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Chinese Name
宗妤
Biography
Dr Emily Zong obtained her PhD 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 diasporic literature and culture, ecocriticism and environmental humanities, multispecies storytelling, and new media technologies. She is the author of Planetarity from Below: Decolonial Ecopoetics of Migration and Diaspora (The University of Michigan Press, 2026) and collaborative VR film projects, including Bovine Calling: a Story of Eco-Vulnerability in Hong Kong (2023) and Healing Atmospheres (forthcoming 2025). With support from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council, she is leading a new project on water and oceanic imaginations in Asian Australian environmental literature and art.
Research Interests
- Asian diaspora literature and culture
- Environmental humanities and ecocriticism
- Critical posthumanism
- New materialism
- Ecomedia, cosmotechnics, VR and new media cultures
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, School of Communication and Arts , The University of Queensland
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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. 236 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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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
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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)