UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Rachel Mary Payne

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Department: Global, Cultural and Language Studies

Email: rachel.payne@canterbury.ac.nz

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Languages: English, Japanese

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Fields of Research

Japanese theatre history
Meiji Kabuki
Meiji Noh

Researcher Summary

Research interest includes Japanese theatre history, with an emphasis on Meiji Kabuki, its patronage systems and the socio-political background to its reform movements. Her current research interests include Meiji Noh and the history of Japanese and Western Noh mask collections.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Languages & Linguistics: Japanese
Theatre and Dance, Film and Television and Multimedia: Theatre and Dance

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Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Chapters

Petrovic M. (2017) Post-communist transition under the umbrella of uneven Europeanisation: East Central Europe, the Baltic states and the Balkans. A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed: 41-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7_3.

Ogino M. and Payne R. (2016) Effective Japanese language education advocacy: Connecting the secondary and tertiary learning communities. In Ogino M; Shino P; Nesbitt D (Ed.), Creating new synergies: Approaches to tertiary Japanese programmes in New Zealand: 93-120. Auckland: Massey University Press.

Petrovic M. and Klatt M. (2015) The European Union and its post-communist neighbours: EU enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy. In Witzleb N; Arranz AM; Winand P (Ed.), The European Union and Global Engagement: Institutions, Policies and Challenges: 197-215. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783477593.00020.

Payne R. (2013) Censorship and patronage in Meiji kabuki theater. In Hutchinson R (Ed.), Negotiating Censorship in Modern Japan: 13-35. Abingdon: Routledge.

Payne R. (2013) Polarising the audience: Meiji kabuki spectators' receptivity to foreign cultural material. In Bouterey S; Ji FY; Lin JH; Liu XH (Ed.), East Meets West: culture, literatures and languages in the global age: 223-249. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group.

Payne R. (2011) Refining and Re-defining: Traditional Japanese superstar identity. In Ji FY; Lin JH; Bouterey S (Ed.), Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age: 230-238. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

Payne R. (2010) Nô masks on stage and in museums: Approaches to the contextualization and conservation of the Pitt Rivers Museum nô mask collection. In Cox R; Brumann C (Ed.), Making Japanese Heritage: 78-91. London: Routledge.

Payne R. (2009) The Iconography of Kabuki's Stars. In Bullen R (Ed.), Pleasure and Play in Edo Japan: 24-32. Christchurch: Canterbury Museum and the College of Arts, University of Canterbury.

Joseph PA. (1995) Introduction. In Joseph PA (Ed.), Essays on the Constitution: 1-27. Wellington: The Law Book Company Limited/Brookers.

Journal Articles

Payne R., Boyd T. and Chen D. (2015) NCEA Japanese Workshop held in Christchurch. NZ Ministry of Education's Learning Languages Newsletter 3: 16.

Shahriari Nia M., Wang DZ., Bohlman SA., Gader P., Graves SJ. and Petrovic M. (2015) Impact of atmospheric correction and image filtering on hyperspectral classification of tree species using support vector machine. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 9(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.9.095990.

Petrovic M. and Smith NR. (2013) In Croatia's Slipstream or on an Alternative Road? Assessing the objective case for the remaining Western Balkan states acceding into the EU. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 13(4): 553-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2013.859812.

Liu H., Wu Z., Petrovic M. and Jacobsen HA. (2011) Optimized cluster-based filtering algorithm for graph metadata. Information Sciences 181(24): 5468-5484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2011.08.002.

Payne R. (2008) The emotional expression of Noh masks. Journal of New Zealand Studies in Japan 15: 52-59.

Petrovic M. (2008) The role of geography and history in determining the slower progress of post-communist transition in the Balkans. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 41(2): 123-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2008.03.008.

Payne R. (2007) Early Meiji Kabuki Censorship. Japan Forum 19(3): 317-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09555800701579966.

Payne RM. (2003) Hamada, K. (transl. Payne, R) 'Sovereignty and Maritime Power: Chang Pogo's Chonghae Garrison and Pirates'. East Asia and Japan: Interaction and Transformations: University of Kyushu 1(2003): 131-145.

Payne RM. (2003) Meiji Theatre Design: from communal participation to refined appreciation. Nissan Occasional Paper Series, Nissan Institute, Oxford University (34).

Payne R. (2002) Unmasking the Noh. Oxford University Pitt Rivers Museum Journal 42.

Conference Contributions - Published

Ogino M., Howard JM. and Payne R. (2016) Reasons for learning Japanese at secondary school: Insights from New Zealand. In Proceeding - Bali, ICJLE 2016.

Chen Y., Petrovic M. and Clark MH. (2014) SemMemDB: In-database knowledge activation. In Proceedings of the 27th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, FLAIRS 2014: 18-23.

Dorr BJ., Petrovic M., Allen JF., Teng CM. and Dalton A. (2014) Discovering and characterizing emerging events in big data (DISCERN). In AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report FS-14-06: 18-25.

Nia MS., Grant C., Peng Y., Wang DZ. and Petrovic M. (2014) Streaming fact extraction for Wikipedia entities at web-scale. In Proceedings of the 27th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, FLAIRS 2014: 467-472.

Payne RM. (2007) Sakata Tôjûrô: Recreating a Kabuki Legend. In.

Liu H., Petrovic M. and Jacobsen HA. (2005) Efficient and scalable filtering of graph-based metadata. In Web Semantics 3(4): 294-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2005.09.006.

Muthusamy V., Petrovic M. and Jacobsen HA. (2005) Effects of routing computations in content-based routing networks with mobile data sources. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM: 103-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1080829.1080840.

Petrovic M., Liu H. and Jacobsen HA. (2005) CMS-ToPSS: Efficient dissemination of RSS documents. In VLDB 2005 - Proceedings of 31st International Conference on Very Large Data Bases 3: 1279-1282.

Petrovic M., Muthusamy V. and Jacobsen HA. (2005) Content-based routing in mobile ad hoc networks. In MobiQuitous 2005: Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems -Networking and Services: 45-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.18.

Burcea I., Jacobsen HA., De Lara E., Muthusamy V. and Petrovic M. (2004) Disconnected operation in publish/subscribe middleware. In Proceedings - 2004 IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management: 39-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MDM.2004.1263041.

Burcea I., Petrovic M. and Jacobsen HA. (2003) I know what you mean: Semantic issues in Internet-scale publish/subscribe systems? In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Semantic Web and Databases, SWDB 2003: 42-53.

Petrovic M. and Aboelaze M. (2003) Performance of TCP/UDP under ad hoc IEEE802.11. In 10th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2003 1: 700-708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICTEL.2003.1191496.

Petrovic M., Burcea I. and Jacobsen HA. (2003) S-ToPSS: Semantic toronto publish/subscribe system. In Proceedings - 29th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, VLDB 2003: 1101-1104.

Exhibition/Curatorial Exercises

Bullen R., Payne R., Lummis G. and Bell D. (2009) Pleasure and Play in Edo Japan: Ukiyo-e Japanese Art. Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. 5 Dec 2009-28 Feb 2010. [Curator].

Conference Contributions - Other

Howard JM., Ogino M., Payne R. and Dunn K. (2016) Students' motivations for language learning and what this might mean for teachers. Christchurch, New Zealand: Learning and Teaching Languages Symposium: From Ideas to Action, 19-19 Oct 2016.

Howard JM., Ogino M., Payne R. and Dunn K. (2016) Why New Zealand secondary students choose to study Japanese: Teacher and learner perspectives. Nelson: New Zealand Association of Language Teachers Biennial International Conference (NZALT), 10-13 Jul 2016.

Payne RM. (2014) Japan on the Australasian Stage. Auckland, New Zealand: Japan/New Zealand International Conference in Auckland organised by the New Zealand Studies Association of Japan (NZ Gakkai), 30-30 Aug 2014.

Payne RM. (2013) The manners and Customs of the Japanese': early Meiji performers introduce their culture to the West. Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand: 20th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference 2013, 22-24 Nov 2013.

Payne RM. (2012) Mrs Otake Buhicrosan: An unlikely advocate of Meiji Japan's radical Westernization. Rikkyo University, Tokyo: Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), 30 Jun-1 Jul 2012.

Payne RM. (2011) Noh masks on stage and in Museums: Approaches to the contextualisation and conservation of the Pitt Rivers Museum Noh mask collection. Christchurch, New Zealand: Symposium on Cultural Memory, 2-2 Apr 2011.

Payne RM. (2011) Unmasking early Japanology: a Victorian collector's assessment of Noh masks. Honolulu, HI, USA: Association for Asian Studies and International Convention of Asia Scholars Joint Conference (AAS-ICAS), 31 Mar-3 Apr 2011.

Payne R. (2010) Yakusha-e; interpreting the iconography of Kabuki's stars. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan: 14th Annual Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), 19-20 Jun 2010.

Payne RM. (2009) Polarising the audience: Meiji Kabuki spectators' receptivity to foreign cultural material. Beijing and Beidaihe, China: East and West Meets in Literature and Culture: Fourth International Forum on Globalization, 26-29 Aug 2009.

Payne RM. (2009) Refining and defining the traditional Japanese superstar identity. Univeristy of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: JSAA-ICJLE 2009 Conference, 13-16 Jul 2009.

Payne R. (2008) Expressions of Mortality: the chukan hyojo neutral expression in Noh masks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Japanese aesthetics: international perspectives, 1-2 Aug 2008.

Payne R. (2008) Perceptions of emotional expression masks of the Noh theatre. Hamilton, New Zealand: Japan and New Zealand Special Symposium, 23-23 Aug 2008.

Payne R. (2008) Refining and defining the traditional Japanese superstar identity. Christchurch, New Zealand: Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age, 25-26 Aug 2008.

Payne R. (2008) Shumei: Image and identity in today's Kabuki. Manchester, UK: British Association of Japanese Studies Annual Conference 2008 (BAJS), 11-12 Apr 2008.

Payne RM. (2007) Sakata Tojuro: Recreating a Kabuki legend. Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand: 17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2007, 22-25 Nov 2007.

Payne R. (2006) Censorship in Early Meiji Kabuki. International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, Japan: Tenth Asian Studies Conference Japan, 24-25 Jun 2006.

Payne R. (2005) Early Meiji Kabuki Censorship. Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA), 1 Nov 2005.

Payne R. (2004) Unmasking Hideyoshi’s Theatrical Past: Oxford’s Noh Mask collection and its connections to Japan’s Medieval Rulers. Leeds, UK: Joint East Asian Studies Conference, 6 Sep 2004.

Payne R. (2004) Unmasking Hideyoshi's Noh Masks at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Leeds, UK: Joint East Asian Studies Conference, 6 Sep 2004.

Payne R. (2003) Approaches to the preservation and display of cultural heritage artefacts: the Pitt Rivers Museum Noh mask collection. Warsaw, Poland: 10th Triennial Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies, 27 Aug 2003.

Payne R. (2001) A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Seiyou Kabuki. Edinburgh, UK: Triennial Joint East Asian Studies Conference, 1 May 2001.

Payne R. (2000) The Signifciance of State Patronage in Early Meiji Kabuki. Lahti, Finland: 9th Triennial Conference of European Association of Japanese Studies, 1 Aug 2000.

Oral Presentations

Payne RM. (2010) Pleasure and Play in Edo Japan: Decoding the hidden symbols in kabuki actor prints. Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand: Summer Programme.

Payne RM. (2007) Kabuki and Noh Theatre in Japan. WEA Christchurch.

Payne RM. (2007) Traditional Theatre in Modern Japan. Christchurch U3A: U3A discussion group "Japan" series, 01 Jun 2009.

Payne R. (2005) Kabuki and Noh on Stage. Univeristy of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: History Society, 21 Feb 2006.

Payne R. (2004) Kabuki on Stage. Christchurch, NZ: Japan Festival, 01 May 2006.

Payne R. (2002) Classification of the Pitt Rivers Noh Masks: Fakes, Forgeries and Authenticity. Oxford University, UK: University Museum Anthropology Research Seminar Series, 01 Mar 2001.

Payne R. (2002) Shintomi-cho Architecture. Nissan Institute Seminar Series.

Payne R. (2002) Tracing the History of the Pitt Rivers Museum Noh Masks. Oxford Brookes University, UK: 01 Feb 2001.

Payne R. (2001) Kabuki Perfomance: A Historical Perspective. Sadlers Wells Theatre Seminar Series, 01 Sep 2002.

Payne R. (2001) Kabuki's First Encounter with Western Actors. London, UK: London School of Asian Studies Visiting Seminar Series, 14 Dec 2000.

Theses / Dissertations

Payne R. (2001) Early Meiji Drama Reforms at the Shintomi-cho Theatre. Oxford, UK. Oriental Institute, Oxford University.

Additional Publications

Payne R. (2015) Visions of Peace: an exhibition of Chinese art from the collection of Harold Wilfred Youren, University of Canterbury, December 2014. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 17(2): 160-162. [Exhibition Review].

Petrovic M. (2013) The democratic transition of post-communist Europe: In the shadow of communist differences and uneven EUropeanisation. Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. xx+196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137315359.

Editorial Work

A History of Japanese Theatre Assistant Editor ( 2011 - 2023)
New synergies for the Post-Methods era: Apporaches of Tertiary Japanese Prorgammes in New Zealand Editorial Board Member ( 2015 - 2023)

Review and Refereeing

Early Modern Japan : An Interdisciplinary Journal ( 2011 )

New Synergies for the Post-Methods Era: Approaches of Tertiary Japanese Programmes in New Zealand ( 2015 - 2023)

Affiliations

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University (Teaching/Research Organisation): Collaborative research