Department of International Studies - Asian Studies
Research
The current research profile for Asian Studies is rich and varied for both the Chinese and Japanese disciplines. The fields of research being undertaken by the Chinese staff include: Modern Chinese Literature, Confucianism and Intellectual History, the History of Shanghai, the Qing dynasty court and theatre, Languages of medieval Central Asian and Nestorian monuments in Quanzhou. The Japanese Studies staff are actively involved in research on pure and applied linguistics in Japanese, Manga - Visual narrative and social commentary, Japanese literature, ICT-failitated language teaching and socio-legal studies of Japan.
Here is a listing of all the staff members from the Department of Asian Studies and their individual reserach interests:
Dr Mio Bryce
Head, Japanese Studies
PhD Syd
Research interests:
Historical, socio-cultural and psychological issues depicted in literature. She is currently involved in interdisciplinary research into youth cultures, with particular focus on manga and anime, in conjunction with the English Department at Macquarie University.
Dr Shirley Chan
Lecturer, Chinese Studies
BA, M Ints, PhD Syd
Research interests:
Dr Chan has research interest in Chinese philosophy, especially Confucianism, and early Chinese history. Her current research is on the Confucian political thinking in the newly excavated Guodian bamboo slips.
Ms Anita Chang
Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies
BA Natnl. Taiwan, MA ANU
Research interests:
Current Research:
- Interests are on Mass Media; social and cultural changes in China; also on contemporary Chinese Literature being adapted into film.
- Adapting of Chinese Martial Arts novel in mass media
Previous Research:
- Modern Chinese Literature : MA thesis on "Qian Zhongzhu and His creative Writings"
- Classical Chinese Literature: PhD thesis on "Li Ruzhen and His Flowers in the Mirror".
Prof Daniel Kane
Head, Chinese Studies
BA Melb, MA ANU, PhD ANU
Research interests:
Prof Kane has broad interests in the field of Chinese Studies, including linguistics, politics, intellectual history and current affairs.
Mr Edwin Lowe
Associate Lecturer, Chinese Studies
BSc, BA(Hons) Macq
Research interests:
Chinese strategic and defence studies. Comparative cultural and philosophical approaches to warfare. The evolution of conflict and warfare. Broad interest in comparative cultural studies.
Ms Helen Muir
Associate Lecturer, Japanese Studies
BA(Hons) Macq, Dip. Teach Newcastle Uni
Research interests:
IT and internet based Japanese language teaching and inter-cultural studies.
Ms Kayo Nakazawa
Associate Lecturer, Japanese Studies
Dip. Ed (English) Tsuda College, Japan, MA (App. Ling.) Macq
Research interests:
Second Language Acquisition, CALL
Dr Ye Xiaoqing
Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies
PhD ANU
Research interests:
Ye Xiaoqing was a research fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University in 1992. Her main research fields are in Chinese history and the history of Chinese medicine. She currently has an ARC large grant to do archival work on the social status of Peking opera performers in the late Qing.
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