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Prof. GUO Ting

Prof. GUO Ting

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Religious Studies), University of Edinburgh
M.Sc. (Social Anthropology), University of Edinburgh
B.Phil. (Religious Studies and Philosophy), Fudan University

About Prof. GUO Ting

Ting Guo is Assistant Professor of Cultural and Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, focusing on religion, politics, and gender in transnational Asia. She was trained in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, with an Innovation Initiative Award-winning thesis on AI, spirituality, and secularism in twentieth-century Europe and has since been working on (post) secularism from a comparative perspective. She also holds a status-only Assistant Professorship with Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.

 

She is writing her first book, Politics of Love: Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China. Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in journals including Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Critical Research on Religion, Anthropology Today, and Journal of Religion and Film. She co-hosts a podcast called 時差 ”in-betweenness" (@shichapodcast). She loves Korean dramas. 

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  • Research Interests
    • Religion and gender
    • Religion, politics, and social movements
    • Secularism
    • Sinophone studies
    • Intersectional approaches to decolonial studies in East Asia
  • Recent Research ProjectS
    1. Love as a political discourse in modern China
    2. Religion and identity in Hong Kong
    3. The #MeToo movement, gender violence, and gender activism in East Asia
    4. Conservatism among Sinophone diasporas
  • Representative Publications
    Peer-reviewed Articles
    1. (Forthcoming) “Double Decolonization: Identity Politics and the Study of Religion in the Context of #StopAsianHate.” Special issue on the identity turn, Implicit Religion.
    2. (Forthcoming) “‘Eastern Religions are More Spiritual than Western Religions’.” In Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés, volume II, edited by Craig Martin and Brad Stoddard. London: Bloomsbury.
    3. (Forthcoming) “Intimate Negotiations: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth Century Shanghai.” Cambridge World History of Sexualities.
    4. (Forthcoming in 2023) “Cosmopolitan (Dis)Illusion: Migration, State Policies, and the Mirage of the Shanghai Exception.” Made in China Journal.
    5. (Forthcoming in 2023) “Beyond Sing Hallelujah to the Lord: Diffused Religion and Religious Co-Optations through Hong Kong.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
    6. 2022 “Lost in Žižek, Redeemed in Cloud Atlas: Buddhism and Other Tales of ‘Asian Religions’ in Western Cinema and Affective Circulation.” In Representing Religion and Film: A Critical Introduction, edited by Tenzan Eaghll and Rebekka King. London: Bloomsbury.
    7. 2022 “‘So Many Mothers, So Little Love’: Confucian Hegemony, Parental Governance, and the Discourse of Motherly Love in Hong Kong.” Special issue on power and identity, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, volume 34:1–2, pp. 3–24.
    8. 2021 “Christianity and Sinophone Trumpism.” Reflexion 42, pp. 243–250.
    9. 2020 “Politics of Love: Love as a Religious and Political Discourse in Modern China through the Lens of Political Leaders.” Critical Research on Religion, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 39–52.
      Media coverage: Los Angeles Review of Books, Sixth Tone
  • Other Projects, Achievements, and/or Awards
    1. 2022 Liang Shih-chiu Literary Award, Taiwan (nominated) 
    2. 2022 Research Grant Enhancement Fund, University of Toronto 
    3. 2021 Pedagogies of Inclusive Excellence Fund, University of Toronto
    4. 2020 – Associate Editor, Religious Studies Project
    5. 2021 – Co-host, in-betweenness 時差podcast (@shichapodcast)
    6. 2022 – Steering Committee, Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit, American Academy of Religion
    7. 2022 – Steering Committee, Chinese Religions Unit, American Academy of Religion
    8. 2023 – SSHRC Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada (co-applicant)