Programs with emphasis on identity (ethnic, racial, national) postcolonialism?

[hiraeth]

Hi everyone,

I'm having a little bit of trouble narrowing down programs for my interests. As the thread title states, I'm broadly interested in ethnic, racial, and national identity (construction) particularly in postcolonial contexts. I want to focus on Southeast Asia.

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[jellyfish11]

My advice: find a recent article you really like on a topic along those lines. Look through the sources and search for some of the author names. Keep doing this with articles until you find the current professors writing about these topics. Google.com/scholar might be a good place to start. Good luck!

[rising_star]

The advice above is sound. In addition, I would look for recently published books in your area of interest. Check out major academic presses like Duke UP, NYU UP, UNC UP, etc.

[Kosmosis707]

On February 12, 2016 at 8:40 PM, hiraeth said:

Hi everyone,

I'm having a little bit of trouble narrowing down programs for my interests. As the thread title states, I'm broadly interested in ethnic, racial, and national identity (construction) particularly in postcolonial contexts. I want to focus on Southeast Asia.

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

Hi Hiraeth, 

We have very similar interests!  I’m also interested in identity in Southeast Asia.  I decided to do an MA in Area Studies to fill in some gaps before applying to PhD programs, but I have looked into programs that may be a fit.  My initial inquiries were more focused on Political Science than Anthropology, but all of these same schools had numerous faculty that work in both fields.  They are at least worth taking a peek at.

US Schools: Yale (seems more SEA History to me), Cornell, Michigan, UCLA, Berkeley, Wisconsin, Washington, Hawai'i

Overseas: National University of Singapore, Australian National University, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)

There are other programs that seem to place well to programs with Southeast Asian research centers, despite not having a strong focus on that region, like:

Stanford, U of Chicago, UC San Diego, Oxford

I’m curious to know how things work out for you!  Good luck!

[hiraeth]

Thank you everyone! 

Also, @Kosmosis707: I'll check out those places! I really appreciate it. Good luck with your apps!