Asian Cultural Studies
Research projects in literature, ethnicity, religion, sociology, society and education, focusing on China, India, Indonesia, Japan Includes Hindi and Buddhist studies, post-war Japanese society, Indonesian and Malay literatures.
Faculty Research Focus
- Japanese literature
- Hindi and Buddhist studies
- Indonesian and Malay modern and classical literatures
Research Interests
The Faculty will consider any research topic that interests potential PhD students; however, students will benefit from researching in areas that align with the Faculty’s strengths. Please contact the Faculty to discuss your PhD topic.
Alternatively you may contact one of our academics below to discuss your area of interest.
- Dr Sven Schottmann
- Dr Stephen Morey
- China studies - Dr Yangbin Chen
- Contemporary Chinese society - Dr Xianbi Huang
- Families and intimacy - Dr Raelene Wilding
- Hindi Studies - Dr Peter Friedlander
- Japanese literature - Dr Elise Foxworth
- Koreans in Japan - Dr Elise Foxworth
- Love and marriage - Dr Raelene Wilding
- Migration and identities - Dr Raelene Wilding
- Schools and the popular mass media in Indonesia. - Dr Zane Goebel
- Society and culture in Malaysia and Indonesia - Dr Wendy Mee
- The construction of language ideologies and their relationship to institutions and the media - Dr Zane Goebel
