About
Professor Mayfair Yang-
Her areas of research and teaching are: critical theory; gender and feminism; media studies; sovereignty and state power; and cultural approaches to political economy.
About
Professor Jeffrey Riegel-
Professor Riegel is Head of School in the School of Languages and Cultures. He earned his PhD in Chinese at Stanford University and spent most of his academic career teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, before coming to the University of Sydney in 2007.
About
Dr Ki-Sung Kwak-
Dr Ki-Sung Kwak joined the University of Sydney in 1998. He received his Master of Arts degree in communication from the University of Canberra, and a PhD in media studies, Victoria University, Melbourne.
Asian Studies
Summary
Professor Yang is interested in issues of religion, secularization, and the state in modernity, especially in the tensions and traumas accompanying the break with traditional orders under colonial and post-colonial conditions. Her areas of research and teaching are: critical theory; gender and feminism; media studies; sovereignty and state power; and cultural approaches to political economy.
The University has developed considerable resources in teaching and research in the languages, cultures, history and societies of Asia to better respond to the country's need for more graduates trained in Asian languages and studies. With closer economic, cultural and social ties, the study of Asia has become vital to Australia's future.
Supervisor(s)
Professor Mayfair Yang , Professor Jeffrey Riegel, Dr Ki-Sung Kwak
Research Location
Asian Studies Program, Faculty of Arts
Program Type
Synopsis
The Asian Studies program draws on the expertise of staff of the School of Languages and Cultures in Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean Studies. The program’s geographical scope embraces some of the countries that are of the greatest economic, demographic, military and strategic importance in today’s world. It also covers a number of civilizations (Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Islamic) that are among the planet's oldest and/or most influential (as well as, obviously, some localized traditions). Across the regions and cultures, staff areas of specialisation are especiallay diverse: Mass media, Religion, Ancient thought and philosophy, Politics, State and society, Literature, History etc. Overall, research in the Department of Asian Studies is particularly strong in the multidisciplinary study of modern and contemporary Asian societies, political and cultural developments. However, traditional cultures and philosophies, religion, and pre modern history constitute another very important focus of the program.
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Keywords
religion, mass media, politics, civilizations, state and society, ancient thought, philosophy, sovereignty, Asia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Korea, political, cultural, history, comtemporary society.
Opportunity ID
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 442
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