Dr Adam Lam
Position
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
Qualifications
M.A. (HK)
Ph.D. (Auckland)
Room
411, Logie Building
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2987
Internal Phone: 4999
Email: adam.lam@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Background
Adam received comprehensive tertiary training in classical and modern Chinese literature, language and culture at Lingnan University (then Lingnan College) in Hong Kong and was awarded a Higher Diploma with distinction. He was fascinated by the contemporary cultural and literary theories when he was doing his B.A. in comparative literature at Monash University in Australia. This explains why he was particularly interested in comparative analysis between Chinese and Western thoughts when he was doing his M.A. at the University of Hong Kong. His PhD thesis, completed at the University of Auckland in 2000, is on the shifting of cultural identity of mainland Chinese film in the age of globalization. He is also involved in teaching undergraduate courses and supervising postgraduate students in both the Chinese and Cultural Studies Programmes.
Undergraduate Courses
In Chinese Programme
In other Programmes
- CINE 102: World Cinema in the 21st Century (Module Lecturer)
In Chinese Programme
In other Programmes
Thesis Supervision
Currently Senior Supervisor for three PhD research students in Chinese Cinema and co-supervisor for three PhD students in Literary/Cultural Studies.
Research Interests
Adam’s 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.
How We Became Middle-Earth – http://www.hums.canterbury.ac.nz/cult/research/middle-earth.shtml
This project examines a series of cultural issues triggered both by J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel and Peter Jackson’s films. The project outcome includes a collection of scholarly essays focusing on issues within Cultural and Literary Studies disciplines entitled How We Became Middle-Earth (Walking Trees, 2007).
Publications
For a full list of Adam's publications please see his UC Research Profile.