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Biography
Sung-Ae Lee's major research focus is on literature, film and television drama of East Asia, with particular attention to Korea. Her research centres on relationships between cultural ideologies in Asian societies and representational strategies. She is interested in cognitive approaches to adaptation studies, Asian popular culture, Asian cinema, the impact of colonisation in Asia, Trauma Studies, literature and film produced in the aftermath of the Korean War, and the literature and popular media of the Korean diaspora.
She has two doctoral degrees: a PhD in English Literature (Macquarie University) and a PhD in Asian Studies (Macquarie University). The first of her theses examines representations of utopia/dystopia, nation states, and abjection in society in George Eliot's major fictions. The second thesis (by publication) is a study of Korean literature, film and television drama which depicts how liminal subjectivities are displaced to the social periphery. Her other academic qualifications include an MA in English ([with Merit], University of Sydney), an MA in Linguistics (CSU, Fresno, CA, USA) and a BA in English (Ewha Women's University).
Her teaching mainly involves INTS3030 Visualising Cultures, INTS3020 Language, Literature, Translation: Intercultural Perspectives, INTS7001 Special Topics in International Studies: Languages and Cultures, INTS3050 PACE: International Studies Internship, and MMCC1005 Introduction to the Cinema.
She designed and taught INTS1010 Asia in the Global Context, INTS2050 Screening Asia, and INTS3070 Global Circulation of Asian Popular Culture.
Research student supervision
PhD supervision
Principal supervisor:
Sanaz Hamoonpou, commenced 2020, awarded 2024. Thesis title: Iranian Poiesis: A Cine-/Theatrical Creative Identity
Yue Wang, commenced 2015, awarded 2019. Thesis title: Old Stories Retold: The Adaptation of Traditional Stories in Contemporary Chinese Fantasy Narratives
Associate supervisor:
Rebekah Peach, commenced 2015, awarded 2020. Thesis title: Power, Place and Perspective: Exploring Subjectivity in 21st Century Fairy Tale Screen Adaptations
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Projects
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Research Outputs
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Past in the present: film and TV drama, Korean families, and the palimpsestic Neo-Confucian family schema
Lee, S-A., 2024, The Asian family in literature and film: changing perceptions in a New Age-East Asia, volume 1. Wilson, B. & Osman, S. A. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 89-108 20 p. (Asia-Pacific and Literature in English).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Ontological indeterminacy and intersubjectivity in film adaptations of post-War English children's books
Stephens, J. & Lee, S-A., 31 Oct 2023, In: Verbeia: Journal of English and Spanish Studies. 7, p. 42-66 25 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sociopolitical contexts for the representation of deaf youth in contemporary South Korean film
Lee, S-A., 2023, Children, Deafness, and Deaf cultures in popular media. Stephens, J. & Yenika-Agbaw, V. (eds.). Jackson, USA: University Press of Mississippi, p. 142-158 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Pan-Asian 'Miss Granny' phenomenon
Coats, J., Hsieh, H., Lee, S-A. & Taylor-Jones, K., 2023, East Asian film remakes. Diffrient, D. S. & Chan, K. (eds.). Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh Press, p. 272-290 19 p. (Screen Serialities).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Coming-of-age in South Korean cinema
Lee, S-A., 2022, The Oxford handbook of children's film. Brown, N. (ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 544-566 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Research on Diversity in Youth Literature (Journal)
Sung-Ae Lee (Reviewer)
Feb 2025 → Mar 2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images (Journal)
Sung-Ae Lee (Reviewer)
Apr 2025 → Jun 2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Sung-Ae Lee (Reviewer)
18 Jan 2024 → 10 Feb 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Korean Cultural Centre special book club discussion -- Han Kang's novel Greek Lessons
Sung-Ae Lee (Invited speaker)
14 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Acta Koreana (Journal)
Sung-Ae Lee (Reviewer)
Jan 2023 → Feb 2023Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
Press/Media
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Korean books' 'quirkiness and subtle darkness' captivate Australians
12/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Korean diaspora in Australia left in shock over declaration of martial law
4/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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From K-drama to K-horror: How South Korea is reinventing zombie flicks
12/04/24
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Horror series Night Bloomers a ‘safe platform’ for Korean Australian expression, says director
6/11/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment