Jun Fang
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Jun Fang is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology whose work examines the cultural politics of China’s global rise. As a sociologist of culture, he studies how nationalism and globalization intersect to shape the production and circulation of creative work — from cinema and fine art to media and creative industries more broadly.
Fang’s current book project, When China Meets Hollywood: Global Collaboration and State Intervention in a Creative Industry, is based on three years of ethnographic fieldwork in Beijing and Los Angeles. The book offers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at how Chinese and Hollywood studios coproduce films, exploring the interplay of art, markets and state power.
His research has been published in American Sociological Review, Poetics and Qualitative Sociology, among other venues, and has been recognized with awards and fellowships from institutions including the American Sociological Association and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Fang was an assistant professor at Colby College in the United States. He holds a PhD in sociology from Northwestern University.