Dr. Heung Wah Wong
Associate Professor,
Global Creative Industries Programme,
The University of Hong Kong
I am the founder and creator of the Global Creative Industries program (commenced 2012) at the University of Hong Kong, where I am the associate professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the Faculty of Arts. Prior to that, I taught Japanese Studies at the same university for sixteen years.
Research Interest
Anthropology of business | Globalization of Japanese popular culture |
Western social thought | Comparative study of Japan and China
Area of Expertise
Production of culture | Creative industries in East Asia |
Japanese companies and management | Japanese companies in Greater China | Globalization of Japanese popular culture | Hong Kong popular culture
"The ultimate challenge for us therefore is to understand how individual behaviors are ordered but not prescribed by culture."
Latest Publications
Tradition and Transformation in a
Chinese Family Business
By Heung-Wah Wong, Karin Ling-fung Chau
Routledge, 2019.
The Japanese Adult Video Industry
By Heung-Wah Wong, Hoi-yan Yau
Routledge, 2017.
Japanese Adult Videos in Taiwan
By Heung Wah Wong, Hoi-yan Yau
Routledge, 2014.
Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy:
Essays in Honour of Jan van Bremen
By Joy Hendry, Heung Wah Wong
Routledge, 2006.
Contact Me
Address
Room 1055, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong