Jun Fang

Jun (Philip) Fang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. As a sociologist of culture studying China’s engagement with the West, he explores how contrasting forces of nationalism and globalization shape creative production and ideological contention. His current book project, "When China Meets Hollywood," is an ethnography of how Chinese and Hollywood studios coproduce global films, exploring the interplay of art, markets, and state power. His work has appeared in American Sociological Review, Poetics, Qualitative Sociology, and SAGE Research Methods Foundations, among other venues, and he co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Chinese Sociology on East Asian perspectives on the sociology of the arts and culture. He has received awards and fellowships from the American Sociological Association, the American Council of Learned Societies, and other institutions. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and previously taught at Colby College in the United States. A former columnist, he also wrote on culture and education for various media outlets.

Recent Publications

Fang, Jun. 2024. “The Culture of Censorship: State Intervention and Complicit Creativity in Global Film Production.” American Sociological Review 89(3): 488-517. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224241236750

Fang, Jun. 2023. “Globalizing the Sociology of the Arts and Culture: East Asian Perspectives.” Journal of Chinese Sociology 10(8): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-023-00190-9

Fang, Jun. 2020. “Tensions in Aesthetic Socialization: Negotiating Competence and Differentiation in Chinese Art Test Prep Schools.” Poetics 79: 101443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2020.101443

Fang, Jun, and Gary Alan Fine. 2020. “Names and Selves: Transnational Identities and Self-Presentation among Elite Chinese International Students.” Qualitative Sociology 43(4): 427-448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-020-09468-7