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Research

Current Research Interests

  • Visual culture
  • Cultural theory and forms
  • Cultural memory
  • Political violence
  • Asylum and displaced populations
  • Japanese/Asian Canadian cultural studies

Selected Research Affiliations

  • Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Centre for Research on Families and Relations, 2007-2009
  • Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Theatre, Film and Television Studies, 2009.
  • Postdoctoral Appointment (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship), Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2000-2002
  • Canadian Association of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (Board Member)
  • Asian Canadian Study Society (Vice-President)
  • Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities (Member of the Steering Committee)
  • West Coast Line Journal (Board Member)