Leo Ching, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Leo Ching

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.

Office Location:  2204 Franklin Center, Room 227, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  +1 919 684 4309
Email Address: send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2024):

Teaching (Fall 2024):

Office Hours:

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

Ph.D.University of California, San Diego1994
M.A.University of California, Los Angeles1988
B.A.Occidental College1985
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

  1. Ching, LTS; Lim, H, Voices from Cheju (Jeju): Towards an Archipelagic Imagination, Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, vol. 21 no. 7 (July, 2023)  [abs]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. Ching, LTS; Chang, CHJ, An interview with Leo T. S. Ching: on the politics of sentiment, anti- and pro-Japanism, and the coalitional outlook, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, vol. 23 no. 1 (January, 2022), pp. 134-144 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Ching, LTS, Beyond nation and empire, American Quarterly, vol. 73 no. 2 (June, 2021), pp. 383-388 [doi]