Mary J Ainslie | University of Nottingham, China Campus (original) (raw)

Dr. Mary J. Ainslie is an Associate Professor specializing in culture and media throughout Southeast Asia, with specific emphasis upon Thailand and Malaysia, as well as the wider intercultural links between the East and Southeast Asia regions. Previously Head of Film and Television studies at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus in Kuala Lumpur, she moved to the Nottingham Ningbo campus in 2017 to further film and media studies, introducing several courses and developing creative arts. She is now Deputy Head of the School of International Communications.

Dr. Ainslie has received funding for a range of projects from various international organizations, including the Academy of Korean Studies, the Korea Foundation and the Vidal Sassoon Centre for the Study of Antisemitism (for studies in which she was project leader). She organized the first symposium to study the consumption and reception of Korean pop culture in Southeast Asia and regularly presents her work in Europe, Israel, Korea and across Southeast Asia. She has previously worked for the Bangkok International Film Festival and was an invited speaker at the Khon Kaen International Film Festival. She has published in journals such as China Quarterly, Korea Journal, The Women’s Studies International Journal and The Asia Pacific Journal, as well as in numerous edited collections.

To date she is editor of the volume ‘The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production’ (2015), ‘Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide’ (2018), 'Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1997)' (2020) has edited a special edition of the ‘Horror Studies Journal’ (2015), and is currently co-editing ‘The Southeast Asian Gothic collection’. She is currently a regional president for the World Association of Hallyu Studies (WAHS) and a fellow of the Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia (DORISEA) network. Her monograph 'Anti-Semitism in Contemporary Malaysia: Malay nationalism, philosemitism and pro-Israel expressions' was published in 2019, while her forthcoming monograph is under contract with Edinburgh University Press.

Dr Ainslie has appeared as a guest speaker on television, radio and at film festivals across Asia as well as quoted in popular media such as The Financial Times and Forbes magazine. She is regularly invited to join international scholarly networks, give guest lectures, keynotes and to examine PhD theses internationally. In 2020 she was made an external affiliate at the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, a position awarded due to the significance of her publications addressing anti-Semitism and philosemitism in Asia. In 2021 she was made a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) and convened the international seminar series '‘Antisemitism in East and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective’ , available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWATWfh7yR9f9OcoIl6IfNokkNkU3XVay.

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