Distinguished Professor Ien Ang

Distinguished Professor Ien Ang

DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE & SOCIETY,
Institute for Culture & Society

PROFESSOR,
Institute for Culture & Society

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Amsterdam
  • BSocSc University of Amsterdam

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Institute for Culture & Society
  • Institute for Culture & Society

Contact

Email:I.Ang@uws.edu.au
Extension:9634
Mobile:0402395040
Location:EM.1.05
Parramatta
Website:

Publications

Books

  • Ang, I., Hawkins, G. and Dabboussy, L. (2008), 'The SBS Story: The Challenge of Cultural Diversity', : UNSW Press 9780868408392.
  • Ang, I., Brand, J. and Wilding, D. (2002), 'Living Diversity: Australia's Multicultural Future', : Special Broadcasting Service Corporation 097501160X.
  • Ang, I. (2001), 'On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West', : Routledge 0415259126.

Chapters in Books

  • Ang, I. (2013), 'On display : the state of the world', Shanghai Expo : an International Forum on the Future of Cities, Routledge 9780415524629.
  • Ang, I. (2012), 'Culture as a Site of Struggle: The Contribution of Cultural Studies', Social Science and Knowledge in a Globalising World, PSSM and Strategic Information and Research Development Centre 9788675832550.
  • Ang, I. (2012), 'On Display: The State of the World', Shanghai Expo: An International Forum on the Future of Cities, Routledge 9780415524629.
  • Ang, I. (2012), 'Culture as a site of struggle : the contribution of cultural studies', Social Science and Knowledge in a Globalising World, PSSM and Strategic Information and Research Development Centre 9789675832574.
  • Ang, I., Lally, E., Anderson, K., Mar, P., Kelly, M. and Kelly, M. (2011), 'Introduction: What is the Art of Engagement?', The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation, UWA Publishing 9781742582870.
  • Mar, P., Lally, E., Ang, I., Kelly, M. and Kelly, M. (2011), 'The Artists and Their Projects: Craig Walsh, Heads Up; Sylvie Blocher/Campement Urbain, The Panthers of the Future/The Future of the Panthers; Ash Keating, Activate 2750; Jeanne van Heeswijk, Talking Trash: Personal Relationships with Waste', The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation, UWA Publishing 9781742582870.
  • Anderson, K., Ang, I. and Lally, E. (2011), 'Conclusion', The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation, UWA Publishing 9781742582870.
  • Ang, I. (2011), 'Partnerships for Contemporary Art: Bridging Diverging Worlds', The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation, UWA Publishing 9781742582870.
  • Ang, I. (2011), 'Unsettling the National: Heritage and Diaspora', Heritage, Memory and Identity, Sage 9780857023896.
  • Ang, I. and Pothen, N. (2011), 'The Transnational Communication of "Racism": Media, Migration, and the Shaping of International Relations', Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural, and Technological Challenges to Communication Theorizing, Hampton Press 9781612890289.
  • Ang, I. and Mar, P. (2011), 'Making Art Matter: Navigating the Collaborative Turn', Making the University Matter, Routledge 9780415782401.
  • Ang, I. (2010), 'Sobre no hablar Chino: Identificaciones diasporicas y etnicidad postmoderna', Nacion, diversidad y genero: Perspetivas criticas, Anthropos 9788476589519.
  • Ang, I. (2009), 'Un courant dominant la recherche en communication: les Cultural Studies', Les sciences de l'information et de la communication, CNRS Editions 9782271068736.
  • Ang, I. (2008), 'Cultural Studies', The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Analysis, Sage 9780761942290.
  • Ang, I. (2007), 'Between Asia and the West', Visibly Different: Face, Place and Race in Australia, Peter Lang 9783039113231.
  • Ang, I. (2007), 'Beyond Asian Diasporas', Asian Diasporas: New Formations, New Conceptions, Stanford University Press 9780804752442.
  • Ang, I. (2006), 'The Art Museum as Monument: Cultural Change Contained', Memory, Monuments and Museums: The Past in the Present, Melbourne University Publishing 9780522852509.
  • Ang, I. (2005), 'Who Needs Cultural Research', Cultural Studies: From Theory to Action, Blackwell Publishers 0631224378.
  • Ang, I. (2004), 'Beyond transnational nationalism: questioning the borders of the Chinese diaspora in the global city', State/Nation/Transnation: Perspectives on Transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Ltd ) 041530279X.
  • Ang, I. (2004), 'The Cultural Intimacy of TV Drama', Feeling Asian Modernities: Transnational Consumption of Japanese TV Dramas, Hong Kong University Press 962209631X.
  • Ang, I. (2003), 'From White Australia to Fortress Australia: The Anxious Nation in the New Century', Legacies of White Australia: Race, Culture and Nation, University of Western Australia Press 1876268964.
  • Ang, I. (2003), 'Cultural Translation in a Globalised World', Complex Entanglements: Art, Globalisation and Cultural Difference, Rivers Oram Publishers Ltd 1854891529.
  • Ang, I. (2003), 'Im Reich der Unsicherheit. Das Globale Dorf und die kapitalistische Postmoderne', Die Cultural Studies Kontroverse, Erste Auflage zu Klampen Verlag 3934920144.
  • Ang, I. (2001), 'Desperately guarding borders: media globalization, 'cultural imperialism' and the rise of 'Asia'', House of Glass: Culture, Modernity and the State in Southeast Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 9812300759.
  • Ang, I. (2001), 'Trapped in Ambivalence: Chinese Indonesians, Victimhood and the Debris of History', 'Race' Panic and the Memory of Migration, Hong Kong University Press 9622095623.

Journal Articles

  • Ang, I. (2012), 'Depasser l'unite dans la diversite : pour des identities cosmopolites', Diogene, 16.
  • Ang, I. (2011), 'Navigating Complexity: From Cultural Critique to Cultural Intelligence', Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 16.
  • Ang, I. (2011), 'Ethnicities and Our Precarious Future', Ethnicities, 5.
  • Ang, I. (2010), 'Australia, China, and Asian Regionalism: Navigating Distant Proximity', Amerasia Journal, 14.
  • Ang, I. (2009), 'Henry Mayer Lecture 2009 From Dallas to SBS: The Popular, The Global and The Diverse on Television', Media International Australia, 10.
  • Ang, I. (2009), 'Provocation - Beyond Multiculturalism: A Journey to Nowhere?', Humanities Research, .
  • Ang, I. and Pothen, N. (2009), 'Between Promise and Practice: Web 2.0, Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Scholarship', Fibreculture, .
  • Ang, I. (2007), 'Television Fictions Around the World: Melodrama and Irony in Global Perspective', Critical Studies in Television, 13.
  • Hawkins, G. and Ang, I. (2007), 'Inventing SBS: Televising the Foreign', ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia, 14.
  • Ang, I. and Cassity, E. (2006), 'Humanities-Industry Partnerships and the 'Knowledge Society': The Australian Experience', Minerva, 17.
  • Ang, I. (2006), 'From Cultural Studies to Cultural Research: Engaged Scholarship in the Twenty-First Century', Cultural Studies Review, 15.
  • Ang, I. (2005), 'De-Americanizing the Global? Overcoming Fundamentalism in a Volatile World', Comparative American Studies, 15.
  • Ang, I. (2005), 'The Predicament of Diversity: Multiculturalism in Practice at the Art Museum', Ethnicities, 16.
  • Ang, I. (2004), 'Between Asia and the West: the cultural politics of food', LifeWriting, 8.
  • Koser, K., Werbner, P. and Ang, I. (2004), 'Cultural research and refugee studies: New knowledge, methodologies, and practical implications; a panel commentary', Social Analysis, 7.
  • Ang, I. (2003), 'Intertwining Histories: Nation, Migration and Heritage', AUMLA: Journal of the Australian Universities Language and Literature Association, 13.
  • Ang, I. (2003), 'Together-in-Difference: Beyond Diaspora, into Hybridity', Asian Studies Review, 14.
  • Ang, I. (2003), 'Representing Social Life in a Conflicting Global World: From Diaspora to Hybridity', Hong Kong Journal of Sociology, 12.
  • Ang, I. (2002), 'After '911': Defending the Global City', Ethnicities, 3.
  • Ang, I. (2001), 'Hybrid Life', Metro, 9.
  • Ang, I. (2001), 'Intertwining Histories: Heritage and Diversity', Australian Humanities Review, .

Other Publications

  • 2010, 'Australian - Complex', Published Work

Research

Current Projects

Title:Global Cultural Futures: A Digital Knowledge Management and Exchange Platform
Years:2010-11-17 - 2013-11-16
ID:P00019326
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Sydney's Chinatown in the Asian Century: from ethnic enclave to global hub
Years:2012-10-01 - 2015-09-30
ID:P00020645
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang, Donald Mcneill and Kay Anderson
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • The Council of the City of Sydney
Title:Diversity of Cultural Expression (DICE)
Years:2012-06-01 - 2013-10-30
ID:P00021024
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australia Council for the Arts

Previous Projects

Title:Museums, Cultural Diversity and Audience Development - Realms of the Buddha - A Case Study
Years:2001-01-01 - 2004-06-28
ID:P0009624
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Judith Snodgrass
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • Art Gallery of NSW
  • NSW Premiers Department
Title:Cultural Research for the 21st Century: Building cultural intelligence for a complex world (DP0559667)
Years:2005-07-31 - 2010-07-17
ID:P0009770
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:New School for Cultural Research
Years:1999-11-03 - 2000-12-31
ID:P0014206
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Various State Local Government Funding
Title:Dr Nick Couldry as International Visiting Fellow at CCR, to develop 'Media consumption and the future of public connection' project, and give postgraduate masterclass
Years:2004-03-31 - 2005-03-30
ID:P0013758
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Brett Neilson
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:SBS and Trends in Multiculturalism
Years:2001-12-06 - 2002-07-31
ID:P0013034
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Gregory Noble
Funding:
  • Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Title:Multicultural Heritage
Years:2000-06-01 - 2003-05-31
ID:P0013036
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Liverpool Regional Museum
Title:GENERATE: The Popular Culture of Middle Eastern and Asian Youth in Western Sydney
Years:2002-04-01 - 2002-11-30
ID:P0013046
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang, Mandy Thomas and Melissa Butcher
Funding:
  • Mazda Foundation Limited
Title:(RCIS) Intercommunal Studies
Years:1992-08-20 - 2002-12-31
ID:P0013152
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:GENERATE: The Art of Migration Heritage
Years:2002-07-01 - 2002-12-31
ID:P0013186
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Melissa Butcher
Funding:
  • Telstra Foundation
Title:The Peopling of NSW: scoping project
Years:2001-04-01 - 2001-08-30
ID:P0011090
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • NSW Premiers Department
Title:Middle Eastern and Asian Youth and Popular Culture in Western Sydney
Years:2000-04-01 - 2001-12-31
ID:P0011094
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • NSW Premiers Department
Title:Youth , Interethnic Relations and Public Space in Parramatta
Years:1999-01-01 - 1999-12-31
ID:P0011228
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Cultural diversity, parenting practices and health care
Years:2003-10-28 - 2004-11-05
ID:P0010768
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Sharon Chalmers
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • Sydney Childrens Hospital
  • South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service
Title:The Special Broadcasting Service and Australian Cultural Democracy Evolution, uses and innovation [Via University of New South Wales]
Years:2004-04-13 - 2011-12-31
ID:P0012734
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Title:Postgraduate Students Project
Years:1998-12-01 - 2000-12-31
ID:P0012830
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Cultural Diversity in Children's Health Care
Years:2001-12-01 - 2002-03-15
ID:P0012460
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang, Sharon Chalmers and Fiona Allon
Funding:
  • Sydney Childrens Hospital
Title:Partnerships in Humanities Research: An evaluation of collaborative projects with Cultural Institutions [via Academy of Humanities]
Years:2003-01-01 - 2003-12-31
ID:P0012508
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Jane Goodall
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Mapping the Body: A Critical Study of New Age Culture
Years:1996-10-15 - 1997-08-31
ID:P0011334
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Multiculturalism Research Project (Living Diversity 2)
Years:2005-07-19 - 2011-12-31
ID:P0014909
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang and Gregory Noble
Funding:
  • Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Title:The Middle East from the Outer West: International News and Arab Diasporas
Years:2006-06-08 - 2007-06-07
ID:P0015167
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang, Gregory Noble and David Rowe
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Open Cities: Urban Citizenship in Sydney and Berlin
Years:2006-05-11 - 2009-06-30
ID:P0014946
UWS Researchers:Fiona Allon, Kay Anderson and Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Negotiating the challenge of cultural diversity in children's health care: The Australian Context
Years:2005-01-12 - 2010-01-17
ID:P0012626
UWS Researchers:Sharon Chalmers, Ien Ang and Jan Mason
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service
  • Sydney Childrens Hospital
  • South Western Sydney Area Health Service
  • The Childrens Hospital at Westmead
  • NSW Department of Health
Title:The Art of Engagement: Exploring a contemporary arts - business collaboration
Years:2006-05-29 - 2009-07-13
ID:P0014734
UWS Researchers:Elaine Lally, Ien Ang and Kay Anderson
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • Penrith City Council
  • Liverpool City Council
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Limited
Title:Culture in Transition: Creative Labour and Social Mobilities in the Asian Century
Years:2009-06-30 - 2012-09-30
ID:P0016038
UWS Researchers:Brett Neilson, Ien Ang and Ned Rossiter
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:The Cultural Research Network [via UQLD]
Years:2005-07-21 - 2010-07-21
ID:P0014826
UWS Researchers:Gregory Noble, Zoe Sofoulis, Kay Anderson and Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Asian Youth, Identity and Cultural Consumption in Australia
Years:2000-01-01 - 2004-12-31
ID:P0012240
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Arabic Youth Leadership Development Program
Years:2002-05-20 - 2003-01-31
ID:P0011938
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • NSW Premiers Department
Title:diverCities: A Global Collaboration Space for Intercultural Dialogue [via University of Technology Sydney]
Years:2008-10-03 - 2009-02-28
ID:P00016445
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:The changing communications service delivery paradigm
Years:2008-05-13 - 2010-06-30
ID:P00016142
UWS Researchers:Elaine Lally, David Rowe and Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Communications Alliance Ltd
Title:Global Digital Atlas for Cultural Diversity, Pluralism and Intercultural Dialogue in Asia
Years:2007-07-08 - 2008-04-30
ID:P0015788
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Title:The Art of Engagement: Policy and International Contexts
Years:2010-10-27 - 2011-10-27
ID:P00020028
UWS Researchers:Ien Ang
Funding:
  • Australia Council for the Arts

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