Dr Peter Pugsley

Biography/ Background

Peter completed his PhD thesis titled Exporting the Nation: Australian Literature in the People's Republic of China in 2002 at the University of Melbourne in the Department of English (Cultural Studies) and the Asia Institute (formerly MIALS). He also holds a Graduate Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne, with teaching methods of LOTE (Chinese) and English as a Second Language (ESL), and a BA (Hons) from Deakin University majoring in Chinese and Australian Studies. Peter also has extensive teaching experience in the Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne, in the MA Communications program at RMIT University and in the Liberal Arts program at Victoria University (Footscray - Nicholson).

Research Interests

Cross-cultural communications; Asian media systems; Cultural and media policy formulation; Studies of contemporary Asia; Globalisation and national identity; Australia-Asia relations; Literary translations; China's publishing industry

Publications

'The Rise of "Me Culture" in Postsocialist China: Youth Individualism and Identity Creation in the Chinese Blogosphere' [Co-authored with Yangzi Sima] International Communication Gazette (forthcoming).

[Book Chapter] Peter C. Pugsley & Gao Jia, 2009, 'Invisible Women: Chinese Media Responses to the "Japanese Orgy"', in Local Violence: Global Media, S. Moorti and L. Cuklanz (eds.), Peter Lang Publishing: New York.

'Utilizing Satire in Post-Deng Chinese Politics: Zhao Benshan Xiaopin vs the Falun Gong' [Co-authored with Gao Jia] China Information: A Journal on Contemporary China Studies 22:3, Nov 2008.

'Sex and the City-State: A Study of Sexual Discourse in Singaporean Women's Magazines' Asian Journal of Communication 17:3, 2007.

'Emerging Powers of Influence: The Rise of the Anchor in Chinese Television' [Co-authored with Dr Gao Jia] International Communication Gazette 69:5 2007.

'At Home in Singaporean Sitcoms: Under One Roof, Living with Lydia and Phua Chu Kang' M/C Journal 10:4, 2007.

'Constructing the Hero: Nationalistic News Narratives in Contemporary China' Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture 3:1, March 2006.

'Literary Text as Cross-Cultural Exchange: The Selection of Australian Literature for the Chinese Book Market' Asian Studies Review 29, 2005.

'Manufacturing the Canon: Australia in the Chinese Literary Imagination' Journal of Australian Studies 83, 2004.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

CD, book, film and live music/theatre reviews for The Independent Weekly newspaper (Adelaide) at The Independent Online, 2008-present.

'This (Rapid) Life' The Weekend Australian, Review section article, 21-22 July 2007, p. 2.

'Food, culture, life' (p. 25) and 'Passion for food' (p. 33), Food Glorious Food magazine supplement, Latrobe Valley Express (circulation 34,128), November 2006.

'Access and Availability of Contemporary Australian Literature in the People's Republic of China: Beyond The Thorn Birds ' in Hu Zhuanglin (ed.) 2000. A Bright Prospect of Sino-Australian Cooperation. Beijing: Beijing University Press.

'Australian Literature in China.' Generation Asia 14, Asialink, 2000.

SCREENPLAYS

Feature Film Screenplay: 'Largesse' (Unproduced) 2005, Shortlisted for the 2006 Monte Miller Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay, Australian Writer's Guild AWGIE Awards

Feature Film Screenplay: 'The Letter' (Unproduced) 2006

Television Action/Drama: 'Jackson' (Unproduced) 2006

BOOK REVIEWS

[Review Essay] McGrath, Jason (2008) Postsocialist Modernity: Chinese Cinema, Literature and Criticism in the Market Age, Stanford University Press, in Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies (in print, 2009).

Chu, Yingchi (2007) Chinese Documentaries: From Dogma to Polyphony, Routledge, in MIA, inc. Culture and Policy 130, February 2009.

Zhen, Zhang (ed) (2007) The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, Duke University Press, in SCOPE: Online Journal of Film Studies 12, October 2008.

Shimizu, Celine, P. (2007) The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene, Duke University Press, in MIA inc. Culture and Policy 128, October 2008.

Seneviratne, Kalinga (ed) (2007) Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media, AMIC, Singapore, in MIA inc. Culture & Policy 126, March 2008

Tolentino, R. B et al. (2004) Transglobal Economies and Cultures: Contemporary Japan and Southeast Asia, in Asian Journal of Social Science 36, March 2008

Curtin, Michael (2007) Playing to the World's Biggest Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV, in The China Journal 59, January 2008

Tao Dongfeng and Jin Yuanpu (eds) (2005) Cultural Studies in China: Volume 2 of Materialising China Series, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish in The China Journal 56, July 2006

Professional Associations

Committee Member (2009): SA Branch of the Australian Writers Guild. AWG Associate Member 2005 - present. 

Member: ANZCA (Australian & New Zealand Communication Association)

Committee Member (2007): Trocadero Projects Inc. An artist-run exhibition space in Footscray, Victoria.

Community Engagement

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

'National Cultures and the Aesthetics of Smoking: Female Protagonists in Contemporary Asian Cinema' at the Inter-Asia Cultural Typhoon in Tokyo, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, July 2009

'The Postsocialist Malaise: Contemporary China in the Eyes of the 6th Generation Filmmakers' at the 60 of the People's Republic, 2009 Melbourne Conference on China, The University of Melbourne, July 2009

'Globalising Indian Culture: Assertive Nationalism in Yash Raj Films' at the 2008 ARC-Pacific Futures Research Network Signature Event Conference - Globalising Religions and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific, The University of Adelaide, December 2008

'Immaculate Consumption: Singapore's Her World magazine and the economic imperative of sophisticated consumerism' at the Singapore Symposium - Sex And The City: Remembering And Forgetting Representations Of Singapore, RMIT University, September 2007

'At Home in Singapore's Sitcoms: The Nation and Everyday Life in Under One Roof, Living with Lydia and Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd' at the Australian New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2007 Conference, Melbourne, July 2007

'Immaculate Consumption: Her World Magazine and the Economic Imperative of Sophisticated Consumerism in South East Asia' at the Media and Identity in Asia Conference, Curtin University, Miri, Malaysia, February 2006

'Constructing the Hero: The Nationalistic Function of the Chinese Media' at the inaugural conference of the Media and Communications Program, "New(s) Times" Journalism Production and Practice, The University of Melbourne, 1 - 2 December 2003

'Exporting the Nation: Contemporary Australian Literature in China' at the 23rd ASAL Conference, (Association for the Studies of Australian Literature), Melbourne, July 2001, and a revised version of this paper as part of the Australian Centre's Lunchtime Seminar series at the University of Melbourne in April 2002

'Neither Here Nor There: Chinese Modernity and a Cultural Vacuum' at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia , University of Melbourne, July 2000

'Access and Availability of Contemporary Australian Literature in the People's Republic of China: Beyond The Thorn Birds' at the Sixth International Conference on Australian Studies in China, at Peking University, Beijing, October 1998.

SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES
Adelaide - Hardboiled at La Boheme, Wordfire at the Crown & Sceptre, The Lee Marvin Readings at Gallery de la Catessen.

Writers Radio with Cath Keneally - Radio Adelaide, 3 November 2008.

Melbourne - The Greyhound Hotel, The HiFi Bar, The Evelyn Hotel, Joy Cafe Gallery, The Dancing Dog Cafe and other venues.

OTHER

Host Q&A sessions AWG Screenwriters Fringe 2009, Mercury Cinema, February 2009; Disgrace Film Premiere, Palace Nova Cinema, June 2009.

Regular performer on Community Radio 3D Adelaide, Hillbilly Hoot.

Entry last updated: Sunday, 26 Jul 2009