Mark McLelland
BA, MA (Cambridge)
Grad Dip in Japanese Language (Sheffield)
PhD (Hong Kong)
 Mark McLelland is a sociologist and cultural historian of Japan specialising in the history of sexuality, gender theory and new media. His recent publications have focused on the postwar history of Japanese queer cultures and the development of the Internet in Japan, especially the use of the Internet and other new media by minority communities in Japan and throughout Asia. He is a founding member of the AsiaPacifiQueer research collective which organised the Genders, Sexualities & Rights: 1st International Conference of Asian Queer Studies in Bangkok in 2005. He is currently organizing a workshop and an edited collection on Japanese Transnational Fandoms with Fran Martin (U Melb), and working on a longterm book project tentatively entitled 'Sex and the City: Reconstructing Gender and Sexuality in Tokyo 1945-1955'. From 1 September 2007 to 30 April 2008, he will be the Toyota Visiting Professor of Japanese at the Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan.
Major Publications include the books:
- 2005: Queer Japan from the Pacific War to The Internet Age (Rowman & Littlefield
- 2000: Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan: Cultural Myths and Social Realities (RoutledgeCurzon)
and the edited collections:
At UOW he teaches in the Sociology Program and is available to supervise postgraduate students on topics relating to Japanese history and popular culture as well as the history of sexuality, gender theory and new media.
Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date
E-mail: markmc@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 02 4221 4305
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