Research Assistant Professor | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong
Short Biography 📜
Dr. Jacqueline Zhenru Lin is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Centre for China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her academic journey spans from Cambridge to Hong Kong, focusing on China Studies, Gender Studies, and Anthropology. Her research delves into Chinese transnationalism, digital media, nationalism, Social Anthropology and war commemoration.
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Education 🎓
Dr. Lin earned her D.Phil. in China Studies from the University of Cambridge in 2021. Prior to that, she completed an M.Phil. in Gender Studies and Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2016. Her academic foundation also includes an IBBA obtained in 2014.
Experience 💼
Since August 2021, Dr. Lin has served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Centre for China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she continues to explore her research interests in Chinese transnationalism, digital media, nationalism, and war commemoration.
Research Interest 🔍
Dr. Lin’s research interests encompass Chinese Transnationalism, Digital Media, Nationalism, and War Commemoration, with a focus on how these themes intersect and evolve in contemporary China.
Award 🏆
Dr. Lin was awarded the Circle of Excellence Award by the Council of Advancement and Support of Education (UK) in 2022, recognizing her outstanding contributions to academia.
Publication 📚
- Monograph:
- Journal Articles:
- Remembering Forgotten Heroes and the Idealisation of True Love: Veteran Memorial Activism in Contemporary China (2021) – Memory Studies
- Souls of Contention and Incommensurate Mourning: Commemorative Rituals in Contemporary China (2022) – Journal of Contemporary Religion
- Contesting Forefatherhood at the China-Myanmar Border: The Transformation of Chinese Voluntary Associations in the Making of Transnational Memorial Network (accepted with revision) – Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
- Book Reviews:
- Gender Dynamics, Feminist Activism and Social Transformation in China (2023) – Feminist Encounters
- Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death (2023) – The China Journal
- Management and Morality: an Ethnographic Exploration of Management Consultancy Seminars (2021) – Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale