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/ReportBookpeer-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 articlepeer-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 articlepeer-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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