| “The Flickering of Jackie Chan: Cosmopolitan Chinese Film Stardom, Web 2.0, and the Signification of Performance.” China-West: Cosmopolitics, Memory and Visual Media in the 21st Century, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 11-12, 2010. |
| “Binary Reflexivity – Changes of John Woo’s Auteurism in Hollywood and the Implications,” Annual Conference of Chinese Communication Association, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, July 3-5, 2001. |
| “From Killer to King: Exploring Masculinity of Chow Yun-fat in Hollywood,” Mediamorphosis: The 3rd Postgraduate Conference on Communication in Chinese Societies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 27, 2000. |
Selected Public Lectures and Talks
| Speaker, Public Talk: “超越創傷：是枝裕和電影的靈性探索.” 香港: 靈根自植國際網絡, April 6, 2018. (Forthcoming) |
| Speaker, “Isango Ensemble - U-Carmen eKhayelitsha”, HK Arts Festival 2018 & Hong Kong Baptist University, Febrary 8, 2018. |
| Speaker, “Watch Great Movies - Breathless”, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University, January 24, 2018. |
| Speaker, Public Talk: “光影中的靈性.” 香港: 靈根自植國際網絡, November 12, 2016. |
| Speaker, Talk: “Australia”, Academic Week, Government and International Studies Society, Hong Kong Baptist University, October 8, 2015. |
| Guest Lecturer, Lecture: “Semiotics in Films” for Media Semiotics, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, April 14, 2004. |
| Speaker, “Local Culture and Foreign Influence: The Film Environment that Shaped John Woo,” Hong Kong Film Archive, Hong Kong, December 12, 2002 |
Awards and Honours
| Excellent Team Performance Bronze Award by School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong (2006/2007) |
| Silver Prize (Translated Works) of Gold Medallion Book Awards by the Association of Chinese Publishers, Hong Kong (2005) |
Membership
| Chinese Communication Association (2014-15) |