Dr. LEE Chi Shing

LEE Chi Shing is a lecturer in the Gender Studies Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he also earned his doctoral degree in Cultural Studies. Prior to joining the Gender Studies Programme, he taught gender studies and cultural studies on a part-time basis at various tertiary institutions, including Lingnan University and Hong Kong Baptist University.

His research focuses primarily on Hong Kong, encompassing a wide range of issues related to the cultural politics of gender from activist organizing to mainstream cultural productions such as Hong Kong cinema. He is particularly interested in how gender serves as an analytic lens to test and contest political and cultural discourses. He is currently working on a project examining political masculinity and sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Courses Taught

GDRS 1001 Thinking Gender: Thinking Gender: An Introduction to Gender Studies
GDRS 3001 Gender Studies: Special Topic I
GDRS 3011 Women’s Narrative and Hong Kong’s History
GDRS 3012 Engendering Chinese Culture
GDRS 3214 Media Representations of Minorities in Hong Kong
GDRS 5090 Special Topics in Gender Studies

Research Interests

Political masculinity, gender and environmentalism, gender and Hong Kong cinema, community activism

Selected Publications

* corresponding author; ^ student supervisee

(forthcoming) *with Wong, Cecilia Ka Hei, “Trans-Cinema in Hong Kong.” In Handbook of Trans Cinema, edited by Douglas Vakoch. New York: Routledge.