Gemma Ballard

Gemma has previously worked in the department as a Research Assistant, helping to develop digital initiatives between the School and the wider South Yorkshire tech sector. Gemma’s research background is in Film Studies and Film Theory. Her current research explores the ways in which contemporary South Korean cinema engages with urban space, and presents Seoul as both a celluloid construct and an authentic national landscape. She is particularly interested in the centralisation of Seoul in Korean popular culture (from the post-liberation space to the present day) and how it influences the concept of ‘Korean-ness’ and Korean national identity.