Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Hong ZENG is a cultural studies scholar whose research centres on the dynamics of gender and spatial politics within visual cultural production. Her work critically examines how ideologies operate and the various forms of resistance they generate in creative industries. She has published articles in Cultural Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, International Journal of Heritage Studies, Feminist Media Studies, among others. She was the 2020 Yale-China Arts Fellow and was a visiting scholar at the School of the Arts, Columbia University in 2015. She is currently working on her first monograph Women Artists Reshaping Spatial Politics in Hong Kong.
Research Interests
Visual Culture / Creative Industries / Digital Media/ Gender Politics / Hong Kong and China Studies
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Transforming national culture into intellectual property: Guofeng games in China’s online game industry
ZENG, H. (PI), CHEW, M. M. T. (CoI) & Yang, J. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Women Artists Reshaping Spatial Politics in Hong Kong
ZENG, H. (PI)
4/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
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The Contemporary Art Ecosystem in the Pearl River Delta: A Case Study of Region-building and Worlding Practices
ZENG, H. (PI)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research project
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Call Me ‘GBA Brothers’: Reality TV, Popular Culture, and Soft Propaganda
Zeng, H., 12 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Asian Studies Review. p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Representing Her Trajectory: reflections on an arts-based research on women migration and data visualization
Zeng, H., Feb 2026, In: Visual Communication. 25, 1, p. 4-19 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Spectacularizing China: Cultural Heritage and Representation in Genshin Impact (Abstract)
Zeng, H. & Huang, X., 2 Mar 2026, Proceedings of GachaCon 2026. DiGRA Digital Library, 3 p. (Conference Proceedings of DiGRA).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Co-curating Hong Kong: Platforms, Visitors’ Participation and Cultural Tourism
Zeng, H., Lin, J., Xu, Z. & Bianco, S., 9 Dec 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
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Commoning art for sustainable engagement with Hong Kong’s existential crises: a case study of Tak Cheong Lane Vegetarian Cooperative
ZENG, H., Jul 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
Prizes
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Faculty/School of Performance Award in Scholarly Work (Early Career Researcher)
ZENG, H. (Recipient), 2025
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Activities
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Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images (Journal)
ZENG, H. (Editor)
Dec 2023 → Jul 2024Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
Press/Media
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China's animated hit 'Ne Zha II' gets a second U.S. release, this time with Michelle Yeoh
24/08/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Feminist hit movie Her Story touted as China’s answer to Barbie
1/12/24
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