School of Arts
Boris Wong
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Key information
Key information
- Roles
- School of Arts PhD researcher
- Department
- School of Arts
- Qualifications
- BA (CUHK), MPhil (CUHK)
- Thesis title
- Military Band as Socio-Political Agent: Negotiating and Constructing Identities in Postcolonial Singapore
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Rachel Harris
Biography
Boris Wong is currently pursuing a PhD in ethnomusicology at SOAS, University of London. His dissertation research, for which he holds the SOAS Research Scholarship, addresses how and why military and display band practices have been adapted and localized by postcolonial nations in East and Southeast Asia, with emphasis on the social and cultural formations of postcolonial Singapore. Before coming to SOAS, he attained doctoral candidature with distinction at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, from where he also obtained an MPhil in historical musicology and a BA in music with first class honours.
Research interests
Ethnomusicology, postcolonial and decolonial theories, performance studies, military band practices in Asia.
Personal links
soas.academia.edu/BorisHYWong
