We are pleased to invite you to join the 1st Southeast Asian Studies Workshop related to literature and popular culture on Monday February 26th SOAS at 12 pm UK time at SOAS University of London. Join us for a special guest speech by Natthanai Prasannam (Kasetsart University, Bangkok) and presentations by SOAS PhD candidate George Alexander Cloke, Saranpat Boonhok and Leif Andrew Garinto. The Chair of this workshop is Rachel Harrison (SOAS). 

Keynote Address: Natthanai Prasannam

The Cultural Politics of Boys Love in Thailand Since 2020: When Commercialism Has Met Activism

Presentation 1: Leif Garinto

Stanning4GoodGovernance: Resemiotizing K-pop and fan activism in the Philippines

Presentation 2: Saranpat Boonhok

(Re)constructing Dystopian Siam: Politics of Language and Bodies in Thai Dystopian Novel

Presentation 3: George Hiraoka Cloke

Fluvial Film: Rivers and Waterworlds in Southeast Asian Ecocinema 

Event Timing: 26 February 2024, 12PM-2PM (GMT)
Event Address: Lady David Gallery, SOAS Doctoral School, 53 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD
Contact us at 664861@soas.ac.uk