曾任香港浸会大学人文及创作系教授系主任、香港中文大学英文系助教(1989年至1992年)。其研究范围十分广泛,包括文学批评(诗话、词话)、当代文学、文化理论、香港流行歌词研究、比较文学批评、后殖民主义、全球化与中国/香港文化论述、(后)殖民香港法律文化研究。著有《后东方主义》、 《当代西方批评 论述的中国图像》、《他性机器?后殖民香港文化论集》、《香港流行歌词研究》、《光辉岁月:香港流行乐 队组合研究》、《音乐敢言:香港“中文歌运动”研究》、《香港文学@文化研究》(与张美君合编)、《本土神话:全球化年代的论述生产》、《音乐敢言之二:香港“原创歌运动”研究》、《香港的当劳化 徘徊狮子山下寻找信望爱》Donaldization of Hong Kong;论文散见《清华学报》、《中外文学》、《当代》、《思与言》、《中山人文学报》、《香港社会科学学报》等。
"The Transformation of Local Identity in Hong Kong Cantopop," Perfect Beat: The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture Vol 7 No 4 (Jan 2006): 32-51.
"Hybridity and (G)local Identity in Postcolonial Hong Kong Cinema,"in Sheldop Lu and Emilie Yeh eds., Chinese-Language Film: Historigraphy, Poetics, Politics. Honolulu:University of Hawaii Press, 2005, pp. 312-328.
《九十年代香港文化研究:体制化及其不满》"Hong Kong Cultural Studies in the 1990s: Insitutionalization and Its Discontents," 《香港社会科学学报》(香港:香港城市大学出版社)第26 期(秋/冬 2003): 81-102.
"Developing Local Pop Songs in Hong Kong: A Study of the 'All Cantopop Music Station' Format," Media International Australia Incorporating Culture & Policy (Brisbane: Griffith University) No.105 (November 2002): pp.147-162.
"Postcolonial Discourse in the Age of Globalization," Social Analysis: The International Journal of Cultural and Social Practice (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books), 46:2 (Summer 2002): pp.148-156.
《全球化年代的后殖民研究》"Postcolonial Studies in the Age of Globalization," Journal of Social Theory (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 5 (Spring 2002): 153-175.
〈再读《人间词话》:从西方文论看王国维的境界说〉"Rereading Renjian Cihua: Examining Wang Guowei's Notion of Jingjie in the Light of Modern Literary Theories," 《中国文学与文化研究》(台北:学生书局)第1期(2002年6月)页159-182。
《谁的中国性:九十年代两岸三地的后殖民研究》"Whose Chineseness? Postcolonial Studies in the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the 1990s," ,《香港社会科学学报》(香港:香港城市大学出版社)第19期(2001年春/夏),页135-158。
"(In)Authentic Hong Kong: The '(G)Local' Cultural Identity in Postcolonial Hong Kong Cinema," Post Script (Jacksonville: Post Script, Inc.) 20 (June 2001): 148-160.
《(不)真实香港:后殖民香港电影的全球/本土身份》"(In)Authentic Hong Kong" (Chinese Version),《中外文学》(台北:台湾大学外文系)第29卷第10期(2001年3月),页6-18。
"Postcolonial Law in the Global Economy: The Case of Hong Kong," (co-authored with Sin Wai Man) International Journal of the Sociology of Law (London: Academic Press) 28 (Dec. 2000): 291-309.
Hong Kong, Culture, Cyberspace 《香港.文化.网》(Ed.). Cyber Culture Express (Published by Hong Kong Culture and Society Programme, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong) Vol. 1(Dec. 2000).
《全球化年代的国族论述:从后国族意识到中国论述》"Nationalist Discourse in the Age of Globalism: From Post-Nationalism to Chinese Discourse," 《思与言》(台北:思与言杂志社)第38卷第1期(2000年3月),页185-218。
《小城大说:后殖民叙事与香港城市》"Grand Narrative of a Small City: Postcolonial Narratives and Hong Kong City", ,龚鹏程、黎活仁等主编:《方法论与中国小说研究》(香港:香港大学亚洲研究中心,2000),页403-424。
〈全球化城市的本土神话:《玻璃之城》的香港图像〉"A Local Myth in a Global City: The 'Hong Kong'in 'City of Glass,'"《中外文学》(台北:台湾大学外文系)第28卷11期(2000年4月),页50-63。
《同途殊归:八十年代香港的比较文学》"Comparative Literature in Hong Kong in the 1980s," ,刘汉初、黄耀堃、龚鹏程、黎活仁编:《香港八十年代文学现象》(台北:学生书局,2000),页273-300。
《反放逐的书写:试论柏杨小说的“放逐”母题》"Writing as Anti-Exile: The 'Exile' Motif in Bo Yang's Novels," ,黎活仁等主编:《柏杨的思想与文学》(台北:远流出版社,2000),页551-575。
《流行曲》,突破机构编:《传媒教育教材套(二)进阶本》(香港:突破出版社,2000),页9-13。
《流行曲》,突破机构编:《传媒教育教材套(二)初阶本》(香港:突破出版社,2000),页9-13。
《世纪末词话》,《仙人掌》(2000年5月),页54-56。
《全球化论述生产年代的中国图像》"The 'China' in the Age of Globalized Discursive Production," ,《清华学报》(新竹:清华大学)新29卷第3期(1999年9月),页233-260。
"In the Name of Law: Legality and Morality in Postcolonial Hong Kong," (co-authored with Sin Wai Man), International Journal of the Sociology of Law (London: Academic Press) 27 (June 1999): 185-205.
《五四的反思:从现代到后现代》"Reflections on The May-Fourth: From Modern to Postmodern,",《中外文化与文论》(成都:四川教育出版社)第六期(1999年8月),页30-33。
《香港流行歌词中的“香港”本土意识》"The Local Consciousness in Hong Kong Popular Lyrics,",龚鹏程、黎活仁主编:《香港新诗的“大叙事”精神》(嘉义:佛光大学出版社,1999),页275-304;浓缩版本载吴俊雄、张志伟编:《阅读香港普及文化1970-2000》(香港:牛津大学出版社,2001),页268-275。
"Whose Rule of Law? Rethinking Postcolonial Hong Kong Legal Culture," (co-authored with Sin Wai Man), Social and Legal Studies (London: Sage) 7 (June 1998): 147-169.
《全球化年代的知识生产》"The Production of Knowledge in the Age of Globalization," ,《中外文化与文论》(成都:四川大学出版社)第四期(1997年12月),页66-81。
《在香港谈后殖民论述》"Talking about Postcolonial Discourse in Hong Kong,",《中外文化与文论》(成都:四川大学出版社)第二期(1996年10月),页27-30。
"The Other Territories: On the Meaning of the Other Discourse in the Cultural Periphery," Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities (Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University) 4 (Jan. 1996): 127-148.
"The Politics of Marginality: Rethinking the Territorialization of the Other Discourse," Shue Yan Journal of English/Cultural Studies (Hong Kong: Shu Yan College) 1 (Fall 1995): 1-18.
"Between Legal and Cultural Colonialism: The Politics of Legitimation of the Cultural Production in Hong Kong," Tamkang Review (Taipei: Tamkang University) XXV (Spring and Summer 1995): 49-88. (co-authored with Sin Wai Man)
"Reading Traditional Chinese Poetics from the West: Three Exemplary Positions," Tsing-Hua Journal of Chinese Studies (Hsinchu: National Tsing-hua University) New Series Vol.23 (Sept. 1993): 287-340.