Prof. ERNI , John Nguyet

Co-director, Chair Professor of Cultural Studies

The Research Centre for Creative Arts and Public Value (RCCAPV),

The Education University of Hong Kong.

Office Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Mon-Fri)

Email: johnerni@eduhk.hk

Tel: +852 2948 6610

Add: B3-1/F-37, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, SAR

About

Professor John Nguyet Erni is carrying the concurrent title of Chair Professor of Cultural Studies.

Academic study in Media and Cultural Studies, Communication Theory, Critical Qualitative Research Methods, and International Law. Until 2022 he was Fung Hon Chu Endowed Professor in Humanics and Chair Professor in Humanities, Hong Kong Baptist University. Formerly, President of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities (2017-18) and Head of Department of Humanities & Creative Writing at HKBU (2014-2020). Corresponding Fellow of Australian Academy of the Humanities since 2019. Recipient of Gustafson, Rockefeller, Annenberg, Lincoln, and William Lim Siew Wai Fellowships in 1997, 1999, 2008, and 2018 respectively. Before coming to Hong Kong, he taught at University of New Hampshire (1993-2001); and University of Wisconsin at River Falls (1990-1993). Educated at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD; 1992), University of Oregon (MA; 1987), University of Hong Kong (LLM in Human Rights; 2005), and Whitworth University (BA; 1985). Research focus on international and Asia-based media and cultural studies; critical legal theory centering on human rights philosophy, ethics and politics; gender and sexuality studies related to media and visual culture; youth studies in transnational contexts; cultural politics of race/ethnicity/migration; critical public health studies; ethics and politics of care.

Research

International and Asia-based media and cultural studies; human rights philosophy, ethics and politics; gender and sexuality studies related to media and visual culture; youth studies in transnational contexts; cultural politics of race/ethnicity/migration; critical public health studies; ethics and politics of care.

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters

Erni, J. N. & Striphas, T. (Eds.) (2022). The Cultural Politics of COVID-19. New York & London: Routledge.
Erni, J.N. (2022). Color Charts: A Cultural Chronicle of Non-Chinese Ethnic Images in Hong Kong Cinema. In M. Hjort & T. Nannicelli (Eds.), A Companion to Motion Pictures and Public Value (357-381). Massachussetts: Wiley Blackwell.
Erni, J.N. & Zhang, Y. (2020). Ethnic minority youth as digital cultural participants: Toward a critical indicator study. Sunny Sui-kwong LAM, New media spectacles and multimodal creativity in a globalised Asia: Art, design and activism in the digital humanities landscape (3-24). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7341-5_1
Erni, J.N. (2019). Law and cultural studies: A critical rearticulation of human rights. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315575377
Erni, J.N. (2019). The antiecstasy of human rights: A foray into queer cinema on “homophobic Africa”. Mette HJORT, Eva JØRHOLT, African cinema and human rights (256-279). USA: Indiana University Press. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017773891103410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2019). W v. Registrar of Marriages (2013). Howard CHIANG, Global encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history (1713-1716). Gale. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017965129603410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2019)。種族劃分主義。朱耀偉，《香港關鍵詞：想像新未來》 (233-244)。中文大學出版社。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017413313703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Henderson, Lisa, Erni, John N., Hogan, Mél, and Christian, Aymar Jean (2018). A dossier on making and doing. Adrienne SHAW, D. Travers SCOTT, Interventions: Communication research and practice (273-283). Peter Lang Publishing. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017991114603410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N., Zhang, Y. (2018). In with expectations and out with disappointment: Gay-tailored social media and the redefinition of intimacy. Rikke ANDREASSEN, Michael Nebeling PETERSEN, Katherine HARRISON, Tobias RAUN, Mediated intimacies: Connectivities, relationalities and proximities (143-156). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315208589-13
Erni, J.N. (2017). Introduction: Affect and critical multiculturalism in Asia. John Nguyet ERNI, Visuality, emotions and minority culture: Feeling ethnic (1-9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53861-6_1
Erni, J.N. (2017). Sex and freedom in the chatroom: The Hong Kong golden forum as method. Yiu-Wai CHU, Hong Kong culture and society in the new millennium: Hong Kong as method (33-58). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3668-2_2
In J. N. ERNI (Ed.) (2017). Visuality, emotions and minority culture: Feeling ethnic. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53861-6
Erni, J.N., Ho, L. (2017). Happy campers: “All about us” and self-representation. John Nguyet ERNI, Visuality, emotions and minority culture: Feeling ethnic (93-110). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53861-6_7
Fung, A. Y. H., Erni, J. N., & Yang, F. (2017). Asian popular culture review. Toby MILLER, The Routledge companion to global popular culture (481-491). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203081846-54
Erni, J.N. (2016). Afterword: On meta-media for trans-Asia. Daniel BLACK, Olivia KHOO, Koichi IWABUCHI, Contemporary culture and media in Asia (225-230). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991007148969703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2016). Internet sex chatting and “vernacular masculinity” among Hong Kong youth. Julia COFFEY, Shelley BUDGEON, Helen CAHILL, Learning bodies: The body in youth and childhood studies (105-122). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0306-6_7
陳錦榮, 何建宗 (2016)。若隱若現：香港電影的非華人形象（1970至2010年代）。手民出版社。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017866260203410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
陳錦榮、何建宗和楊春 (2016)。香港電影的另一面。陳錦榮, 何建宗，若隱若現：香港電影的非華人形象（1970至2010年代） (4-12)。手民出版社。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017866260203410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2015). The dis-encompassed: On the precarious politics of citizenship management. Terence Patrick MURPHY, John Nguyet ERNI, Between literary and cultural studies: Asian explorations (1-18). Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Murphy, T. P., Erni, J. N. (2015). Between literary and cultural studies: Asian explorations. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Erni, J. N., Leung, L. Y.-M. (2014). Understanding South Asian minorities in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991002390199703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2014). Marriage rights for transgender people in Hong Kong: Reading the W case. Deborah S. DAVIS, Sara L. FRIEDMAN, Wives, husbands, and lovers marriage and sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and urban China (189-216). Stanford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804791854-011
Erni, J.N. (2014)。女孩的空間。香港藝術中心，創意全記錄：影像無國界 (31-33)。香港藝術中心。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991004407489703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library, https://allaboutus.hk/2014/tc/blog/?p=134published version
Erni, J.N. (2014)。從懲罰到寬恕。香港藝術中心，創意全記錄：影像無國界 (28-30)。香港藝術中心。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991004407489703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library, https://allaboutus.hk/2014/tc/blog/?p=132published version
Erni, J.N. (2014)。權力和真實性。香港藝術中心，創意全記錄：影像無國界 (24-27)。香港藝術中心。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991004407489703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library, https://allaboutus.hk/2014/tc/blog/?p=130published version
陳錦榮 (2014)。不陌生的陌生人：香港少數族裔的陌生化。文潔華，粤語的政治：香港粤語的異質與多元 (117-132)。中文大學出版社。 https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017307819403410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2013). Law, embodiment, and the case of ‘harbourcide’. Jeroen DE KLOET, Lena SCHEEN, Spectacle and the city: Chinese urbanities in art and popular culture (227-242). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wp73q.17
Erni, J.N. (2013). When Chinese youth meet Harry Potter: Translating consumption and middle-class identification. Anthony Y.H. FUNG, Asian popular culture: The global (dis)continuity (21-41). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203581278
Erni, J.N. (2012). Chan Pak-keung, Danny. May HOLDSWORTH, Christopher MUNN, Dictionary of Hong Kong biography (73-74). Hong Kong University Press. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991014925059703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2012). Cheung Kwok-wing, Leslie. May HOLDSWORTH, Christopher MUNN, Dictionary of Hong Kong biography (86-87). Hong Kong University Press. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991014925059703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2012). Mui Yim-fong, Anita. May HOLDSWORTH, Christopher MUNN, Dictionary of Hong Kong biography (330-331). Hong Kong University Press. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991014925059703410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2012). Who needs human rights? Cultural studies and public institutions. Meaghan MORRIS, Mette HJORT, Creativity and academic activism: Instituting cultural studies (175-190). Hong Kong University Press. https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,991017512831803410&vid=EDUHKFind@EdUHK Library
Erni, J.N. (2008). Hall, Stuart. Wolfgang DONSBACH, The international encyclopedia of communication. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405186407.wbiech028

Journal Publications

Erni, J.N. (2025). Re-articulating care and carelessness in precarious times: An introduction. Educational Philosophy and Theory. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2024.2442745
Erni, J.N., Pun, N. (2025). Introduction: Commoning as unthinkable politics: Hong Kong against hard times. Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2024.2442439
Erni, J.N. (2024). Between consciousness and conscience: on ‘restorative commoning’ among moderate youth. Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2024.2442448
Erni, J.N. (2024). Negative Justice: The Case of the Human Rights Museum. European Journal of Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494241258972
Erni, J.N. (2022). Discerning the Human Rights Museum. European Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2(4), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejsocial.2022.2.4.275.
Erni, J.N. & Zhang, Y. (2022). Wild hopes: Sourcing the political vocabulary of digital citizenship from the LIHKG forum. International Communication Gazette, 84(4), 349-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485221094123
Erni, J.N. (2021). Is ethnic cultural participation the answer?: A cultural capacity analysis. Situations, 14(1), 1-33. https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002699652published version
Erni, J.N. (2021). Toward a juris-cultural studies of human rights. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 6(Special Issue), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.SI.01
Erni, J.N. & Striphas, T. (2021). COVID-19, the multiplier. Cultural Studies, 35(2-3), 211-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2021.1903957
Erni, John N; Leung, Daren (2019). The dilemma of mobility: On the question of youth voluntourism in times of precarity. Cultural Studies, 33(6), 915-943. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2019.1660691
Martin, F., Erni, J.N., Yue, A. (2019). (Im)mobile precarity in the Asia-Pacific. Cultural Studies, 33(6), 895-914. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2019.1660690
Erni, J.N. (2016). Citizenship management: On the politics of being included-out. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 19(3), 323-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877915573772
Erni, J.N. (2016). Disrupting the colonial transgender/law nexus: Reading the case of W in Hong Kong. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 16(4), 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708616643987
Erni, J.N. (2015). A legal realist view on citizen actions in Hong Kong's umbrella movement. Chinese Journal of Communication, 8(4), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2015.1063526
Erni, J.N. (2014). Locating desires—screens and urban culture in Asia: Notes on the special issue. Situations, 7(2), 1-11. http://situations.yonsei.ac.kr/product/item.php?it_id=1535539152&ca_id=1080&page=1&sort1=&sort2=published version
Erni, J.N. (2013). Cultural studies meets rights criticism. Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies, 10(2-3), 238-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2013.812593
Erni, J.N. (2013). Legitimating transphobia: The legal disavowal of transgender rights in prison. Cultural Studies, 27(1), 136-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2012.722305
Fung, A. Y. H., Erni, J. N. (2013). Cultural clusters and cultural industries in China. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 14(4), 644-656. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2013.831207
Erni, J.N. (2012). Who needs strangers? Un-imagining Hong Kong Chineseness. Chinese Journal of Communication, 5(1), 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2011.647748

Awards and Fellowships (selected)

2017 – 2023 Fung Hon Chu Endowed Chair of Humanics, HKBU

2019 Corresponding Fellow (Elected), Australian Academy of the Humanities

2019 Nominated for the Academic Prize of The Fukuoka Prize, International Affairs Department, Fukuoka City, Japan

2019 Recipient of President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research Supervision, HKBU

2019 Recipient of Faculty of Arts Performance Award, HKBU

2018, June Inaugural Visiting Fellow, Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Lincoln, UK

2018, Aug-Sept Visiting Professor, William Lim Siew Wai Fellowship in Cultural Studies in Asia, National University of Singapore

2018 – 19 Ex Officio Member, Executive Board, Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities

2017 - 18 President (Elected), Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities

2014 Fellow (Elected), Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities

2008 Visiting Scholar-in-Residence, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

2006 Top Paper Award, Communication Law & Policy Division, “War, Incendiary Media, and International Human Rights Law,” Paper presented at the 56th Annual Convention of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany, June

1999 Rockefeller Humanities Research Fellow Columbia University, Program on Gender, Sexuality, Health, and Human Rights, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, New York

1997 Gustafson Fellow for Humanities Research Center for the Humanities, University of New Hampshire

Contact

Office Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Mon-Fri)

Email: johnerni@eduhk.hk

Tel: +852 2948 6610

Add: B3-1/F-37, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, SAR