Research Fields
All AI Filmmaking AI-Human Hybrid Creativity Ancient Chinese Culture and Art Ancient Chinese Literature Ancient Chinese Philology Art history Audiovisual Translation Cantonese Studies Cantopop lyrics Chinese Animal Studies Chinese Christianity Chinese Cinema and Film History Chinese Classic Studies Chinese Culture Chinese Culture Studies Chinese Dialectology Chinese Economic History Chinese Etymology Chinese Food Studies Chinese History Chinese History and Culture Chinese History of Science and Civilization Chinese Intellectual History Chinese Internet Literature Chinese Language Chinese Language and Literature Chinese Linguistics Chinese Linguistics (Cantonese) Chinese Literature Chinese Literature and Culture Chinese Media Chinese Modern Literature Chinese Online Literature Chinese Paleography Chinese Philosophy Chinese Phonology Chinese Prose Chinese Religion - Daoism Chinese Thought Chinese Thought: Daoism and Neo-Daoism Christian Art in China Cinema and Cultural Studies Classical Chinese Grammar Classical Chinese Literature Comparative Philosophy Confucianism Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture Creative Industries and Globalization Cross-culture Audio-visual Narrative Cultural Studies Culture of Zhejiang Daoist Studies Digital Media Drama, Opera and Social History Early Chinese Texts Early Chinese Thoughts East Asian Popular Culture Excavated Text Study Feminism Media Discourse and Platform in Chinese Online Space Film and Cultural Studies Gender and Sexuality Gender Studies Globalization Health Communication Historical Linguistics History of Chinese Science and Civilization History of Christianity in China History of Science and Civilization in Modern China History of Song Dynasty Hong Kong Cinema Hong Kong Culture and Cinema Hong Kong Literature Hong Kong Studies Intellectual History of Early China Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies Language, Society and Culture Linguistic Landscape Literature Marginalised Groups Masculinities in East Asia Material Culture Media and Communication Media and Translation Studies Media Industries Media Studies Medical Humanities Ming-Qing Fictions Ming-Qing Literature Ming-Qing Studies Ming-Qing Women Literature Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Modern Chinese Film Modern Chinese Literature Morality, Economy, and transmediality: Magical Realism from Chinese Mainland, Tibet, and Hong Kong Nature Writing Phonology Platform Governance Popular Culture Pre-modern Chinese Literature Professional Film Production Religious Studies - Daoism Sacred Shrines or Tourist Resorts: A Study of Linguistic Landscapes in Hong Kong’s Religious Sites Sino-European Research Sinophone Literature Sinophone Literature and Film Sinophone Studies Sinophone Women's Cinema, Independent Film and Documentary Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistic Studies of Chinese Diaspora and Minority Communities Storytelling The History of Chinese Language The History of Chinese Religion, Daoism, Local Society The History of Sung Dynasty Translation Translation Studies Translation-Court Interpreting Visual Vulture Women History
Part-time 3-yr PhD (Registered: 1-Sep-2025)
Prof. Richard Van Ness SIMMONS
Historical Linguistics 
