Department of Linguistics

Raisa Kamila

Key information

Roles
Department of Linguistics PhD Researcher
Qualifications
MA Colonial and Global History (Leiden University), BA History (Leiden University) BA Philosophy (Gadjah Mada University)
Email address
r_kamila@soas.ac.uk
Thesis title
Space, Society, and Colonial Infrastructure in 19th- and 20th- Century Aceh
Internal Supervisors
Dr Mulaika Hijjas & Dr Ben Murtagh

Biography

Raisa is a doctoral student working on the history of infrastructure in Aceh built under Dutch colonialism. She is currently working part-time as a managing editor in an independent publishing house, Pustaka Pias, based in Bandung - Indonesia. In her spare time, Raisa experiments with fiction, screenwriting, and performative writing.

Research interests

Rasia's research interests are space and society, sensory history, history of infrastructure.

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