Professor of Media and Communication Studies at UMBC (Affiliate Faculty,Asian Studies and LLC); Author of Faked in China (2016) and Disorienting Politics (2024)
Maryland, USA
Joined June 2009
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Thanks, @KaiserKuo , for sharing my piece! Very curious how folks who have or have not been to Shenzhen would respond to this...
Curious about Shenzhen? Check out this essay by a US-based academic, Yang Fan (Fan Yang) on her recent stroll through Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei. positionspolitics.org/fan-ya…
Both are 300-level courses and may be offered in a hybrid modality (25% in-person). Salary: $5,150 per course ($5400 for associate professor level candidates). Send cover letter, vitae, and sample syllabus to Dr. Constantine Vaporis, Interim Director, [email protected]) by 6/6.
UMBC's Asian Studies Program is seeking an adjunct instructor (Ph.D. in hand by June 1) for two elective courses: 1) Modern East Asia (Thursdays 4:30-7:00) and 2) Political Leadership of Asia (Mondays and Wednesdays 10-11:15). Information is available at: lnkd.in/eeAXr54P
UMBC's Asian Studies Program is seeking an adjunct instructor (Ph.D. in hand by June 1) for two elective courses: 1) Modern East Asia (Thursdays 4:30-7:00) and 2) Political Leadership of Asia (Mondays and Wednesdays 10-11:15). Information is available at: lnkd.in/eeAXr54P
Meant to share this podcast about Disorienting Politics:
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Fan Yang 杨帆 retweeted
My new book (Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China) drops! Wanna know how China gained capacities dealing with COVID-19? Why gay rights can be illiberal? Etc. check it out! a.co/d/5yY0gQE
Interviewed and quoted in this Wire piece about “China” in this election cycle, re: difference in emphasis on *time v space*: thewirechina.com/2024/11/03/…
Fan Yang 杨帆 retweeted
Is China a data coloniser? This new paper dives into the fashion world of Kenyan consumers to explore how China's cultural & economic power flows thru Chinese-owned e-commerce platforms. Pls share far & wide!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
#Platform&CulturalProduction
#UvAMediaStudies
Fan Yang 杨帆 retweeted
Due in 1 Week: Global Asias 7 Conference: We are pleased to announce that Penn State will be hosting the Global Asias 7 Conference in Spring 2025. Panel proposals are due November 1, 2024. For details, see below or visit bit.ly/4guw0HR
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This Thursday (10/24) at 12:15 pm, Professor Fan Yang @FanfanYang will talk about her recent book, "Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements". Learn more and register at asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ev… .
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Please join us on 10/24 at 12:15pm for a book talk with Fan Yang @FanfanYang, "Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements". Learn more and register: asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ev….
Quoted in The New Yorker for my research on food delivery in China - a precursor to what I’m looking at now: the “low-altitude” economy featuring drone couriers! newyorker.com/culture/annals…
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As the China stock market going to the moon, I finished a draft chapter on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange 💹 On Aug 10, 1992, 50-60K frustrated potential investors surrounded the Shenzhen gvt building, set a van ablaze and overturned several vehicles
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I dug out a few better quality videos of the recent two record breaking drone swarm shows in Shenzhen cos they are fun to watch.
In 2nd Century B.C., China invented fireworks. In 2020s it’s reinventing fireworks. This is the most recent one w >10,000 drones 🎆 🧵 1/3
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