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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 and imagological 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 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) and a BA in English (Ewha Women's University).
Her teaching mainly involves INTS101 Asia in the Global Context, INTS205 Screening Asia, and INTS307 Global Circulation of Asian Popular Culture.
Research student supervision
PhD supervision
Principal supervisor:
Yue Wang, commenced 2015, awarded 2019. Thesis title: Old Stories Retold: The Adaptation of Traditional Stories in Contemporary Chinese Fantasy Narratives
Sanaz Hamoonpou, commenced 2020, expected to complete 2023. Project title: The Poetics of Narrating a Fictive National Character: Narrative Theory, Intersubjectivity and Iranian Children’s Dramatic Literature
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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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
Lee, S-A., Coats, J., Hsieh, H. & Taylor-Jones, K., Jul 2023, (Accepted/In press) East Asian film remakes. Diffrient, D. S. & Chan, K. (eds.). The University of Edinburgh PressResearch 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
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Socio-political contexts for the representation of deaf youth in contemporary South Korean film
Lee, S-A., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Children, deafness and Deaf culture in literature and multimodal representation. Stephens, J. & Yenika-Agbaw, V. (eds.). Jackson: University Press of MississippiResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Between script and genre: a space where east meets west
Lee, S-A., 2021, Orientalism and reverse Orientalism in literature and film: beyond east and west. Gabriel, S. P. & Wilson, B. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 191-209 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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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
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Brisbane Writers Festival 2023
Sung-Ae Lee (Member of programme committee)
May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop or event series
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Korean Cultural Centre Book Club - Shoko's Smile by Choi Eun-Young
Sung-Ae Lee (Speaker)
22 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Modern Philology (Journal)
Sung-Ae Lee (Reviewer)
Jul 2022 → Aug 2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
Press/Media
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Netflix's new reality spectacle Physical: 100 puts South Korea's strongest through a surprisingly wholesome Squid Game
24/02/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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How K-Dramas Breathed New Life into Zombie Stories
5/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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中國電影票房再奪全球第一 紅色“主旋律”能與荷里活爭霸?[Chinese film gains first place in the world box office – can communist-themed propaganda films compete with Hollywood?]
29/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Why ‘Hitting Mung’ May Be the Key to a Much-Needed Mental Reboot
26/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment