Research Specialities of Academics who are based in Departments or Schools of Asian Language and Literature
[these specialities tend to be concealed under the “Language and Literature” label]
University of Auckland
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Intellectual and cultural history of Java
Korean women’s literature
Korean nationalism, globalisation and
the Korean diaspora
Teaching Korean as a foreign language
Teaching Japanese as a foreign
language
Japanese language; linguistics and
applied linguistics
Phonology of Japanese
Japanese; linguistic anthropology and
sociolinguistics
Social history of Japan
Japanese intellectual history
Japanese cultural sttudies; gender
relations; the media
Learning Chinese as a foreign language
Linguistics; Chinese linguistics and
fuzzy linguistics
20th century Chinese literature;
comparative literature; gender studies
Chinese film history
Chinese New Zealanders
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Chinese philosophy
Chinese linguistics
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University of Canterbury
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Auckland University of Technology
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Teaching Japanese as a foreign
language/second language learning/use
of technology in language learning
Japanese language education
Autonomous learning
Kanji learning
Intercultural communication
Japanese religion
Bilingualism
Child language learning
Teaching Chinese as a foreign/second
language
Japanese literature; modern Japanese
women writers of fiction
Japanese language, literature, history,
society, ethics and management
techniques
Japanese language education
Japanese theatre history
Cross-cultural psychology (Japan-US,
and Japan-New Zealand)
Modern Japanese literature
Human geography of Japan, modern
and historical
Pre-modern Chinese literature and
civilisation
Chinese language; pyscholinguistics,
sociolinguistics and pragmatics
Chinese film, Chinese popular culture;
comparative cultural studies
Chinese literature; comparative
literature and philosophy
Chinese sociolingiustics; language use
among expatriate Chinese
CPIT
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Japanese history and politics
Modern Japanese hustory
Japanese language
Contemporary Japanese society
Japanese minorities
Massey University
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Japanese linguistics
Medieval Japanese literature
Japanese popular culture
20th century literature of China and
Taiwan
Chinese linguistics; contemporary
China
Chinese history (Ming); Chinese
women
Chinese language education
University of Otago
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Japanese literature (2)
Japanese film
Japanese ecology
Japanese intellectual history
Chinese literature (2)
Chinese film and media
UNITEC
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Chinese music history
Japanese education, contemporary
Japan
Chinese language; communication
studies; business communication
Inter-cultural communication
Teaching languages through the
media
Victoria University of Wellington
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Malay literature; Malay studies
Modern Japanese literature
Japanese language and culture
Japanese history; intellectual history
Japanese language education
Japanese children's literature; history of
Japanese cinema
Japanese language; language and
gender, politeness
Contemporary Japanese literature
Chinese history; history of Chinese
education
Formal and informal literature of the
Ming and Qing dynasties
Chinese theatre and drama
Literary translation
Print culture
Chinese as a second language
University of Waikato
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Oceania-Japan links
Japanese socio-linguistics (2)
Japanese intellectual history; ethics in
society
Contemporary China, Chinese art,
politics and culture; intellectual
discourse
Contemporary Chinese intellectuals
Chinese language education’ modern
Chinese literature