Barbara Wall

Barbara Wall

Associate Professor

Member of:

    Primary fields of research

    • Korean literature
    • Korean popular culture
    • K-Drama
    • Translation in East Asia
    • Digital humanities

    Current research

    • PI, research project Tempting Tunes: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative in Korean Culture (2021-2026, Academy of Korean Studies)
    • Representation of Minoritized Groups in Korean Popular Culture (workshop in June 2024)
    • Power Dynamics Inscribed in Spatial Palimpsests in Seoul (upcoming panel at the AAS conference, March 2024) details
    • Buddhist Sounds in South Korean Screen Culture
    • "Superdiversity" and Korean Culture

    Selected publications

    1. Published

      The Dynamic Essence of Transmedia Storytelling: A Graphical Approach to The Journey to the West in Korea

      Wall, Barbara, 2024, Brill. (East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture, Vol. 14).

      Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

      Introduction to Special Section Digital Korean Studies

      Cha, J. & Wall, Barbara, Oct 2023, In: Korean Studies. 47, p. 1-7

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Dynamic texts as hotbeds for transmedia storytelling: A case study on the story universe of The Journey to the West

      Wall, Barbara, 2 Apr 2020, Transmedia Storytelling in East Asia: The Age of Digital Media. Yong Jin, D. (ed.). Routledge, p. 15-39 25 p. (Transmedia Storytelling in East Asia).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      Hallyu, K-pop and the Power of Global Fandom

      Wall, Barbara, 30 Jul 2021

      Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationEducation

    5. Published

      Between Satire and Nationalism: The Transcoded Pantheon of Hell in the Webtoon Sin kwa hamkke (“Along with the Gods,” 2010–2012)

      Wall, Barbara, 2021, In: Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung. 43

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Kim Sisǔp – the Ghost Story Teller: From Obscurity to the Screen

      Wall, Barbara, 2023, The Lives and Legacy of Kim Sisŭp (1435–1493). Glomb, V. & Löwensteinová, M. (eds.). Brill, p. 88-118

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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