Current projects:

The China Information - published a special issue on gender and sexuality that I edited. In my introduction, titled "Gendering China Studies: Peripheral Perspecives, Central Questions," I engage with the globalization of theories on the sex/body divide, feminism and queer theory (July 2008)

China Aktuell - published an essay by me, Gladys Pak Lei Chong and Wei Liu entitled "The Beijing Olympics and the Art of Nation-State Maintenance," presenting the first results and an overview of our research project. (July 2008)

Transfer Magazine - from NUFFIC publishes my blog on my experiences in Beijing and Hong Kong, in Dutch. (May 2008)

Cosmopatriots - On Distant Belongings and Close Encounters -is out! This book is edited with Edwin Jurriens and analyzes mediated articulations of 'cosmopatriotism' in East and South-East Asian popular cultures and arts. Examples I analyze come from Beijing Hip Hop collective Yin Tsang, visual artist Xu Bing and Hong Kong movie director Stephen Chow (February 2008)

Sociologie - has published an article written by Toon van Veelen and me on Dutch DJ culture, reflecting on career development of Dutch DJs. (December 2007)

Fabula - Journal of Folktale Studies - has published an article written by me and Giselinde Kuipers titled "Spirituality and Fan Culture around the Lord of the Rings Trilogy." (300-319) (December 2007)

Watching the Lord of the Rings: Tolkiens World Audiences - a book published by Peter Lang and edited by Martin Barker and Ernest Matthijs has come out and incldes a chapter by me and Giselinde Kuipers titled "Global Flows and Local Identifications? The Lord of the Rings and the Cross-national Reception of Characters and Genres." (December 2007)

Zo Zijn Onze Manieren - Visies op Multiculturaliteit in Nederland - An anthropoligical intervention in the multicultural debate in the Netherlands, edited by Vincent de Rooij and Francio Guadaloupe, contains one chapter by me on Multicultural Pollutions. (December 2007)

The Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) - has awarded me a VIDI grant for a research project on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing titled "Celebrations and Contestations of Chinesness - The Beijing 2008 Olympics and 21st Century Imaginations of Place, Culture and Identity." (July 2007)

Media Studies - Key Issues and Debates - A SAGE textbook edited by Eoin Devereux contains one chapter on fancultures written by me and Liesbet van Zoonen. (June 2007)

Journal of Chinese Cinemas - A new journal on Chinese cinema has come out! Support it by subscribing. It includes a piece by me titled "Crossing the Treshold: Chinese cinema studies in the twenty-first century." (January 2007)

Freemuse - organised a conference on music censorship in Istanbul in November 2006, their website contains a link to a short videostatement of mine on censorship in China.

Medien Journal - Has published an article titled "Cultural Synchronization - Hip Hop with Chinese Characteristics?" in which I argue to read cultural globalization in terms of translation, pollution and contamination. (October 2006)

IIAS newsletter - has published a short statement on Chinese design written for the Premsela Foundation, titled "Chinese Design - Designing Chineseness." (July 2006)

Het Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap (34/1) - has published an article of Giselinde Kuipers and me on Banal Cosmopolitanism and Lord of the Rings, in which we question the nation-state as basis for comparative research. (April 2006)

Du Magazine - has published an essay of me titled "Eine gluckliche Familie braucht gute Nahrung," on the oeuvre of Ang Lee. (February 2006)

Critical Studies in Media Communication (22: 4) has published an article of me titled "Sonic Sturdiness: The Globalization of 'Chinese' Rock and Pop," in which I discuss Appadurai's ideas on globalization, and argue for more studies of commercial, banal pop. (November 2005)

The China Quarterly (183: 3) - has published an article of me titled "Popular Music and Youth in Urban China: The Dakou Generation," in which I present the cosmopolitan, parodic-political and nostalgic longings of bands in contemporary Beijing. (October 2005)

Visual Anthropology (18: 2-3) has published an article of me titled "Authenticating Geographies and Temporalities: Representations of Chinese Rock," in which I trace the authentic longing of Chinese rock musicians. (June 2005)

Shooting the Family - Transnational Media and Intercultural Values - Edited by Patricia Pisters and Wim Staat is just out and includes a chapter written by me, titled "Saved by Betrayal? Ang Lee's Translations of 'Chinese' Family Ideology." (April 2005)

Rekto:Verso has published an article of me in which I trace the rebelliousness in Kylie Minogue. (March 2005)