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Professor Wendy Chun FBA

New media theory and history; the impact of technology on politics, culture, communications and society; critical theory; emerging data fluencies
A photo of Wendy Chun FBA. Photo by Annette Hornischer
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Subjects
Media, performance and communications
Sections
Culture, Media and Performance
Website
https://www.sfu.ca/communication/people/faculty/wendy-chun/

Current post

Simon Fraser University Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media

Simon Fraser University Professor of Communication

Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University Director

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor David Barnett FBA

Theory and practice of political theatre, particularly Bertolt Brecht’s; directing political theatre; theatre history (intersections of institutions, productions and practices); postdramatic theatre; theatricality; Heiner Müller; Fassbinder’s theatre

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Professor Barbie Zelizer FBA

The cultural dimensions of journalism; journalistic authority; collective memory; journalistic images in crisis and war

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Professor Jackie Stacey FBA

Gender and sexuality studies; film, media and visual culture; feminist and queer theory; British cultural studies; health and embodiment; psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic approaches to group work.

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