CAPSTRANS: Affiliated Staff

CAPSTRANS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Dr Brian Yecies

Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong

Qualifications

B.S. Marketing
MA. Journalism
MA Media Arts
PhD

Research Program

Research Specialisation

Brian's research interests include the coming of sound to national cinemas in the Asia-Pacific region; Contemporary Korean Cinema and Film Policies in Asia during Japanese Colonial Rule (1910-1945).

Research Projects

Korean Cinema Challenges: Transformation of Planet Hallyuwood in a Post- Golden Age (Funded by a Advanced Research Grant from the Korea Foundation)
Exploring the Uniqueness and Complexity of Korea’s National Film Industry (Funded by a Research Fellowship from the Korea Foundation)
Film Policies in Korea During Japanese Colonial Rule, 1910-1945
The Coming of Sound to the Korean Cinema, 1929-1939
Discovering Negotiated Spaces of Cultural Expression: Examining Japanese Empire Archives
Origin and Development of Korea's Screen Quota System: Hollywood's Actions and Reactions (Funded by the Asia Research Fund)
Spotlight on the Global Popularity of the New Korean Cinema-Hallyuwood (Conference Panel Funded by the Australia-Korea Foundation) Visit DFAT-Australia-Korea Foundation website for project information.

Recent Publications

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Books

Yecies B. with A. Shim. Korea’s Occupied Cinemas in Routledge Advances in Film Studies Monograph
Series (forthcoming)

Book Chapters

Yecies B. and Goldsmith B. “Sejong Park’s Birthday Boy and Korean-Australian Encounters.” In Catherine Simpson and Renata Murawska (eds) Diasporas of Australian Cinema, Bristol: Intellect Books (forthcoming).
Brian Yecies “Opening Floodgates for Transnational Cultural Flows: Hollywood Breeds a New Korean Tiger.” In Daniel Black, Stephen Epstein and Alison Tokita (eds.), Complicated Currents: Media Production, the Korean Wave, and Soft Power in East Asia, Melbourne: Monash E-Press (forthcoming).

Brian Yecies ‘Shiri’, ‘Number Three’, ‘Ownerless Ferryboat’, and ‘Story of Simchung’ – four entries in Frances Gateward (ed.), The History of Korean Cinema (Canadian Caboose Press, forthcoming).
(2007) Brian Yecies. “Talking Salvation for the Silent Majority: Projecting New Possibilities of Modernity in the Australian Cinema, 1929-33.” In Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity. Eds. J. Damousi and D. Deacon. Canberra: ANU ePress, 2007.
(2007) Richard Caladine and Brian Yecies. “Strategies for Sharing the ReMoTe: Changing the Nature of Online Collaboration.” pp. 153-163. In Flexible Learning. Ed. Badrul H Khan (ed). Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing.
(2006) Brian Yecies with Damien Chambers, "Double Take on Vengeance: Journey Through the Syncopic Editing Style in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. pp. 135-158. In Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, New Korean Cinema Series. Ed. Moonim Baek. Seoul :Yonsei Institute of Media Arts. (in Korean)
(2006) Brian Yecies. "The Coming of Sound to Cinema in Colonial Korea, 1926-39." pp. 120-157. In M. Baek (Eds.), Aesthetics and Historical Imagination of Korean Cinema. Seoul, Korea: Sodo.
(2004) Brian Yecies, "Reading Korean Stardom: Number 3 and the Reel, Real and Star Transformation of Song Kang-ho." In Number Three, New Korean Cinema Series. Ed. Moonim Baek. Seoul : Yonsei Institute of Media Arts, 2004. 34- 61.

Published Articles In Refereed Journals

(2008) B. Yecies. “Sounds of Celluloid Dreams: Coming of the Talkies to Cinema in Colonial Korea.” Korea Journal 48:1,(Spring) : 160-197.

(2007) B. Yecies and A. Shim. “Hallyuwood Down Under: The New Korean Cinema and Australia, 1996-2007.” Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history. Issue #22 Uploaded December 2007.
(2007) B. Yecies. “Post-Burden or New Burden Korean Cinema?: Outside Looking in at the Latest Golden Age, 1996-?” In K. Shin & H. Chang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Biannual KSAA Conference: Enlightening Korea: Converging or Diverging? Perth,
WA: Korean Studies Association of Australia, 2007.
(2007) B. Yecies. "Parleying Culture against Trade: Hollywood's Affairs with Korea's Screen Quotas." Korea Observer Vol. 38, No. 1 (Spring 2007): 1-32.
(2006) B. Yecies. "Systematization of Film Censorship in Colonial Korea: Profiteering From Hollywood's First Golden Age, 1926-36." Journal of Korean Studies (Fall 2005): 59-84. A revised version appears in Korean in:Han Guk Mun Hak Yeon Gu (Studies in Korean Literature) Vol. 29 (June 2006): 203-237.
(2005) Brian Yecies, "Transformative Soundscapes: Innovating De Forest Phonofilms Talkies in Australia." Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/issue.php?issue=1
Uploaded 10 February 2005.
(2004) Brian Martin and Brian Yecies, "Disney through the Web looking glass." First Monday: Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet, Vol. 9:6 (June 2004) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/martin
(2004) Brian Yecies, "Failures & Successes: Local & National Australian Sound Innovations, 1924-1929." Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history, Issue #16 (2004) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/
Uploaded 10 May 2004.
(2004) “Projecting Sounds of Modernity: The Rise of the Local ‘Talkie' Technology in the Australian Cinema, 1924-1932”, Australian Historical Studies, Vol 35, No. 123, (April 2004): 54-83.
(2003) B Yecies with Ae-Gyung Shim, “Lost Memories of Korean Cinema: Film Policies During Japanese Colonial Rule, 1919-1937”, Asian Cinema Vol. 14 No. 2, (Fall/Winter 2003, pp. 75-90.
(1998) “Waxing IMAX: Enlarging the Myth of Total Cinema,” Australian Screen Education 16 (formerly Metro Education). St Kilda, VIC: Australian Teachers of Media. pp. 24-30.

Other Significant Publications

(2004) Industry Review: Brian Yecies, "Feature Film and TV Production in Australia : A Look at the Current Industry in 2004." Cinema Vision in Jeonju , Korea Vol. 1 (Autumn 2004): 34-41. (in English and Korean)
(2003) English Language Book Editor of: Yi Hyoin and Chung Chong-Hwa. Traces of Korean Cinema From 1945 to 1959. Translated by Ae-Gyung Shim. Seoul : Munhak Sasang Press.
(2003) Review of Im Kwon-Taek, The Making of a Korean National Cinema, in David James, Kyung Hyun Kim (eds.), Media International Australia Incorporating Culture & Policy, September, Wayne State UP, pp. 183-185.
(2002) Brian Yecies and Aegyung Shim “Korean Post New Wave Film Director Series: KIM Ki-Duk."Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history, Issue No. 14, Uploaded 12 November 2002.
(2002) Brian Yecies and Aegyung Shim “Hurray for Pusan and the Korean Post New Wave!: Asian Cinema Odyssey at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival,”Screening The Past: An international, refereed electronic journal of screen history, Issue No. 14, Uploaded 25 July 2002.
(1999) “National Cinemas: Sites of Resistance? Survey of the 9th Australian and New Zealand History & Film Conference,” Metro 119. St Kilda, VIC: Australian Teachers of Media. pp. 20-21.

Conference Presentations, Workshops and Special Lectures >

Research Students - Completed

Adrian Athique, PhD in Communication and Cultural Studies, “Asian Media and Contemporary Cultural Exchange: Transnational Audiences for Indian Films”.
Graham Martin, MA in Media and Cultural Studies, "The End[s] of Cinema: Certain Tendencies in Contemporary American Cinema"
Jason Ide, Hons in Communication and Media Studies, “Crisis and Reinvention: Digital Cinema, and its role in reversing declining cinema audiences”
Kayla Armstrong, Hons in Media and Cultural Studies, “Evaluating Love: Veronica Mars and the Pure Relationship”
Matt Granger, Hons in Communication and Media Studies, “Protecting culture or supporting industry? An analysis of the Government interventions in the domestic film industries of Australia and South Korea”
Alison (Wright) Ruth Kelly, Hons in Communication and Cultural Studies & English, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Nation: The Significance of Art Cinema to Australian National Cinema”
David Dunmall, Hons in Communication and Cultural Studies, “World Domination? Same Old Dream: A Cultural Analysis of James Bond Villains”