Prof. Ien Ang
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Professor of Cultural Studies
Founding Director, Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Chair, Expert Working Group, Asia Literacy: Language and Beyond
ACOLA Securing Australia's Future Program
- One of the leaders in cultural studies worldwide, with interdisciplinary work spanning many areas of the humanities and social sciences
- Her books, including Watching Dallas, Desperately Seeking the Audience and On Not Speaking Chinese – are recognised as classics in the field
- Her work has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Turkish, German, Korean, and Spanish
- Most recent book, co-edited with E Lally and K Anderson, is The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation (University of Western Australia Press, 2011)
- Her innovative interdisciplinary work deals broadly with patterns of cultural flow and exchange in our globalised world, focusing on issues such as:
- the formation of audiences and publics
- the politics of identity and difference
- migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism in Australia and Asia
- issues of representation in contemporary cultural institutions
