School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Professor Rachel V Harrison
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Key information
- Roles
- School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Professor of Thai Cultural Studies Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies Steering Committee Member and MA Cultural Studies
- Department
- School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
- Qualifications
- BA, PhD (London)
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office
- 455
- Email address
- rh6@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone number
- +44 (0)20 7898 4247
- Support hours
- By appointment online
Biography
Cinema, Literature, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies
Research interests
Cultural studies, cinema, modern literature, postcolonial and gender studies with reference to Thailand and more widely to mainland South East Asia; medical humanities and public engagement with reference to Northeast Thailand (Isan) and Lao PDR; literary criticism and South East Asian Literatures in a comparative context; perceptions of cultural difference, Orientalism and Otherness.
PhD Supervision
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Saranpat Boonhok | ‘Hybridised Thainess’ in Contemporary Thai Literature: Contestation and Negotiation through Adaptations of Thainess since 2006 |
| Tongchen Hou | Modernity, Identity and Womanhood in Post-independence Burmese Women's Writings |
| Artour Mitski | "Japanese lifestyle migrants in Bangkok: embodied practices and identity negotiation." |
| Ms Jiratorn Sakulwattana | The Representation of Female Body and Romance in Thai Films after 1997 |
| Ms Michaela Unterbarnscheidt | A comparative study of transition and social change in early Thai and Amharic novels |
| Shenghua Zhang | Populism, Representational Crisis, and Party Organisational Development in Thailand: The Persistence of Pro-Thaksin Parties since 2001 |
Publications
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