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Prof. Wesley Aaron JACKS

PhD. University of California-Santa Barbara
MA.University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA. Wabash College

Assistant Professor and Associate Programme Director of MA in Creative and Media Industries

Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries Lingnan University

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wesleyjacks@ln.edu.hk

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Professor Jacks teaches courses on global cinema history and creative industries at Lingnan University. He earned his PhD in Film and Media Studies from the University of California-Santa Barbara and an MA in Communication Arts (Film) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research engages with global media industries, national media policies, Chinese-language film historiographies, and pirate humanities. He has presented his research across North America and Asia.

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  • Research Interests

    Media industries, media policy, film distribution, Chinese-language film histories, transnational cinemas, pirate humanities, media aesthetics

  • Representative Publications

    • “The Personal, the Political and the Popular: Sino-Japanese Film Collaboration in the Early Reform Era,” Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Vol. 13, No. 3, Winter 2019. DOI: 10.1080/17508061.2019.1678475

    • “Dead Chickens and Scared Monkeys: China’s Sprawling Celebrity Tax Scandal,” global-e, Vol. 12, Issue 16, April 25, 2019. https://bit.ly/2lZnLNt

    • With Michael Curtin and Yongli Li, “Hollywood in China: Continuities and Disjunctures in Film Marketing,” in Nolwenn Mingnant, Cecilia Tirtaine, and Joël Auguros, eds. Film Marketing into the Twenty-First Century. (London: BFI/Palgrave Macmillan), 2015, 65–76.

  • Professional Services

    • Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Peer Reviewer. 2017–continuing

    • Media Fields Journal, Member, Editorial Collective. 2016–2019