PROFILE

Dickson Cheung received his PhD from the Hong Kong Studies programme at HKU. His doctoral research explores the philosophical implication of concepts such as “jianghu” and “noir” through an analysis of Hong Kong crime and gangster films and the cityscape’s extreme verticality and volumetricity.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cultural theories
• Crime and gangster films
• Urban studies
• Hong Kong studies
• Cyberpunk

PUBLICATIONS (Selected)

Journal Articles

Cheung, Dickson. “Wong Kar-wai’s Jianghu as Method: Reimagining Hong Kong in The Grandmaster.” Hong Kong Studies Vol. 2, No. 2 (CUHK Press, Winter 2019).

Book Chapters

Cheung, Dickson. “Meme-ing the Future: Cyberpunk and Tech-noir in the Hong Kong Cinema”. Presented at the 24th Annual International Conference of Cultural Studies Association: Cultural Meme-ing, organised by Cultural Studies Association, Taiwan and the Department of Cultural and Creative Industries Management, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan, Mar 16, 2024 (Conference paper).

Cheung, Dickson. “Hong Kong Jianghu Foam Multitude.” Theory Hong Kong and Hong Kong Theory in Cantonese – Hong Kong Studies in Hong Kong, co-organised by HKU Hong Kong Studies and Hong Kong Studies Initiative at University of British Columbia. Dec 15, 2023.

Cheung, Dickson. “Multitude.” Hong Kong Keywords Workshop 2019: Voices of Hong Kong: The New Sensitive, organised by the Hong Kong Studies Programme, The University of Hong Kong. Sept 21, 2019. (Conference proceeding).

Cheung, Dickson. “Rising from base-entities: Wong Kar-wai’s Jianghu as Method.” Association of Asian Studies in Asia: Asia on the Rise? (Bangkok). Panel title: “Against the Tides: Rise of China and the Border(s) of Imaginations in Asia.” July 1-4, 2019. (Conference proceeding).