Associate Professor Peter Pugsley

Associate Professor/Reader

School of Humanities

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Associate Professor Peter C. Pugsley is a former Head of the Department of Media at the University of Adelaide. He joined the Department of English, Creative Writing and Film in 2022. His central research focus is on Asian film, with broad interests in global cinema, popular culture and media. His sole-authored books are: Japanese High School Films: Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline through Edinburgh University Press (2021);. Exploring Morality and Sexuality in Asian Cinema: Crossing Boundaries (2015, Routledge, UK) and; Tradition, Culture and Aesthetics in Contemporary Asian Cinema (2013, Ashgate/Routledge). He is co-author with Ben McCann on The Cinematic Influence: Interaction & Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan (2022, Bloomsbury). His research interests also include a range of popular media forms such as television, literature and magazines. He has published book chapters and journal articles on Indian, Malaysian and Hong Kong cinema, Singaporean TV and magazines, and Chinese TV and social media.

Peter currently teaches Asian Film Studies, Screenwriting, Contemporary Approaches to Cinema. From 2013-19 he taught Japanese Media Cultures (a study abroad course at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto). He supervises a number of PhD and Masters candidates on topics related to film and popular media. In November 2021 he was elected as President of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (SSAAANZ). He is a long time supporter and presenter on community radio and occasionally writes film, TV and book reviews.

My Research
Career
Publications
Teaching
Supervision
Professional Activities
Contact

Film and television studies, with a focus on Asian cinema; Cross-cultural communications; Asian media systems; Cultural and media policy formulation; Studies of contemporary Asia; Globalisation and national identity; Australia-Asia relations; Magazine publishing in Asia; Literary translations.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2017 - ongoing	Associate Professor/Reader in Media	University of Adelaide
2015 - 2018	Head, Department of Media	The University of Adelaide
2008 - 2016	Senior Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2007 - 2007	Research Fellow	The University of Melbourne
2003 - 2007	Lecturer (Casual)	RMIT University
2000 - 2007	Lecturer	The University of Melbourne

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1999 - 2002	University of Melbourne	Australia	PhD
1997 - 1997	The University of Melbourne	Australia	Graduate Diploma in Education,
1993 - 1996	Deakin University	Australia	BA (Hons I)

Certifications

Date Title Institution name Country
2003 Certificate IV in Workplace Training Victoria University Australia
Research Interests

Asian Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Culture, Gender, Sexuality Film, Television and Digital Media

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
2003	Certificate IV in Workplace Training	Victoria University	Australia

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Nguyen, N., Cally, G., Walter, B., Edward, P., & Pugsley, P. (2022). The role of technological knowledge in the pedagogical integration of film in disciplinary teaching at universities. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 19(3), 1-19. DOI
2022	Boucaut, R., & Pugsley, P. C. (2022). Publics of interest and the death of the critic on Australian TV. Media International Australia, 14 pages. DOI
2021	Pugsley, P. C., & Ali, S. (2021). Activating Bollywood buzz: Promoting Indian film superstars in supporting roles. Studies in South Asian Film & Media, 13(1), 19-37. DOI Scopus1
2020	Pugsley, P. C., & Pongiyannan, D. (2020). Progressive Moralities: Introducing New Discourses of Gender and Sexuality in 1990s Tamil Film Songs. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 18(2), 20 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Pugsley, P. C., & Nakamura, A. (2020). The vulnerable nation in Japanese cinema: subservience and salvation in Hitoshi Matsumoto’s Dai Nipponjin [Big Man Japan]. Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, 12(1), 36-52. DOI
2019	Dore, P., & Pugsley, P. C. (2019). Genre conventions in K-pop: BTS’s ‘Dope’ music video. Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 33(5), 580-589. DOI Scopus13 WoS9
2016	Pugsley, P., McCann, B., & Pongiyannan, D. (2016). Rajinikanth and Brando: carnivalesque performances of two aging superstars. Studies in South Asian Film and Media, 8(1), 27-45. DOI
2016	Pongiyannan, D., & Pugsley, P. (2016). Tamil talk shows: maintaining tradition in the new public sphere. Global Media and Communication, 12(2), 161-175. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2016	Pugsley, P., & McCann, B. (2016). Female protagonists and the role of smoking in Chinese and French cinema. Asian Cinema, 27(1), 59-83. DOI
2013	Pugsley, P. (2013). The female protagonist and tobacco imagery in Spinning Gasing: a new aesthetic in Asian cinema. Continuum, 27(6), 799-811. DOI WoS1
2011	Pugsley, P., & Khorana, S. (2011). Asserting nationalism in a cosmopolitan world: globalized Indian cultures in Yash Raj Films. Continuum, 25(3), 359-373. DOI Scopus7 WoS3
2010	Pugsley, P. (2010). Singapore FHM: State values and the construction of Singaporean masculinity in a syndicated men's magazine. Asian Studies Review, 34(2), 171-190. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2010	Sima, Y., & Pugsley, P. (2010). The rise of a 'Me Culture' in postsocialist China: Youth, individualism and identity creation in the blogosphere. Gazette (Print Edition), 72(3), 287-306. DOI Scopus44
2008	Gao, J., & Pugsley, P. (2008). Utilizing Satire in Post-Deng Chinese Politics: Zhao Benshan Xiaopin vs. The Falun Gong. China Information, 22(3), 451-476. DOI Scopus11
2007	Pugsley, P., & Gao, J. (2007). Emerging Powers of Influence: The Role of the Anchor in Chinese TV. Gazette (Print Edition), 59(5), 451-466. DOI Scopus11
2007	Pugsley, P. (2007). At Home in Singaporean Sitcoms: Under One Roof, Living with Lydia and Phua Chu Kang. M/C Journal, 10(4), online-n/a.
2007	Pugsley, P. (2007). Sex and the City-State: A Study of Sexual Discourse in Singaporean Women’s Magazines. Asian Journal of Communication, 17(3), 231-245. DOI Scopus3
2006	Pugsley, P. (2006). Cultural Studies in China. China Journal, 56, 202-203. DOI
2006	Pugsley, P. (2006). Constructing the hero: nationalistic news narratives in contemporary China. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 3(1), 78-93.
2005	Pugsley, P. (2005). Literary text as cross-cultural exchange: the selection of Australian literature for the Chinese book market. Asian Studies Review, 29(4), 383-393. DOI Scopus2
2004	Pugsley, P. (2004). Manufacturing the Canon: Australia in the Chinese Literary Imagination. Journal of Australian Studies, 83(83), 89-103. DOI Scopus1

Books

Year	Citation
2022	Pugsley, P. C., & McCann, B. (2022). The Cinematic Influence Interaction and Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan (USA ed.). Bloomsbury Academic.
2021	Pugsley, P. C. (2021). Japanese High School Films: Iconography, Nostalgia and Discipline. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.
2015	Pugsley, P. (2015). Exploring Morality and Sexuality in Asian Cinema: Cinematic Boundaries. United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. Scopus2
2013	Pugsley, P. (2013). Tradition, culture and aesthetics in contemporary Asian cinema. United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing Limited. DOI Scopus7

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2017	Zhang, W., & Pugsley, P. (2017). Taming the Paradox Between Facts and Control: Media Discourses on Natural Disasters in Chinese Media. In X. Song, & Y. Sun (Eds.), Transcultural Encounters in Knowledge Production and Consumption (pp. 23-41). Singapore: Springer. DOI
2016	Pugsley, P. (2016). Nationalist geopolitics and film tourism in India's Hindi cinema. In Y. Tzioumakis, & C. Molloy (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (1 ed., pp. 398-408). London, United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI
2016	Zou, H., & Pugsley, P. (2016). Chinese films and the sense of place: Beijing as 'Thirdspace' from In the Heat of the Sun to Mr Six. In O. Griffiths, & K. Barbour (Eds.), Making Publics, Making Places (pp. 111-128). Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press. DOI
2013	Pugsley, P. (2013). Hong Kong film as crossover cinema: Maintaining the HK aesthetic. In S. Khorana (Ed.), Crossover Cinema: Cross-Cultural Film from Production to Reception (1 ed., pp. 51-65). United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI Scopus3
2009	Pugsley, P., & Gao, J. (2009). Invisible women: Chinese media responses to the Japanese "orgy". In L. Cuklanz, & S. Moorti (Eds.), Local violence, global media. Feminist analyses of gendered representations (1 ed., pp. 109-131). USA: Peter Lang Publishing.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2018	Pugsley, P. C. (2018). The School Setting in Japanese Cinema. In Second Biennial Conference of the Screen Studies of Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2016	Pugsley, P. C. (2016). Dai Nipponjin [Big Man Japan] (2007) and the Phenomena of the Masked Hero. In Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand.
2010	Pugsley, P. (2010). Transnational media showdowns in China's olympic year. In Proceedings of 18th Biennial conference of the asian studies association of australia (pp. 1-12). www: ASAA.
2000	Pugsley, P. C. (2000). Access and Availability of Contemporary Australian Literature in the People's Republic of China: Beyond The Thorn Birds. In A Bright Prospect of Sino-Australian Cooperation (pp. 442-459). Beijing, China: Beijing (Peking) University Press.

Original Creative Works

Year	Citation
2018	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Girls Always Happy. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2018	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Ashwatthama. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2018	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Shalom Bollywood. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2017	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: The Villainess. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2017	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Lucky. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2017	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film review: Mumon - The Land of Stealth. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2017	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: A Yellow Bird. Description: N/A. Extent: ONline.
2017	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Apprentice. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2015	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Bakuman. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2015	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Office. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2015	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Film Review: Our Little Sister. Description: N/A. Extent: ONline.
2014	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Why Don’t You Play in Hell?. Description: N/A. Extent: 220 words.
2014	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Lady Maiko and the art of the geisha. Description: N/A. Extent: 350 words.
2014	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: 20,000 Days on Earth. Description: N/A. Extent: 450 words.
2014	Authors: Pugsley P. Title: Wood Job – a rare, sweet comedy. Description: N/A. Extent: 250 words.
2013	Authors: Pugsley PC. Title: The Look of Love. Description: N/A. Extent: 370 words.
2013	Authors: Pugsley PC. Title: Thérèse Desqueyroux. Description: N/A. Extent: 260 words.
2013	Authors: Pugsley PC. Title: Film Review: Chennai Express. Description: N/A. Extent: Online.
2012	Authors: Pugsley PC. Title: The Man with the Iron Fists. Description: N/A. Extent: 340 words.

Working Paper

Year	Citation
2014	Pugsley, P. (2014). Liu, Jin (2013) Signifying the Local: Media Productions Rendered in Local Languages in Mainland China.
2013	Pugsley, P. C. (2013). Voci, Paola (2010) China on Video: Smaller-Screen Realities, Routledge.
2013	Pugsley, P. C. (2013). Sinha, Amresh and Terence McSweeney (eds) (2011) Millenial Cinema: Memory in Global Film, Wallflower Press.
2011	Pugsley, P. C. (2011). Aronson, Linda (2010) The 21st Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films, Allen & Unwin.
2010	Pugsley, P. C. (2010). Tan, Kenneth Paul (ed.) (2007) Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture and Politics, National University of Singapore. Brill Academic Publishers.
2010	Pugsley, P. C. (2010). Webber, A. & E. Wilson (eds) (2008) Cities In Transition: The Moving Image and the Modern Metropolis; Fish, R. (ed.) (2007) Cinematic Countrysides (Inside Popular Film) 2007 and; Matthews, J.J. (2005) Dance Hall and Picture Palace: Sydney's Romance with Modernity,.
2010	Pugsley, P. C. (2010). McGrath, Jason (2008) Postsocialist Modernity: Chinese Cinema, Literature and Criticism in the Market Age, Stanford University Press. DOI
2009	Pugsley, P. C. (2009). Beckman, Karen & Jean Ma (eds) (2008) Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography, Duke University Press.
2009	Pugsley, P. C. (2009). Chu, Yingchi (2007) Chinese Documentaries: From Dogma to Polyphony, Routledge.
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Shimizu, Celine, P. (2007) The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene, Duke University Press.
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Seneviratne, Kalinga (ed) (2007) Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media, AMIC, Singapore.
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Tolentino, R. B et al. (2004) Transglobal Economies and Cultures: Contemporary Japan and Southeast Asia. Brill Academic Publishers.
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Curtin, Michael (2007) Playing to the World's Biggest Audience: The Globalization of Chinese Film and TV.
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Zhen, Zhang (ed) (2007) The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century,.
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Transglobal Economies and Cultures: Contemporary Japan and Southeast Asia.. BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS. DOI
2008	Pugsley, P. C. (2008). Playing to the world's biggest audience: The globalization of chinese film and TV. UNIV CHICAGO PRESS. DOI
2006	Pugsley, P. C. (2006). Tao Dongfeng and Jin Yuanpu (eds) (2005) Cultural Studies in China: Volume 2 of Materialising China Series, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.

Asian Film Studies

Honours - Film Theory & Thesis Workshop

Contemporary Approaches to Cinema

Japanese Media Cultures (Study Abroad course with Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto)

Screenwriting

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	Co-Supervisor	A Rising Class-Consciousness: The Evolution of the 'Eat the Rich' Phenomenon in Contemporary Cinema	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Eva Nicolaou
2023	Co-Supervisor	The use of three-dimensionality and flatness in the films of Isao Takahata	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Idris Matthaeus Kellermann Williams
2023	Principal Supervisor	Noir Aesthetics in East Asian Cinema	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Kristian Glenn Ramsden
2023	Co-Supervisor	A feature documentary screenplay about two icons of Australian choreography collaborating on a new dance work inspired by dance heritage archives.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Joshua Tyler
2022	Principal Supervisor	English in K-pop: A multilevel analysis of K-pop and the strategic use of English in the face of Western pop culture hegemony	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Megan Sarah Moon
2022	Principal Supervisor	The Power of 'Bollywood': How Indian Cinema Bridges the Cultural and Socio-political Divide between India and China	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Yanyan Hong
2019	Principal Supervisor	The Revolution Will Be Televised: Audio-visual content in the era of streaming and “peak TV”. An investigation of industry change, content trends, and globalisation post the digital revolution	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Philippa Elizabeth Violet Dore

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2021 - 2024	Co-Supervisor	HALLYU AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF ASIAN AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Sophia Helena Mei Ling Fluin
2020 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Oscar Bait: Exploring Links Between an Academy Awards Institutional Persona and Perceptions of Oscar-Worthiness	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Robert Penn Boucaut
2020 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	Representations of Optional Romance in AAA Role-playing Games: Love, Lust and Limerence	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Amy Matilda Brierley-Beare
2020 - 2024	Co-Supervisor	Media Mimicry - How ‘Mimic Vlogs’ Emulate User-Generated Content in Online Stories.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Caitlin Anne Adams
2019 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Beyond the Tree of the Living-dead: A Rhizoanalysis of Japanese Cinematic Zombies	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Guillaume Christophe Patrice Vetu
2018 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	FROM MEDIA USERS TO MEDIA-ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE CREATORS: IDENTIFYING ISSUES WITH INTEGRATING FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION SERIES INTO UNIVERSITY TEACHING	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
2017 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Representations of Women in Pakistani Cinema: Role, Image, and Characterisation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Nazia Hussain
2017 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Design Cultures in Conflict: An Analysis of User Experience Design Standards in Social Media Smartphone Apps	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Sami Dannaoui
2015 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Western China on Screen: Cinema and Urban Exploration as Thirdspace	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Hongyan Zou
2012 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Strong Weibo, Smart Government: Governmentality and the Regulation of Social Media in China	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Bei Guo
2012 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Discourses of Film Terrorism: Hollywood representations of Arab terrorism and counter-terrorism, 1991–2011	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Jay William Reid
2010 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Media in China: Constructing a 'War Narrative' in Natural Disaster Coverage	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Weimin Zhang
2010 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Voice and Representation: A Postcolonial Approach to Higher Education Promotional Media And The International Postgraduate Student Experience	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Lalitha Velautham
2010 - 2013	Principal Supervisor	Cinematic Charisma as a political gateway in South India: The case of Tamil Nadu	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Dhamu Pongiyannan
2010 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Social Media in China: Empowerment through Subversive Pleasure	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Minghua Wu
2010 - 2013	Principal Supervisor	The Dialogical Processes of Vernacular Mediation: New Media and the Karay-a Ethnic Group of the Philippines	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Mariane Umali

Other Supervision Activities

Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
2021 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Gaming social media in China	The University of Adelaide	Media Masters	Master	-	Xiaohan Peng

Board Memberships

Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
2021 - ongoing	President	Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand	c/o Monash University	Australia
2018 - ongoing	Vice-President	Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand	c/o Monash University	Australia
2009 - 2012	Board Member	Australian Writers' Guild - SA Branch	-	Australia

Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2015 - ongoing	Advisory Board Member	Media Advisory Board - The University of Adelaide	Australia
2014 - ongoing	-	Editorial Board Member - Journal of Magazine & New Media Research (the official journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, USA).	United States
2008 - ongoing	Member	3D Community Radio	Australia
2006 - ongoing	Member	ANZCA	Australia

Editorial Boards

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2020 - ongoing	Consulting Editor	New Voices in Japanese Studies	The Japan Foundation, Sydney	Australia
2013 - ongoing	Member	Journal of Magazine & New Media Research	-	United States

Position: Associate Professor/Reader
Phone: 83135620
Email: peter.pugsley@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83135241
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Napier, floor 9
Org Unit: School of Humanities