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Dr Adam Yung Lam

School of Languages and Cultures; Chinese

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 4999
 Office: Logie Building (Modern Lang.) 411

Fields of Research

  • Chinese cinema and television
  • Comparative literature
  • Cultural studies
  • Internet culture
  • New Zealand and global cinema
  • Technology and everyday life (e.g. cell phone, email, etc.)
  • Traditional performing art in the age of globalization

Researcher Summary

Research interests include comparative and cultural studies as well as Chinese (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) popular culture (cinema, TV, the Internet and literature). He also researches and composes reading texts for teaching Chinese as a second language.  He recently raise the issue to redefine cinema in the age of digital reproduction.  He also actively participates in experimental and independent filmmaking.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Future Research

  • Chinese cinema and television
  • Comparative literature
  • Cultural studies
  • (Redefine) Cinema studies
  • Internet culture
  • Technology and everyday life (e.g. cell phone, email, etc.)
  • New Zealand and global cinema
  • Traditional performing art in the age of globalization

Key Methodologies

  • Textual and contextual analysis
  • Theoretically analysis

Affiliations

Publications


  • Lam, A. (2012) Private DV Filmmaking as Expression of Longing: A Case Study of Hu Ge's Battling Bandits in Mt Birdcage. Nanjing, China: 4th Annual NYIT-NUPT Student Film Festival and International Symposium, 21-22 Apr 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A (林勇). (2012) The national and ethnic identities in the age of the internet (互联网时代的国家民族身份). ChaoXing.com. http://video.chaoxing.com/serie_400009181.shtml. Online Video Publicaton of Public Lecture. (Other)
  • Lam, A. and Huang, Y. (2011) A Life Performance of a Dead Art. In A. Lam and H. McNaughton (Ed.), The Cultural Reconstruction of Our Everyday Life: 208-219. Shanghai: Fundan University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2011) An Alternative Chinese Film Industry: National Themes in Cut-andPaste Parodies in the Age of Globalization. Shanghai University, China: The Industries of Chinese-Language Cinema: History, Reality, and Methodology, 10-11 Jun 2011. In Proceedings 463-469. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Lam, A. (2011) An Alternative Chinese Film Industry: National Themes in Cut-and-Paste Parodies in the Age of Globalization. New Films 2011(5): 21-26. (Journal Article)
  • Lam, A. (2011) Redefining cinema: For the sake of national cinema in the age of globalisation. In F.Y. Ji, J.H. Lin and S. Bouterey (Ed.), Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age: 205-215. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. and McNaughton, H. (Ed.) (2011) The Cultural Reconstruction of Our Everyday Life (a Mandarin-language expansion of The Reinvention of Everyday Life: Culture in the Twenty-first Century, with additional essays from China). Shanghai: Fudan University Press. 441pp. (Edited Book)
  • Lam, A. (2011) We Are All in One Village: National and Ethnic Identities in the Age of the Internet. In A. Lam and H. McNaughton (Ed.), The Cultural Reconstruction of Our Everyday Life: 3-17. Shanghai: Fundan University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2010) National Cinema Texts in the Age of Digital Media. In China Film Museum (Ed.), Changes of Films and Audiences in New China: 193-202. Beijing: China Film Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2009) Remembering, Reconstructing, Recording: Commodification of Political Suffering in Recent Chinese Nostalgia Films. Beijing and Beidaihe, China: East and West Meets in Literature and Culture: Fourth International Forum on Globalization, 26-29 Aug 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2008) Identity, Tradition and Globalism: Post-Cultural Revolution Chinese Feature Films 1977-1996. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. 316. (Authored Book)
  • Lam, A. (2008) Redefine Cinema: Not Only for the Sake of National Cinema in the Age of Globalization. Christchurch, New Zealand: Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age, 25-26 Aug 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2007) A Journey to Erewhon or a Journey to Nowhere? In A. Lam and N. Orshchuk (Ed.), How We Became Middle Earth: A Collection of Essays on The Lords of the Rings: 415-424. Zollikofen: Walking Tree Publishers. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. and Huang, M.Y. (2007) A Live Performance of a Dead Art, or, Indulging in Artistic and Sexual Fantasies. Dunedin, New Zealand: 17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2007, 22-25 Nov 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Ip, M., Wong, L. and Lam, A. (2007) Belonging in the Diaspora - Virtual Communities. Auckland, New Zealand: Bananas NZ Going Global International Conference, 18-19 Aug 2007. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Lam, A. and Oryshchuk, N. (Ed.) (2007) How We Became Middle Earth: A Collection of Essays on The Lord of the Rings. Zollikofen: Walking Tree Publishers. 460. (Edited Book)
  • Lam, A. and Oryshchuk, N. (2007) Introduction: The Journey of the Ringbearers. In A. Lam and N. Oryshchuk (Ed.), How We Became Middle Earth: A Collection of Essays on The Lords of the Rings: 3-8. Zollikofen: Walking Tree Publishers. (Chapter in Book)
  • Huang, M. and Lam, A. (2007) She Is a Vegan. Musique Yin Huang. [DV/DVD]. (Film/Video)
  • Wong, L. and Lam, A. (2007) The Birth of Middle-earth: New Zealand's Postcolonial Identity Constructed Through The Lord of the Rings Film Tourism. Contemporary Cinema 136(1.2007): 116-122. (Journal Article)
  • Lam, A. and Huang, Y. (2006) A Generation Messier Than the Messy Hair: Characteristics of the 'Sixth Generation' Directors in China Through Guan Hu's Dirt. Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) 13(6): 24-28. (Journal Article)
  • McNaughton, H. and Lam, A. (Ed.) (2006) The Reinvention of Everyday Life: Culture in the twenty-first century. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. 262pp. (Edited Book)
  • Lam, A. (2006) The Sixth-Generation: The Semiotic Simulation of Postmodern Culture-A Comparative Studies of Zhang Yuan and Guan Hu's Creations. Journal of Hangzhou Teachers College (Social Science Edition) 28(158 (4.2006)): 74-79. (Journal Article)
  • Lam, A. (2006) To Be or Not to Be: New Year Celebration Films by Feng Xiaogang. In J. Lin, K. Henshall and H. Xiao (Ed.), Ethnic Identities and Linguistic Expressions: Languages, Literatures and Cultural Interaction in an Age of Globalization: 185-201. Beijing: People's Literary Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (Lin Yong). (2006) Yesterday. Today? Tomorrow!: The Films and Videos with Shanghai Style. Journal of Fine Arts 2(2): 186-194. (Journal Article)
  • Lam, A. (Lin Yong). (2006) Yours Are Yours; Mine Are Mine. Shanghai University, Shanghai, China: Reform and Innovation in Film-TV & Communication Education, 9 Sep 2006. In Reform and Innovation in Film-TV & Communication Education 135-136. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Lam, A. (2005) Cyber Space Freedom vs. Homeland Confinement: Virtual Chinese Communities and Diasporas. In C. Ferrall, P. Millar and K. Smith (Ed.), East by South: China in the Australasian Imagination: 356-365. Wellington: Victoria University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2005) Identity, tradition, globalism in post-cultural revolution Chinese feature film. Beijing: Culture and Art Publishing House. 220pp. (Authored Book)
  • Lam, A. (2005) Nostalgia and Dissatisfaction: Reading Zhang Yimou's 'The Road Home' and 'Not One Less' as Postmodern Texts. In E. Palmer (Ed.), Asian Futures, Asian Traditions: 401-418. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2005) The Death and Survival of Chinese National Cinema in the Age of Globalisation. Beijing and Shanghai Universities, China: National, Transnational, and International: Chinese Cinema and Asian Cinema in the Context of Globalization (Centennial Celebration of Chinese Cinema), 6-10 Jun 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2005) To Be or Not to Be: New Year Celebration Films by Feng Xiaogang. Beijing, China: Cultural Interaction and Nationalism: International Forum on Languages and Literatures in the Age of Globalisation, 24-26 Aug 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2005) When the Rose No Longer Smell as Sweet: Feng Xiaogang and the Development of New Year Celebration Film Genre in China. The Orient Quarterly 51(2005.4): 114-130. (Journal Article)
  • Lam, A. and Tee-Wang, H. (2005) Who Is the Traitor; Who Is the King? (in Chinese). In C. Xihe et al (Ed.), New Trends of Contemporary Film Theories: 333-341. Beijing: Culture and Art Publishing House. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2004) (De)Politicisation of Chinese National Cinema: (Re)Rereading Chris Berry's 1994 Writing on Chinese Cinema. Shanghai, China: Whither Film Theory: Boundaries, Frontiers and Predicament in the Changing Context of Globalization, 3-4 Jun 2004. 484-498. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Tee-Wang, H. and Lam, A. (2004) The Hero(es) or the Villains(s): (Un)Successfulness of Zhang Yimou's Film. Shanghai, China: Whither Film Theory Conference: Boundaries, Frontiers, and Predicament in the Changing Context of Globalization, 2-4 Jun 2004. 475-483. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Lam, A. (2003) Cyber Space Freedom vs. Homeland Confinement: Virtual Chinese Communities and Diasporas. Auckland, New Zealand: 15th NZASIA International Conference: Asia: Images, Ideas, Identities, 21-24 Nov 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2003) Fierce Tiger Comes Out from the Mountain, Flood Dragon Jumps into the Sea: Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon and Its Cultural Identity. In J. Meng, L. Yizhong and S. Friedrich (Ed.), Conflict vs. Harmony: Globalization and Asian Film and TV (in Chinese ed.): 267-271. Shanghai: Fudan University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2003) Shifting, Surviving, Exploring: The Migration of Chinese Filmmakers into the Chinese TV Industry since 1990s. Christchurch, New Zealand: CSAA Annual Conference: Culture Incorporated - Bodies, Technologies, Habitats, 6-8 Dec 2003. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Lam, A. (2002) Shanghai Style Film and TV: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Shanghai, China: Conference of Shanghai Style Film and TV, 21-22 Dec 2002. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2002) Tiger out the Mountain, Dragon in the Sea: The Cultural Identity of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In Collegiat Association for Visual Arts (Ed.), Proceedings of Chinese Advanced Forum on Visual Arts: 25-29. Shanghai: Fudan University. (Chapter in Book)
  • Lam, A. (2001) Nostalgia and Dissatisfaction: Reading Zhang Yimou's The Road Home and Not One Less as Postmodern Texts. Christchurch, New Zealand: Asian Future, Asian Tradition, NZASIA 14th International Conference, 28 Nov-1 Dec 2001. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, A. (2000) Identity, Tradition and Globalism in Post-Cultural Revolution Chinese Feature Films. PhD, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Lam, A. and Zhang, G.Q. (2000) Kao chi Han yu tu pen (An advanced Chinese reader). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. 199. (Authored Book)
  • Lam, A. (2000) Writing and Rewriting of the Revolutionary History... as Time and Policies Allowed. Wellington, New Zealand: Film and History Conference 2000: 10th Biennial Conference of the History and Film Association of Australia and New Zealand, Dec 2000. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, Adam. (1999) Chinese Costume, Multi-Cultural Carnival: the Chineseness in the Three Films by Zhang Yimou. Athens, USA: 38th Southeast Conference, Association for Asian Studies, 15-17 Jan 1999. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, Adam. (1999) Interpretations and Misinterpretations: Criticism on Post-Colonial Invasion in China in Story of Qiuju. Dunedin: Aisan Nationalisms in an Age of Globalization, 13th NZASIA International Conference, 24-27 Nov 1999. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Lam, Adam. (1998) Cross the Boundary: The Need and Benefits of Cross Language and Cross Subject Teaching at High School. Dunedin: NZALT Conference, July 1998. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Adam Lam. (1996) Concubines vs. Colonizers: A Psycho-analytic Reading of Farewell (to) My Concubine. La Trobe Universiy, Melbourne: Communications with/in Asia - 20th Anniversary Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, July 1996. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Adam Lam. (1996) Cultural Approach: A New Direction of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. University of Auckland: First International Symposium on Chinese Language Education in New Zealand, May 1996. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Adam Yung Lam. (1994) Writing in the Shadow, or Writing the Present in the Past and Writing the Past for the Present. MA, University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong. (Thesis - Master of Arts)