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Biography
Dr Emily Zong obtained her PhD in literary studies from The University of Queensland (Australia) and is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include Asian diaspora literature and culture, ecocriticism and the environmental humanities, multispecies storytelling, and migration and critical race studies. She has published in Critique, ARIEL, ISLE, JASAL, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Journal of Intercultural Studies, and The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel, among other venues. Her current project explores the cultural politics of race, species, and migration in the Anthropocene. In 2022, she is awarded an ECS grant from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (No. 22614922) with which she conducts a systematic study of Asian Australian environmental literature and art.
Research Interests
- Asian diaspora literature and culture
- Environmental humanities and ecocriticism
- Critical animal studies
- Posthuman theory
- New materialism
- Gender and sexuality
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
English, PhD, Asian Australian and Asian American Women's Fiction, The University of Queensland
External positions
The University of Queensland
Keywords
- PN0080 Criticism
- PR English literature
- PN0441 Literary History
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Towards Anti-Racist Nature: Asian Australian Environmental Literature and Art
ZONG, E. (PI)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research project
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Water Imaginations and Aqueous Forms in Asian Australian Literature: Studying Migrant Perspectives for the Decolonial Blue Humanities
ZONG, E. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research project
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Planetarity from Below: Decolonial Ecopoetics of Migration and Diaspora
ZONG, E., Jan 2026, University of Michigan Press. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
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Dark Humour and Invasive Species Storytelling in the Age of Extinction
Zong, E. Y. & Bisenieks, D., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Australian Studies. 49, 1, p. 4-21 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Agential Distance and More-than-human Urban Mobility
Wang, J. & Zong, E., 28 Nov 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract
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Implosion: A New Climate Imaginary
Zong, E., 28 Nov 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract
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Toxic Afterlive of E-Waste and the Politics of "Slow to Hope"
ZONG, E., May 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
Activities
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Eco-Mobilities: Kinopolitics and Kinopoetics in the Anthropocene
ZONG, E. (Organiser)
Nov 2024Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Australian Literary Studies (Journal)
ZONG, E. (Editor)
1 Aug 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Affective Anthropocene: Contextualizing Feelings and Environments under Climate Change
ZONG, E. (Organiser)
Jun 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU