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Chinese Name
劉慧嬋
Biography
Dorothy Wai Sim Lau is an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include celebrities, stardom, fandom, Asian cinema, digital culture, and screen culture. Her publications appear in journals such as positions: Asia critique, Continuum, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Journal of Asian Cinema, and several edited volumes. She is also the author of Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture (2019) and Reorienting Chinese Stars in Global Polyphonic Networks: Voice, Ethnicity, Power (2021). Lau is writing her third monograph, Celebrity Activism and Philanthropy in Asia: Toward A Cosmopolitical Imaginary (under contract with Amsterdam University Press).
Research Interests
Stardom / Celebrity / Fandom / East Asian cinema / Sinophone cinema / Hong Kong cinema / Screen culture / Digital media / Film theory
Education/Academic qualification
Mphil, Hong Kong Baptist University
PhD, The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor, The University of Hong Kong
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Renegotiating Film Authorship in Cyberspace: Chinese Filmmakers, Global Fans, Politics of Participation
1/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project
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Asian Celebrity Capital in Digital Media Networks: Scandal, Body Politics and Nationalism
LAU, D. W. S., 16 May 2022, Media in Asia: Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile. Kim, Y. (ed.). 1 ed. Routledge, (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Charity, Cantopop Stardom and the Pandemic: Aaron Kwok’s Online Concert 2020
Lau, D. W. S., 2 Oct 2021, In: Celebrity Studies. 12, 4, p. 689-692 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Faculty/School/Academy of Visual Arts Performance in Early Career Researcher
LAU, Dorothy W S (Recipient), 24 May 2022
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Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work 2018/19
LAU, Dorothy W S (Recipient), 1 Oct 2019
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Silver Prize (Translated Works) of Gold Medallion Book Awards
LAU, Dorothy W S (Recipient), 30 Jun 2005
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Intraregional Star Currency: Michelle Yeoh’s Goodwill Image and her Southeast Asian Connections in the Intermedial Space
Dorothy W S LAU (Speaker)
11 Jun 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Re-examining Bruce Lee’s Kung Fu Persona in the Cyber Frontier: An Aural-based Approach
Dorothy W S LAU (Speaker)
3 Dec 2021Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Asian Female Power On- and Off-screen: Michelle Yeoh’s Stardom in the Translingual Media Culture
Dorothy W S LAU (Speaker)
16 Nov 2021Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Construction and Reception of Transnational Chinese Stars in Global Film Networks: The Case of Michelle Yeoh
Dorothy W S LAU (Speaker)
8 Oct 2021Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units