Dr. Mary J. Ainslie

Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Partnerships, Associate Professor of Media and Comms, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus

Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD
‘Contemporary Thai Film: A Monstrous Hybrid’,
English Research Institute (fully funded scholarship), Manchester Metropolitan University.
Awarded 04/2012.

MA
‘Cinemas of Asia and Africa’,
School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). Awarded 12/2006.

BA (HONS)
‘English Studies’,
Manchester Metropolitan University. Awarded 06/2003.

Professional
Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), Nottingham University. Awarded 07/2015.
  • Trinity Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate, St Mary’s College Twickenham, London. Awarded 08/2003.
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), Nottingham University. Awarded 07/2015.
  • Trinity Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate, St Mary’s College Twickenham, London. Awarded 08/2003.
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), Nottingham University. Awarded 07/2015.
  • Trinity Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate, St Mary’s College Twickenham, London. Awarded 08/2003.

Teaching & Employment Experience

01/2017 – present: University of Nottingham (Ningbo Campus). Associate Professor in Media and Comms.

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

  • ‘Researching Communications’
  • ‘Communication and Culture’
  • ‘Understanding the Creative and Cultural Industries’
  • ‘Chinese Cinemas’ (convenor)
  • ‘Documentary Film’ (co-convenor)
  • ‘Reading Film and Television’ (convenor)
  • ‘Cultural Analysis’ (convenor)
  • ‘Gender and Society’
  • Virtual Studies in Memory and Trauma (convened together with the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre, the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center, Yad Vashem, Kyushu University and the University of Macao)

Postgraduate:

  • ‘Media and Communication Theory’
  • ‘Gender and Society’

08/2011 – 12/2016: University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus) Assistant Professor in Film and Media.

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

  • ‘Approaches to Film and TV’ (convenor)
  • ‘Film History’ (convenor)
  • ‘Film Theory’
  • ‘Southeast Asian Cinema’ (co-convenor)
  • ‘Culture Film and Media Skills’
  • ‘Introduction to Cultural Studies’
  • ‘Cultures of Everyday Life’ (convenor)

Postgraduate Courses Taught:

  • ‘Postcolonialisms’ (convenor)
  • ‘Research Methods in Cultural Studies’ (co-convenor)

09/2008 – 07/2011: Edge Hill University, Lecturer in Humanities.

Courses Taught:

  • ‘Undergraduate Study Skills’
  • ‘Cinema in Context ‘
  • ‘How to Read a Film’
  • ‘Critical Approaches to Theory’

09/2008 – 06/2009: Manchester Metropolitan University, Lecturer in Film Studies.

Teaching undergraduate course ‘American Cinema’

Visiting Professor & Research Affiliate

06/2024 -09/2024:

Visiting Professor in Film, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University (Thailand).

2021 – Present:

Research Collaborate, Asian Cinema Research Lab, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University.

2021 – Present:

Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, Oxford University.

2020 – Present:

Visiting and External Affiliate, Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

2020 – Present:

University of Nottingham Gender Studies Group, Board Member.

03/2018 – 05/2018:

Visiting Professor, University of East Finland, ERASMUS+ Higher Education Staff Mobility Grant. Teaching Courses:

  • Culture and the Colloquial 
  • Cultural Spaces 

09/2017 – Present:

Research Fellow, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS), University of Nottingham

2013 – 2017:

Regional President of Thailand and Malaysia for the ‘World Association of Hallyu Studies’, Korea University.

2012 – 2016:

Research Affiliate. ‘Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia’ (DORISEA) network, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Göttingen.

08/2014 – 12/2015:

Visiting Professor, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. 
  • Teaching postgraduate course ‘Transnational Media’
 

PhD Examiner Experience

  • Yuhua Wu (2023/24) “How do videogames and their fanfiction express ideology: Masculinity and Femininity in China”. University of Nottingham. Passed with corrections.
  • Khong Kok Wai (2022/23) “Exploring the Fantastic in Contemporary Malaysian Cinema”. University of Westminster. Passed with corrections.
  • Agata Ewa Wrochna (2020/21) “Uhm Jung-Hwa and the figure of the New Korean Woman in Korean Cinema.” University of Nottingham. Passed with corrections.
  • Tongkhampao, Wanchana (2019) “Representing Nakleng: Modernity, Media and masculinities.” Monash University. Passed with corrections.
  • Lasuka, Pasoot (2015/16) “The Good Individuals of the State: Middle-Class Culture and Politics in Thai Biographical Films after 2006.” Australia National University (ANU). Passed with corrections.
    Sreekumar, Rohini (2014/15) “The Reception of Bollywood in Malaysia (1991- 2012).” Monash University. Passed with corrections.

PhD Supervision Experience

  • Jiayi Li, Building a Cinephile Community within Political Contexts: Films in the Beijing International Film Festival. Start date 2021.
  • Xianqin Wu, Examining Culturalized self-presentation in online dating profiles in China: A comparative analysis of Shijijiayuan and Tinder. Awarded 2024.
  • Wei Dong, Leaving China: Representation of emigration and emotion in Chinese cinema of the Sixth Generation. Awarded 2023.
  • Ranna Huang, Understanding and comparing non-western media systems through a framework of Hallin & Mancini. Awarded 2022.

Awards

  • Zhejiang Provincial Level ‘First Class Module’ UG Programme Award 2021 (省级一流本科专业建设点) for ‘Reading Film and TV’ module.
  • University of Nottingham, winner of Vice Chancellor’s Medal 2017: for services to the university in the form of public engagement through developing and enhancing student life on campus.

Research Project Experience

  • Project: ‘Contemporary Thai Cinema: New Movements and Social Change’ with Dr. Wikanda Promkhuntong, Mahidol University.
  • Project: ‘Uncovering the Jewish Communities of Zhejiang: The Ningbo and Hangzhou Historical Jewish Presence’ – in collaboration with Dr. James Fujitani (UNNC).
  • Project: ‘Ningbo culture and tourism across overseas social media’ Ningbo Metropolis Media Co., Ltd., Ningbo Social Science Academy Research Base on Internationalising Ningbo’s Screen Industries – in collaboration with Dr. Filippo Gilardi (UNNC).
  • Project: ‘Gi Group Migration Project: Chinese Internal Migration, Push and Pull factors’, with Dr. Filippo Gilardi (UNNC) and Gi Group Executive Company. (2021).
  • Project: ‘Multi-disciplinary approach to preventing bile duct cancer in Thailand’, with the University of Nottingham UK Centre for Cancer Sciences and the Division of Cancer and Stem Cells (2020 – postponed due to COVID).
  • Project: ‘Hallyu across ASEAN: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy’, with Korea University and the Lyons Institute of East Asian Studies (2015-2016).
  • Project: ‘Addressing The 2009 Malaysian Female Circumcision Fatwa’, with Sisters in Islam, the Women’s Aid Organisation, the Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women and UNPF Malaysia (2015).

Project Funding

External Funding (competitive):

  1. Kasetsart University. Visiting Scholar Project Stipend. 200,000THB (approx.4,500GBP). May-June 2024.
  2. Project Leader for ‘Uncovering the Jewish Communities of Zhejiang: The Ningbo and Hangzhou Historical Jewish Presence.’ Awarded 80,000RMB (approx. 10,000GBP) from the Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Sciences Programme 2022, Zhejiang Government China. Sept 2022 – Sept 2023.
  3. Researcher and collaborator for “Ningbo culture and tourism across overseas social media” in collaboration with Ningbo Social Science Academy Research Base on Internationalising Ningbo’s Screen Industries. Sponsored by Ningbo Metropolis Media Co., Ltd., Awarded 180,000RMB. January 2022 – December 2022.
  4. Project Leader for “Challenging anti-Semitism in contemporary Malaysia: countering Malay nationalist forces through pro-Israel expressions.” Awarded 6000USD from Vidal Sassoon international Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. September 2015 – September 2016.
  5. Project Leader for “The Politicization of Hallyu in Southeast Asia: Cultural Perceptions of and Barriers to Consumption.” Awarded 7000USD from Academy of Korean Studies Competitive Research Grant. May 2015 – May 2016.
  6. Researcher for “Hallyu across ASEAN: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy” project with Korea University and the Lyons Institute of East Asian Studies. Awarded 70,000USD (individual funding 10,000USD) from the Korea Foundation. April 2015 – April 2016.

Internal Funding:

  1. Nottingham FHSS Seed Funding Award of 20,000RMB for ‘Streaming Tibetan Cinema in China’ (with Dr. Lei Hao). January 2022 – July 2022.
  2. Nottingham Provost International Collaborative Grant of 50,000RMB for visiting and setting up MOUs for research collaboration with Israeli institutions of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Interdisciplinary College Herzliya. Also, leading Zhejiang Government Delegation to visit institutions. September 2019 – 2020.
  3. Nottingham Small Research Grant 15,000CNY for “Ratana Pestonji: Uncovering the post-war activities of the ‘Master’ of Thai Cinema” 2018 – 2019.
  4. Project leader for symposium “The ‘Korean Wave’ in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production.” Awarded 7,200GBP from Centre for Advanced Studies Research Development Fund (University of Nottingham, internal grant). April 2012 – April 2013.

Publications List

Monographs

 

Edited collections

  1. (Forthcoming) Contemporary Thai Cinema: New Movements and Social Change. Edinburgh University Press (with Wikanda Promkhuntong).
  2. (Forthcoming) Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide Second Edition. Bloomsbury (with Ancuta, K)
  3. (2020) Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1997) Amsterdam University Press (with Thomas Barker and Gaik Cheng Khoo).
  4. (2018) Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide B. Tauris and Bloomsbury (with Ancuta, K.).
  5. (2015) The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production (Kuala Lumpur: SIRD with Lim, Joanne).
  6. (2014) ‘Horror Film in Thailand’, Special Edition of Horror Studies, Vol 5/2. (with Ancuta, K).

 

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters

  1. (forthcoming 2026) ‘Promoting Thailand as an overseas filming destination throughout the 2010s: Tax Incentives and Creative Control’ in Ainslie, M and Promkhuntong, W (eds) Contemporary Thai Cinema: New Movements and Social Change (Edinburgh University Press).
  2. (Forthcoming 2026) ‘Goths in Malaysia: Youth Fandom, Islam and Identity’ in Ancuta, K., Ng, Andrew H. S. (eds) The Southeast Asian Gothic (University of Wales Press).
  3. (Forthcoming, 2025) ‘Tracing the Jewish Networks of Ancient China: Reclaiming Power and Refuting Isolation’ in “Transcendent Transnationalism? Jewish History and Heritage Across Time and Space” The Yearbook of Transnational History. Vol 8. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Rowman & Littlefield).
  4. (Forthcoming, 2024/2025) ‘Understanding Antisemitism in Contemporary Malaysia: Racial Nationalism and Social Control’ in Brustein, William (ed) Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Global Antisemitism (Wiley-Blackwell).
  5. (2023) ‘The Role of Israel and Anti-Zionism in Malaysian Political and Cultural Life’ in Kowner, Rotem and Evron, Yoram (eds) Israel-Asia Relations in the 21st Century: Complexity and Diversity in a Changing World (Routledge). Pp.232-246. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003317142
  6. (2023) ‘Understanding Chinese Philosemitism: Judaism and Israel as soft power in contemporary China’ in Chitty, Naren., Rawnsley, Gary (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power 2nd Edition (Routledge).
  7. (2021) ‘Korean cultural diplomacy in Laos: soft power, propaganda, and exploitation’ in Rawnsley, G., Ma, Yiben and Pothong, Kruakae (eds) Edward Elgar Handbook of Political Propaganda (Edward Elgar Publishing). Pp. 381-398.
  8. (2021) ‘The Changing Status of the Thai Luk Khrueng (mixed race) Performer: A Case Study of Ananda Everingham’ In Jonathan Driskell (ed.) Film Stardom in Southeast Asia (Edinburgh University Press). Pp. 182-202.
  9. (2020) ‘Introduction: Independence and Post-World War II Filmmaking: Nation-building, Modernity and Golden Eras’ (Amsterdam University Press). Pp. 35-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048541904-003
  10. (2020) ‘Ratana Pestonji: Uncovering the post-war activities of the ‘Master’ of Thai Cinema’ in Khoo, Gaik Cheng, Barker, Thomas and Ainslie, Mary J. Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1997) (Amsterdam University Press). Pp 171-192. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048541904-012
  11. (2019) ‘Thai Horror Film in Malaysia: Urbanisation, Cultural Proximity and a Southeast Asian Model’ in Asian FiIm Archive State of Motion: A Fear of Monsters. (U C Irvine) pp. 93-110.
  12. (2018) ‘Post-war Thai Cinema: Audiences and Film Style in a Divided Nation’ in Gennari, Daniela T. et al (eds.) Cinema Outside the City: Rural Cinema-going from a Global Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan). Pp. 303-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66344-9_17
  13. (2018) Sections: ‘Introduction’, ‘Key Early Productions’, ‘Santi-Vina’, ‘Black Silk’, ‘Sugar is not Sweet’, ‘Ngu Phi’, ‘Pisat Saneha’, ‘Tone’, ‘New Thai Cinema’, ‘Heritage/ Nostalgia’, ‘Daeng Birley’s and Young Gangsters’, ‘Buppha Ratri’, ‘Sars Wars’, ‘Shutter’, ‘Zee-Oui’, ‘13 Beloved’, ‘Dynamite Warrior’, ‘Red Eagle’, ‘Comedy/Romantic Comedy’ in Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide (I. B. Tauris) (Ainslie, M. J. and Ancuta, K.).
  14. (2016) ‘Towards a Southeast Asian Model of Horror: Thai Horror Cinema in Malaysia, Urbanization and Cultural Proximity’ In Transnational Horror Cinema: Bodies of Excess and the Global Grotesque (Palgrave Macmillan). Pp 179-204. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58417-5_9
  15. (2015) ‘Thai superhero Insee Daeng: the re-appropriation of a lower-class hero’ In Rayna Denison, Derek Johnston, Rachel Mizsei-Ward (ed.) Not Just The American Way: Screen Superheroes in National, International and Transnational Contexts (Mississippi University Press, 2015). Pp 169-186.
  16. (2015) ‘Digital Witnessing and Trauma Testimony in Ghost Game: Cambodian Genocide, Digital Horror and the Nationalism of New Thai Cinema’ in Blake, Linnie and Reyes, Xavier (ed.) Digital Nightmares: Wired Ghosts, CCTV Horror and the Found Footage Phenomenon (I. B. Tauris 2015, with Blake, L.). Pp. 69-79.
  17. (2015) ‘National Hierarchies and Hallyu Fans: Perceptions of Korea and Korean-ness by K-drama Fans across Thailand’ in Ainslie, M and Lim, J, ed., The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production (SIRD: Kuala Lumpur) pp.95-114.
  18. (2015) ‘Introduction’ in Ainslie, M and Lim, J, ed., The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production (SIRD: Kuala Lumpur) pp.1-14. (with Lim, Joanne)
  19. (2013) “Preface” in Mohamad Rashidi Pakri and Arndt Graf (ed.) Faction and Fiction in the Malay World (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing) pp. viii-ix.
  20. (2009) “The Monstrous Chinese ‘Other’ in the Thai horror movie Zee-Oui” in Cheung, Ruby and Fleming D. H. (ed), Cinemas, Identities and Beyond (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing) pp. 97-113.

 

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. (Accepted, completing revisions) ‘Thai State Film Incentives and Soft Power: Overseas Productions, State Control and ‘Positivity’. Southeast Asia Research.
  2. (2024) with Kowner, Rotem and Podoler, Guy ‘When Antisemitism and Philosemitism Go Hand in Hand: Attitudes to Jews in Contemporary East Asia’. Patterns of Prejudice. 1-27. A&HCI Indexed https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0031322X.2023.2287877
  3. (2020) ‘Chinese Philosemitism and Historical statecraft: Incorporating Jews and Israel into Contemporary Chinese Civilizationism’. The China Quarterly 245, March 2021, pp.208-216. Cambridge University Press. SSCI Indexed. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741020000302
  4. (2017) ‘Korean Soft Masculinity vs. Malay hegemony: Malaysian masculinity and Hallyu fandom’ Korea Observer. Autumn 2017, 48(3):609-638. SSCI Indexed.
  5. (2017) ‘Post-war Thai Cinema: Audiences and Film Style in a Divided Nation’. Film International 80, Vol. 15, No. 2/2017. Pp6-19. Scopus Indexed. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66344-9_17
  6. (2017) with Lim, Joanne B. Y. and Lipura, Sarah Domingo. ‘Understanding the potential for a Hallyu ‘Backlash’ in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of Consumers in Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines’ Kritika Kultura (28). A&HCI Indexed DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13185/KK2017.02805
  7. (2016) ‘Korean Overseas Investment and ‘Soft Power’: Hallyu in the Laos PDR’ Korea Journal. 56(3), Pages 5-32. A&HCI Indexed. DOI : http://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2016.56.3.5
  8. (2016) ‘K-dramas across Thailand: Constructions of Koreanness and Thainess by contemporary Thai consumers’ The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 14(7/6). Asia-Studies Research Indexed.
  9. (2015) ‘The 2009 Malaysian Female Circumcision Fatwa: state ownership of Islam and the current impasse”. Women’s International Studies Journal. Volume 52, September–October 2015, Pages 1–9. SSCI Indexed. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2015.06.015
  10. (2015) ‘Thai horror film in Malaysia: Urbanization, Cultural Proximity and a Southeast Asian model’ Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society. 12(2). Scopus Indexed.
  11. (2014) ‘The supernatural and post-war Thai cinema’ Horror Studies 5/2 pp. 157–169. Scopus Indexed. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/host.5.2.157_1
  12. (2014) ‘Thai horror film: International success, history and the avant-garde’ Horror Studies 5(2) pp. 153-156. (with Ancuta, Katarzyna). Scopus Indexed. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/host.5.2.153_2
  13. (2011) “Contemporary Thai Horror: The Horrific Incarnation of Shutter” Asian Cinema 22:1 pp. 45-57. Thomson Reuters: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ac.22.1.45_1

 

Book Reviews

Outreach Activities &
Public Engagement

Press/Media Appearances

 

Externally Funded Invited Presentations, Key Notes and Guest Lectures

  1. Kasetsart University Visiting Scholar Keynote and Public Lecture – Thai Horror Film: A Monstrous Hybrid. Bangkok. 29th June 2024.
  2. Keynote presentation for the Center for Hallyu Studies at Seoul National University Asia Center: “Hallyu in Southeast Asia”. 28th June 2022.
  3. Organized and presented at Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 round-table discussion and online tour of Yad Vashem for students at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah. In cooperation with The Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre, Yad Vashem and the University of Macao.
  4. Convened the international seminar series ‘Antisemitism in East and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective’ for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), University of Oxford. October 2021 – May 2022.
  5. Asian Cinema Research Lab (Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University) Book Discussion: ‘Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1997)’. June 2021.
  6. Guest Lecture ‘How to Read a Short Film’. Ningbo Short Film Association Training Workshop. University of Nottingham Ningbo. 26-27 June 2021.
  7. Inaugural public lecture at Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, Carleton University, ‘Challenging Antisemitism in Contemporary Malaysia: Countering Malay nationalist forces through pro-Israel expressions.’ March 2021.
  8. Invited public lecture at Universiti Malaysia Sabah ‘Antisemitism: Does it Exist in Malaysia and Why it Matters.’ Hosted by the Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning to mark ‘International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust’. January 2021.
  9. Paid public lecture (with Q&A session) at York University in Toronto ‘Chinese Philosemitism and Historical Statecraft: Accosting Judaism into Contemporary Chinese Civilizationism’. Sponsored by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the York Centre for Asian Research. January 2021.
  10. Invited public lecture at Concordia University to present ‘Chinese Philosemitism and Historical Statecraft: Accosting Judaism into Contemporary Chinese Civilization’. Sponsored by The Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies, the Marvin A. Drimer Foundation and the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies. February 2020.
  11. Invited guest lecture at Carleton University ‘The Changing Status of the Thai Luk Khrueng (mixed race) Performer: A Case Study of Ananda Everingham’. March 2020.
  12. Paid Guest Lecture at Thammasat University, Bangkok: “How can we study film to understand Culture: A Case Study of Southeast Asia and Thai Cinema”. August 2018.
  13. Travel and accommodation from Hebrew University of Jerusalem Asian Studies Department to present “Malay Nationalism and Chinese Fandom: Urban Hallyu Fans and Masculinity in Kuala Lumpur” at Middle Classes in East Asia’s Global Cities: Spaces, Communities, and Lifestyles June 2016.
  14. Travel and accommodation from ‘Korea Foundation’ to present “Chinese ‘Pretty Boys’ vs. Malay hegemony: Urban Malaysian Masculinity and Hallyu Fandom” at ‘Korean Soft Power in Southeast Asia’ symposium, Korea University, Seoul. April 2016.
  15. Travel and accommodation from ‘World Association of Hallyu Studies’ to present at The Dubai World Association of Hallyu Studies, 3rd World Congress, Korean Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism, November 2015. Papers: “The Politicization of Hallyu in Southeast Asia: Cultural Perceptions of and Barriers to Consumption in Thailand and Philippine Contexts” and “K-Pop, Malay Islam and Moral Panic: B1A4 and the Korean Wave as Social Resistance in Malaysia.”
  16. Travel and accommodation from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften to attend and present “Thai horror film in Malaysia: Urbanization, Cultural Proximity and a Southeast Asian model” at DORISEA-Konferenz, Berlin. January 2015.
  17. Travel and accommodation from Ateneo de Manila University to present keynote paper at “The Hallyu Mosaic in the Philippines: Framing Perceptions and Praxis” conference, Manila. June 2014. Paper titles “Imagining East Asia in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of the Reception of Korean TV Dramas Amongst Thai Viewers”. Manila, June 2014.
  18. Travel and accommodation from Korea University to present “The Artificiality of Hallyu in Laos” at ‘Content Innovation for Hallyu 3.0 Conference’ at Center for Hallyu Studies, Korea University, Pusan. Aug 2014.
  19. Travel and accommodation grant from Institute of Korean Studies to attend and present the research “East Asian Popular Culture and ASEAN” at ‘Institute of Korea Studies International Conference’, Plaza Hotel, Seoul. October 2013.
  20. Travel and accommodation from the World Association of Hallyu Studies to chair a panel at “The First Congress of the World Association for Hallyu Studies conference” in Seoul, Oct 2013.
  21. Travel and accommodation fund from Yonsei University for travel and accommodation at ‘Is a Trans-Asia possible? Re-Imagining East Asia as a Cultural Crossroads’ in Seoul, December 2012.
  22. Göttingen University travel and accommodation fund to present the paper “Thai horror movies: style and reception context” at ‘Ghost-Movies in Southeast Asia and beyond. Narratives, cultural contexts, audiences’, Göttingen, October 2012.

Selected Conference/
Workshop Presentations

  1. Exploring Tibetan Films in China: Questions of Authenticity and Identity at ‘Futures of Chinese Cinemas Conference’ at The University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus, China, May 2023.
  2. The cultivation of Philosemitism in China – co-opting Chinese-Jewish history to the 21st century Chinese/Israeli relationship at ‘The Third Annual Conference of the Jiangnan Research Group on China Studies’ at The University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus, Ningbo, China, April 2019.
  3. Challenging anti-Semitism in contemporary Malaysia: Countering Malay nationalist forces through pro-Israel expressions at 13th Biennial Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, Tel-Hai College, Israel, May 2016.
  4. The 2009 Malaysian Female Circumcision Fatwa: state ownership of Islam and the current impasse at ‘The 12th Biennial Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, 2014’ conference, at the University of Haifa, Israel. May 2014.
  5. National Hierarchies and Hallyu Fans: Perceptions of Korea and Koreanness by K-Drama fans across Thailand at ‘Cultural Geography of the Hallyu: Mapping the World through Korean Popular Culture’ conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. May 2014.
  6. Thai consumptions of Korean Pop Culture: New Identities? At ‘Southeast Asia Seminar. Catching up Southeast Asia New Body: States, Markets and Public Spheres”, Kyoto University and Chulalongkorn University. June 2014.
  7. Post-war Thai Cinema and the Supernatural: Style and Reception Context At ‘7th EuroSEAS Conference’, Technical University of Lisbon (School of Social and Political Sciences – ISCSP), July 2013.
  8. The Popularity of South Korean Entertainment products in Thailand at ‘Cultural Translation and East Asia: Film, Literature, Art and Language Conference Programme’, Bangor University, 7-8th Sept 2012.
  9. Post-War Hollywood in SEAsia: The 1954 Asia-Pacific Film Festival at the ‘Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference’ 16th – 20th March 2012.

Conference Organisation Experience

  • ‘Contemporary Thai Cinema: New Movements and Social Change’ workshop. Bangkok. 20-21st June 2024.
  • ‘The Pan-Asian Quest for Cultural Authenticity: The Fantastic and the Folkloric in Film and the Creative Industries’ 3-4th May 2024. University of Nottingham Ningbo China
  • ‘Korean Culture in China’ (2022) University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus.
  • ‘Futures of Chinese Cinemas’ 19th-20th May 2023. University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus.
  • ‘9th Biennial Association of Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference’. 19th-22nd July 2016. University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
  • ‘The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production’. University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. 10th and 11th January 2013.

Leadership & Administration
Experience and Responsibilities

At the University of Nottingham Ningbo China Campus:

  • 2024-present. Associate Dean of Global Engagement and Partnerships – Duties include visiting international institutions, arranging exchange agreements, working closely with the Vice Provost, and attending international education events.
  • 2019-2024. Deputy Head of the School of International Communications – Duties include: arranging recruitment of new staff, conducting performance reviews, organizing student scholarships, attending school executive board meetings, deciding visiting scholars for each semester, deciding budget allocations and advising the Head.
  • 2018-2024. Faculty Director of Marketing and Communications – Duties include: attending faculty executive board meetings, liaising between academics and administrative staff, leading and organizing MOUs for student and staff exchange, overseas promotional and recruitment activities, assisting with developing faculty promotional material (videos, brochures, website material), reporting student recruitment figures to Vice Provost and University Management Board, managing a team of marketing officers.
  • 2021-2023. Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Lead – Duties include: organizing inter-faculty events (seminars, conferences), promoting inter-faculty research cooperation and grant application. Liaising with Faculty of Science and Engineering and Faculty of Business on behalf of Humanities.
  • 2020-2023. PGR Coordinator for School of International Communications (Humanities and Social Science) – Duties include: interviewing potential PhD candidates, advertising PGR programs domestically and internationally, liaising with UNNC Graduate School, organizing graduate conferences, organizing PhD workshops on campus, organizing vivas and annual reviews.
  • 2021-Present. Student Exchange Officer for International Communications Degree – Duties include calculating course credits, liaising with partner universities, holding welcome events for exchange students, acting as point of contact for overseas students.
  • 2017-2018. Exams Officer for School of International Communications – responsible for organising exams and assessments across the school as well as assisting in coordination of external and internal markers across UK and China Campuses, convening internal and external BA and MA exam board meetings, receiving external examiner visits, organizing cross-campus moderation across three campus departments, converting grades for exchange students across institutions.

 

At the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus:

  • 2013-2016. Coordinator of International Student Mobility at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus – School of Modern Languages and Cultures – liaising with partner universities for international exchange and assisting ingoing and outgoing exchange students.
  • 2011-2013. Exams Officer at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus – responsible for assisting in coordination of external and internal markers.
  • 2012-2016 – Head of Film and Television Courses at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus – duties include convening courses and ensuring compatibility across campuses.

Referees

  • Filippo Gilardi (current line manager in teaching and research), Associate Professor in Creative Industries and Transmedia, Head of the School of International Communications, Deputy Director of the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS).
    School of International Communications, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Room 435, IEB Building, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, 315100. China. +86(0)574 8818 0000 ext. 8289
    filippo.gilardi@nottingham.edu.cn
  • Celia Lam (colleague and collaborator), Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.
    University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Room 435, IEB Building, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, 315100, China.  +86 (0) 574-8818-0000 ext. 8453
    celia.lam@nottingham.edu.cn 
  • Derek Irwin, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.
    University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Room 435, IEB, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo 315100, China.
    +86 574 8818 0000 ext. 8517
    Derek.Irwin@nottingham.edu.cn

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