Christine Hung

Background

About Christine Hung

Christine Hung is from Taipei, Taiwan. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literature (major: English) from National Chung-Cheng University. Prior to coming to Sydney, she did part-time interpreting for IDP. After finishing an MA in Theatre Studies and a second MA in Chinese Studies with a thesis on Hou Hsiao-hsien at UNSW, she completed a PhD in Chinese/Cinema Studies at UWS. She served as a guest lecturer in Asian Cinema course at UWS. Recently, she presented a paper on Hou Hsiao-hsien’s cinematic texts at The 15th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference in the University of Texas as well as the session chair in China and Taiwan panel at Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference 2012 in UWS. She is the author of the book, ‘A Nation of Sadness? A Study of History, Culture, and Gender in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Film, A City of Sadness’, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Berlin, 2013. Her passion for teaching never fades since she started it!