Lucy Fraser

Dr. Lucy Fraser is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland. Her work bridges Japanese and English literary traditions with a focus on fairy tales, gender studies, and animal-human relationships.

Her research explores:

• Transnational adaptations of fairy tales
• Gender representations in Japanese literature and manga
• Literary translation and cross-cultural connections
• Environmental narratives through fictional animal depictions

Recent publications examine fairy tale fashion translation (2024), border-crossing narratives (2023), and animal symbolism in classical/modern Japanese texts (2022). She co-edited The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture (2020) and supervises PhD projects on feminist discourse, queer narratives, and cross-cultural modernity.

Dr. Fraser's translation work includes Tsushima Yuko’s Tōkina-to (2020) and collaborations on shojo manga gender studies (2018). She previously received funding for technology-enhanced Japanese language assessment (2019).