[KineJapan] In memory of Mark McLelland

Wed Nov 25 23:40:43 EST 2020

A great loss to those of us studying gender and sexuality. I remember being
inspired by his work as an undergraduate. I only met him once but he was
very kind to me.

Best,
Caitlin

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 8:42 AM Katherine Mezur via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Thank you Markus, I am so sad. His work and daring are so so important to
> my own research and teaching.
> Stay safely everyone!
> Katherine
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Katherine Mezur
> Lecturer
> Department of Comparative Literature
> University of California Berkeley
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
> 
> Last week Mark McLelland passed away, much too young, from melanoma. This
> comes as a real shock. Mark participated in at least one Kinema Club, and
> his contributions to pop culture study and queer studies were pioneering.
> In 2007-2008, he spent a year here in Ann Arbor as the Toyota Visiting
> Professor at the Center for Japanese Studies, which is the first time I met
> him. Wherever Mark was the was great fun to be had. He'll be missed.  I'm
> attaching to obits which go into his life and  work.
>
> Markus
>
> In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Mark McLelland (1966–2020)
> <https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/6846127>
> by James Welker
>
> Sociologist and cultural historian of Japan Mark McLelland passed away on
> 18 November 2020 in Wollongong, New South Wales.
>
>
>
> Professor McLelland was well-known for his groundbreaking and influential
> work across a range of fields, including the cultural history of
> sexualities in Japan, the global history of the internet, and media and
> cultural studies. He also made scholarship from Japan accessible through
> various translation projects.
>
>
>
> Professor McLelland was the author of *Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan*
>  (2000), *Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age* (2005),
> and *Love, Sex, and Democracy in Japan during the American Occupation* (2012).
> He was also the editor or coeditor of *Japanese Cybercultures* (2003), *Genders,
> Transgenders, and Sexualities in Japan* (2005), *AsiaPacifiQueer* (2007), *Queer
> Voices from Japan* (2007), *Internationalizing Internet Studies* (2009), *Boys
> Love Manga and Beyond* (2015), *The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality
> Studies in East Asia* (2015), *The End of Cool Japan* (2017), and *The
> Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories* (2017).
>
>
> Professor McLelland graduated from the University of Cambridge in the
> United Kingdom in 1988, majoring in Theology and Religious Studies, after
> which he spent two years in Japan as a Monbushō scholar affiliated with the
> Department of Sociology at the University of Tokyo, where he researched new
> religious movements in Japan. After completing a graduate diploma in
> Japanese language studies at the University of Sheffield and an MA from
> Cambridge, he went to the University of Hong Kong, where he completed a PhD
> in Japanese Studies in 2000, beginning his research on male homosexuality
> in twentieth-century Japan for which he would first become known.
>
>
>
> Following two consecutive postdoctoral fellowships, the latter of which
> was an Australian Research Council (ARC) postdoctoral fellowship at the
> University of Queensland, Professor McLelland began his career at the
> University of Wollongong as a Lecturer in Sociology in 2006. He was
> promoted to Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in 2012. McLelland
> was named Professor Emeritus in 2020, following his retirement after
> thirteen years at Wollongong.
>
>
>
> Professor McLelland has also held teaching and research positions in
> Japan and the U.S., where he was the 2007–2008 Toyota Visiting Professor of
> Japanese at the University of Michigan. He has also received numerous
> grants and fellowships, including an Australian Research Council Future
> Fellowship, which he held from 2013 to 2017.
>
>
>
> Over his career, Professor McLelland served on a number of advisory and
> editorial boards and brought a wide range of scholars together through his
> organization of conferences and symposia as well as his many edited
> collections. He was particularly supportive of graduate students and early
> career researchers as well as scholars working outside Anglophone academia.
> He was a founding member of the AsiaPacifiQueer collective in the early
> 2000s, which held pioneering conferences and workshops and produced several
> edited collections. He served as a member of the Australian Research
> Council’s College of Experts between 2015 and 2018. He was elected Fellow
> of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2019.
>
>
>
> Professor McLelland will be remembered for his intellectual curiosity, his
> collegiality, and his scholarly generosity. He will be sorely missed by his
> many colleagues and friends.
>
>
>
> Vale Emeritus Professor Mark McLelland
>
> Renowned cultural and social historian passes away after illness
> ------------------------------
>
> The University of Wollongong is deeply saddened to announce the passing of
> Emeritus Professor Mark McLelland, a long-serving academic who made a
> significant contribution to teaching and research at UOW.
>
> Professor McLelland died peacefully last week (Wednesday 18 November) at
> Port Kembla Hospital, following treatment at the Melanoma Institute
> Australia.
>
> A renowned social and cultural historian, Professor McLelland is
> remembered as a groundbreaking leader in gender and sexuality studies as
> well as a dedicated mentor and teacher.
>
> He joined UOW in 2006, following an esteemed academic career that began in
> the late 1980s. In 2019, he retired from UOW, the last seven years of which
> he spent as Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the School of
> Humanities and Social Inquiry.
>
> That same year, Professor McLelland was elected as a Fellow of the Academy
> of Social Sciences in Australia, having served a three-year term on the
> Australian Research Council’s College of Experts.
>
> Just two months ago, Professor McLelland’s immense contribution to the
> University was recognised and celebrated with an Emeritus Professorship
> <https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2020/emeritus-professorship-for-scholar-of-gender-and-sexuality-studies-.php>
> .
>
> Originally trained in sociology, Professor McLelland brought an
> interdisciplinary approach to his research, making important contributions
> to several fields, including the cultural history of sexualities in Japan,
> the global history of the internet, and media and cultural studies.
>
> His research has been published in highly ranked and influential academic
> journals in Australia and overseas. He has also authored a number of books
> – Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan (Curzon 2000); Queer Japan from the
> Pacific War to the Internet Age (Rowman and Littlefield 2005); Love, Sex
> and Democracy in Japan during the American Occupation (New York: Palgrave
> 2012) – and co-edited several others.
>
> Professor McLelland held visiting positions in Australia and
> internationally, including as the Toyota Visiting Professor of Japanese at
> the University of Michigan.
>
> In 1988, he graduated from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom with
> a degree in Theology and Religious Studies.
>
> For the next two years, he was a Monbusho Scholar affiliated with the
> Sociology Department at the University of Tokyo, where he researched New
> Religious Movements in Japan.
>
> Professor McLelland completed a PhD in Japanese Studies at the University
> of Hong Kong. Throughout his distinguished career, he has been invited to
> deliver talks at universities throughout the world, focusing on his
> pioneering history of sexual minority cultures in Japan.
>
> Professor Glenn Salkeld, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Social
> Sciences, and Humanities, said Professor McLelland was a groundbreaking
> researcher in his field and a tremendous colleague.
>
> “It is a sad day for Mark’s colleagues at UOW. We extend our deepest
> condolences to his family and close friends.
>
> “In addition to his outstanding research, Mark was also a generous and
> hardworking member of staff. His commitment to supporting the careers of
> PhD students and emerging academics was matched by his advocacy for his
> colleagues.
>
> “He has made an extraordinary contribution to knowledge and to the
> reputation and research future for Humanities and Social Sciences at the
> University of Wollongong. He will be deeply missed.”
> ---
>
> *Markus Nornes*
> *Professor of Asian Cinema*
> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages
> and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
>
> *Department of Film, Television and Media*
> *6348 North Quad*
> *105 S. State Street*
> *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
>
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-- 
Caitlin Casiello

Ph.D. Student
Film & Media Studies / East Asian Languages and Literatures
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Yale University
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