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Prof. GUO Ting
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Religious Studies), University of Edinburgh
M.Sc. (Social Anthropology), University of Edinburgh
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Venue
KKB 213
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Emailtingguo@cuhk.edu.hk
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Phone
3943-9872
About Prof. GUO Ting
Ting GUO is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong and book review editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. She was a research assistant for the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom, University of Oxford and currently holds a status-only Assistant Professorship with Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.
Dr. Guo focuses on religion, politics, and gender in modern East Asia and the Asian diaspora. Her research stands at the forefront of the affective turn in religious studies with insights into the interplay of critical religion, multiple empires, and intraminority solidarity.
In addition to her forthcoming book, Politics of Love: Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China, she has published in the Journal of Asian Studies (as special issue co-editor), Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, International Feminist Journal of Politics and Cambridge World History of Sexualities.
She is a member of CUHK’s Digital Feminisms in Asia project, led by Prof. TAN Jia and funded by the Research Institute of Humanities and the Hong Kong-Canada Connections Working Group, funded by the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto. She co-hosts a podcast called 時差 ”in-betweenness" (@shichapodcast).
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- Religion and gender
- Religion, politics, and social movements
- Secularism
- Sinophone studies
- Intersectional approaches to decolonial studies in East Asia
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- Love as a political discourse in modern China
- Religion and identity in Hong Kong
- The #MeToo movement, gender violence, and gender activism in East Asia
- Conservatism among Sinophone diasporas
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Peer-reviewed Articles
- 2024 Diffusion, Polyphony, and Diversity: An Introduction to Religion, Politics, and Identity in Hong Kong since 2014. Journal of Asian Studies 2024; 11043649. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-11043649. Special issue on religion, identity, and social movements in Hong Kong (co-editor). .
- 2024 “Gods Feast on Holy Smoke, Not Tear Gas!”: Religious Diffusion, Infrapolitics, and Identity Formation in Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Studies 2024; 11235456. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-11235456. Special issue on religion, identity, and social movements in Hong Kong (co-editor).
- 2024 “Double Decolonization: Bridging East Asia and Religious Studies in a Post-Covid World.” Implicit Religion.
- (Submitted) “State of Hong Kong Studies from a Religious Studies Perspective.” Handbook of Hong Kong Studies, Brill.
- (Forthcoming) “Sisters, Strangers, Friends: Queering the Political Discourse of Love.” Special issue: Feminist and Queer Critiques of Multiple Empires: The Case of Sinophone Asia, International Feminist Journal of Politics.
- 2024 “Intimate Negotiations: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth Century Shanghai.” Cambridge World History of Sexualities, edited by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Mathew Kuefler. Cambridge University Press, pp. 508–531;
- 2023 “Beyond Sing Hallelujah to the Lord: Diffused Religion and Religious Co-Optations through Hong Kong.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
- 2023 “‘Eastern Religions are More Spiritual than Western Religions’.” In Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés, volume II, edited by Craig Martin and Brad Stoddard. London: Bloomsbury.
- 2023 “Cosmopolitan (Dis)Illusion: Migration, State Policies, and the Mirage of the Shanghai Exception.” Made in China Journal.
- 2022 “Lost in Žižek, Redeemed in Cloud Atlas: Buddhism and Other Tales of ‘Asian Religions’ in Western Cinema and Affective Circulation.” In Representing Religion and Film: A Critical Introduction, edited by Tenzan Eaghll and Rebekka King. London: Bloomsbury.
- 2022 “‘So Many Mothers, So Little Love’: Confucian Hegemony, Parental Governance, and the Discourse of Motherly Love in Hong Kong.” Special issue on power and identity, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, volume 34:1–2, pp. 3–24.
- 2021 “Christianity and Sinophone Trumpism.” Reflexion 42, pp. 243–250.
- 2020 “Politics of Love: Love as a Religious and Political Discourse in Modern China through the Lens of Political Leaders.” Critical Research on Religion, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 39–52.
Media coverage: Los Angeles Review of Books, Sixth Tone
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- 2022 Liang Shih-chiu Literary Award, Taiwan (nominated)
- 2022 Research Grant Enhancement Fund, University of Toronto
- 2021 Pedagogies of Inclusive Excellence Fund, University of Toronto
- 2020 Associate Editor, Religious Studies Project
- 2021 Co-host, in-betweenness 時差podcast (@shichapodcast)
- 2022 Steering Committee, Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit, American Academy of Religion
- 2022 Steering Committee, Chinese Religions Unit, American Academy of Religion
- 2023 SSHRC Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada (co-applicant)
- 2023–2024 Religion, Activism and Identity in Hong Kong, CUHK Faculty of Arts Direct Grant (HK$90,000)
- 2023– Book Review Editor, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR)
- 2024– Representative for the Diversity and Equity Committee (DEC), Association for Asian Studies (AAS)