Associate Professor Roald H. Maliangkaij
BA/MA (Leiden), PhD (SOAS)
Director, Korea Institute. Head, Dept of East Asian Studies. Deputy Director HDR for CHL
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Consumption And Everyday Life 200203
- Musicology And Ethnomusicology 190409
- Social And Cultural Anthropology 160104
- Cinema Studies 190201
Biography
Since obtaining his PhD in musicology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, he has expanded the scope of his research to include popular entertainment. Fascinated by the mechanics of cultural policy and the convergence of major cultural phenomena, he analyses Korea's cultural industries and consumption from the early twentieth century to the present. While always foregrounding the perspective of individuals, and consumers in particular, he publishes widely on broad developments in Korean folk and popular entertainment.
Career highlights
KSAA board member (2012-); Korean Studies Convenor (ANU, 2013-2015); Program Director, Master's in Contemporary Asian Studies (University of Amsterdam, 2005); Branch Head, International Institute of Asian Studies (University of Leiden, 2005); Program Coordinator, SEPHIS, International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam, 2004-2005); Food critic for London's Time Out (1995-2000).
Editorial boards
Korea Journal (since March 2017); Korean Journal of Popular Music (since Oct 2015); Journal for Asian Musicology (since Sept 2015); Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (Seoul) (since Jan 2012); East Asian History (ANU) (since Jan 2010); Korean Histories (Leiden) (June 2009-Dec 2016); Asian Ethnology (Nagoya) (Jan 2008-Dec 2016).
Research awards
- Korean Ministry of Education award for excellence in Korean studies — for his co-edited volume K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry (Dec 2016).
Teaching awards
- ANU Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2012).
- “Wattle Oscar” for the online learning environment for Modern Korean 1 (2011).
Researcher's projects
Books
(Co-edited with JungBong Choi) K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry (Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014).
Broken Voices: Postcolonial Entanglements and the Preservation of Korea’s Central Folksong Traditions (Honolulu: Hawai`i University Press, 2017).
In preparation: "Performing Citizenship: Memories of the Korean War, and the Kim Sisters." This study seeks to shed light on how the impact and expression of popular music in 1950s Korea affected the post-war experience of Koreans and Western servicemen, focusing, in particular, on the role of the Kim Sisters and their family.
PhD students (as Chair)
- Catherine Hallett — Music in Kamigata Rakugo.
- Koon Fung (Benny) Tong — Negotiating Old Age through Music: Understanding the Japanese Popular Music Genre ‘Enka’ as Ageing Discourse and Practice.
Publications
- Maliangkaij, R 2017, 'K-pop syncs to the politics of protest', Asian Currents, 24 March.
- Maliangkaij, R 2015, 'An alternative to the Korean Wave', Artlink, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 16-19.
- Maliangkaij, R 2015, 'Embedding Nostalgia: The Political Appropriation of Foreign Comic Book Superheroes in Korea', Situations, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 49-65.
- Maliangkaij, R, ed., 2015, 'Pulp Recycling,' special issue of Situations, vol. 8, no. 2.
- Maliangkaij, R 2015, 'Uniformity and Non-conformism: The Packaging of Korean Girl Groups', in S Lee, AM Nornes (ed.), Hallyu 2.0: The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media, University of Michigan Press, Michigan, pp. 90–107.
- Maliangkaij, R 2015, 'The Faux Cosmopolitanism of Korea's Early Visitors: Albums That Picture the Home Audience', The Journal of English Language and Literature, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 69–84.
- Maliangkaij, R 2014, 'Book review: Heritage Management in Korea and Japan: The Politics of Antiquity and Identity', Journal of Korean Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 462–5.
- Choi, J & Maliangkaij, R 2014, 'Introduction: Why fandom matters to the international rise of K-pop', in JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkay (ed.), K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Oxfordshire, pp. 1–18.
- Choi, J & Maliangkaij, R, eds, 2014, K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Oxfordshire.
- Maliangkaij, R & Song, G 2014, 'A sound wave of effeminacy: K-pop and the male beauty ideal in China', in JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkay (ed.), K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Oxfordshire, pp. 164–77.
- Maliangkaij, R 2014, 'Same look through different eyes: Korea's history of uniform pop music acts', in JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkay (ed.), K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Oxfordshire, pp. 19–34.
- Maliangkaij, R 2014, 'Defining Qualities: The Socio-Political Significance of K-pop Collections', Korean Histories, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 3–14.
- Maliangkaij, R 2014, 'The Popularity of Individualism: The Seo Taiji Phenomenon in the 1990s', in Kyung Hyun Kim & Youngmin Choe (ed.), The Korean Popular Culture Reader, Duke University Press, United States of America, pp. 296–313.
- Maliangkaij, R 2013, 'There is No Amen in Shaman: Traditional Music Preservation and Christianity in South Korea', Asian Music, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 77–97.
- Maliangkaij, R 2013, 'Catering to the Female Gaze: The Semiotics of Masculinity in Korean Advertising', Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, vol. 7, Winter 2013/2014, pp. 43–61.
- Maliangkaij, R 2012, 'A Tradition of Adaptation: Preserving the Ritual for Paebaengi', in Keith Howard (ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Surrey, England, pp. 141–59.
- Maliangkaij, R 2012, 'Book Review: Consuming Korean Tradition in Early and Late Modernity: Commodification, Tourism, and Performance', Asian Studies Review, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 137–9.
- Maliangkaij, R 2012, 'Book Review: In Search of Korean Traditional Opera: Discourses of Ch'angguk', Asian Studies Review, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 136–7.
- Maliangkaij, R 2012, 'Hallyu, Hype, and the Humanities: The Impact of the Korean Wave on Korean Studies', Philippine Korean Studies Symposium 2012, ed. University of the Philippines, Quezon City Philippines, pp. 32–9.
- Maliangkaij, R 2012, 'True Beauty is Superficial: Comparing the Ideal of Male Beauty in China and Kore', Is a Trans-Asia Possible: Re-imaging East Asia as a Cultural Crossroads. Yonsei University Press, Seoul, pp. 21–28.
- Maliangkaij, R 2011, 'Dirt, Noise, and Naughtiness: Cinema and the Working Class During Korea's Silent Film Era', Asian Ethnology, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 1–31.
- Maliangkaij, R 2011, 'Koreans Performing for Foreign Troops: The Occidentalism of the C.M.C and K.P.K.', East Asian History, vol. 37, pp. 59–72.
- Maliangkaij, R 2011, 'The Power of Representation: Korean Movie Narrators and Authority', Journal of Korean Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 213–30.
- Maliangkaij, R 2010, "The Effeminacy of Male Beauty in Korea", IIAS Newsletter 55 (2010): 6–7.
- Maliangkaij, R 2010, 'Meaningful Rituals are Rooted in Place', Wolgan chungang [Monthly central], vol. 2010, pp. 284–8.
- Maliangkaij, R 2010, 'New Symbolism and Retail Therapy: Advertising Novelties in Korea's Colonial Period', East Asian History, vol. 36, pp. 29–54.
- Maliangkaij, R 2010, "Keep Your Enemies Closer: Protecting Korea's Pop Culture in China", Korean Histories 2(1): 34–44.
- Maliangkaij, R 2010, "Creating a Different Wave: Animating a Market for Korean Animation", in Daniel Black, Stephen Epstein and Alison Tokita (ed.), Complicated Currents: Media Flows, Soft Power and East Asia. Melbourne: Monash University Press, pp. 11.1–11.9.
- Maliangkaij, R 2009, 'Book Review: Keith Howard, Chaesuk Lee and Nicholas Casswell, Korean Kayagum Sanjo: A Traditional Instrumental Genre', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 72(1): 68–70.
- Maliangkaij, R 2008, "Korean Pop Culture's Growing Challenges", in The Korea Herald (ed.), Insight into Korean Series 5: Korean Wave. Seoul: Jimoondang International, pp. 213–21.
- Maliangkaij, R 2008, "Konjon kayo: South Korea's Propaganda Pop", in J.E. Hoare and Susan Pares (eds.), Korea: The Past and the Present, Vol. 1. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental, pp. 171–82.
- Maliangkaij, R 2008, 'Book Review: Healing Rhythms: The World of South Korea's East Coast Hereditary Shamans', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 71(2): 388–9.
- Maliangkaij, R 2008, 'Book Review: P'ungmul: South Korean Drumming and Dance', Asian Folklore Studies 67(1): 160–2.
- Maliangkaij, R 2008, "New Symbolism and Retail Therapy: Advertising Novelties in Korea's Colonial Period", East Asian History 36: 29–54.
- Maliangkaij, R 2008, "Staging Korean Traditional Performing Arts Abroad: Important Intangible Intercultural Performance Issues", Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies 7(2): 49–68.
- Maliangkaij, R 2007, "Them Pig Feet: Anti Japanese Folksongs in Korea", in Remco E Breuker (ed.), Korea in the Middle: Korean Studies and Area Studies: Essays in Honour of Boudewijn Walraven. Leiden: CNWS Publications, pp. 157–85.
- Maliangkaij, R 2007, "Their Masters' Voice: Korean Traditional Music SPs under Japanese Colonial Rule", The World of Music 49(3): 53–74.
- Maliangkaij, R 2006, 'Book Review: Korea Bug', Acta Koreana 9(2): 183–5.
- Maliangkaij, R 2006, "When the Korean Wave Ripples", IIAS Newsletter 42 (Oct.): 15.
- Maliangkaij, R 2006, "Korean Music", in Deshmitra and S.L. Kaeley (ed.), The World and its Peoples (encyclopaedia). London: The Brown Reference Group.
- Maliangkaij, R 2006, "Pop for Progress: Censorship and South Korea's Propaganda Songs", in Keith Howard (ed.), Korean Pop Music: Riding the Wave. UK: Global Oriental, pp. 48–61.
- Maliangkaij, R 2006, "Supporting Our Boys: American Military Entertainment and Korean Pop Music in the 1950s and Early-1960s", in Keith Howard (ed.), Korean Pop Music: Riding the Wave. UK: Global Oriental, pp. 21–33.
- Maliangkaij, R 2005, "Classifying Performances: The Art of Korean Film Narrators", Image & Narrative: online magazine of the visual narrative 10, March: 15.
- Maliangkaij, R 2005, "Korean Cinema's Relationship with Japanese Film: Moving Images Back and Forth", Dejima Film Festival Magazine. Amsterdam: Bioscoop Het Ketelhuis, June, pp. 15–6.
- Maliangkaij, R 2004, "Choosing the right folk: the appointment of 'human cultural properties", in Korea', in Ian Russell and David Atkinson (ed.), Folk Song: Tradition, Revival, and Re-Creation. Scotland: University of Aberdeen, pp. 95–107.
- Maliangkaij, R 2004, 'Book Review: Voices from the Straw Mat: Toward an Ethnography of Korean Story Singing', Acta Koreana 7(2): 201–5.
- Maliangkaij, R (with De Ceuster, K) 2003, "The Fashionability of Han", in Michel Demeuldre (ed.), Sentiments doux-amers dans les musiques du monde. Paris: l'Harmattan, pp. 201–12.
- Maliangkaij, R 2003, 'Book review: Contemporary Directions: Korean Folk Music Engaging the Twentieth Century and Beyond', Acta Koreana 6(2): 167–71.
- Maliangkaij, R 2003, 'Book Review: The Making of a Korean National Cinema', Acta Koreana 6(2): 171–6.
- Maliangkaij, R 2003, 'Book Review: Contemporary Korean Cinema', IIAS Newsletter 30: 30.
- Maliangkaij, R 2002, "The Revival of Folksongs in South Korea: The Case of Tondollari", Asian Folklore Studies 61(2): 223–45.
- Maliangkaij, R 2001, "Healthy Songs for the People", IIAS Newsletter 25 (Dec.): 15.
