Leo Ching, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

His research interests include colonial discourse studies, postcolonial theory, Japanese mass culture, and theories of globalization and regionalism. He has published in boundary 2, positions and Public Culture.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2204 Franklin Center, Room 227, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:

Office Hours:

Tuesday 1:00-3:00 pm or by appointment

Education:

Ph.D.	University of California, San Diego	1994
M.A.	University of California, Los Angeles	1988
B.A.	Occidental College	1985

Specialties:

Japanese

Research Interests: Popular Cultural and Colonial Studies

His research interests include colonial discourse studies, postcolonial theory, Japanese mass culture, and theories of globalization and regionalism. He has published in boundary 2, positions and Public Culture.

Keywords:

Decolonization • Physical geography

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Volland, N; Ching, LTS, Archipelagic Asias: Fluid Perspectives and Oceanic Methodologies, Verge: Studies in Global Asias, vol. 10 no. 2 (September, 2024), pp. vi-xx [doi]
2. Ching, LTS; Lim, H, Voices from Cheju (Jeju): Towards an Archipelagic Imagination, Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, vol. 21 no. 7 (July, 2023)  [abs]
3. Ching, LTS, The new “Great Game”? Decolonizing wargames in the era of China’s rise, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, vol. 24 no. 5 (January, 2023), pp. 824-835 [doi]  [abs]
4. Ching, LTS; Shim, D; Yang, FC, Editorial introduction: East Asian pop culture in the era of China’s rise, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, vol. 24 no. 5 (January, 2023), pp. 737-743 [doi]
5. Ching, L, YELLOW SKIN, WHITE MASKS: Race, Class, and Identification in Japanese Colonial Discourse, in Postcolonlsm: Critical concepts in literary and cultural studies: Volume III, vol. 3 (January, 2023), pp. 1132-1156 [doi]  [abs]