Keywords:
- 19th century
- 20th century
- East Asian History
- Citizenship and Belonging
- Film, Photography and Visual Culture
- Historical Teaching and Practice
- History of Medicine
- Material Culture
- State Violence and Human Displacement
I am an interdisciplinary historian of modern China specializing in the intertwined histories of medicine, cultural production, political violence, and state formation. I have special interests in drugs, violence, and popular culture. Thematically, I am interested in how governments use science and culture to turn marginalized people into expendable populations and persuade people to participate in intra-communal violence.
My broader research interests also include histories of science and medicine, Sinophone films, and a history of the Taikoo sugar refinery and its efforts to bridge Hong Kong with spaces across China and the Pacific basin.
