Doctoral candidates
PhD Supervision
Doctoral theses supervised on topics related to material culture, consumption and waste in East Asia, in both contemporary and historical contexts.
Kyoung-Hee Park
State and Food in South Korea: Moulding the National Diet in Wartime and Beyond
Defended on 2013-02-21
Ruobing Han
The “Characterization” of Japan: From Merchandising to Identity
Defended on 2017-03-21
Andrea Giolai
Decentering Gagaku: Exploring the Multiplicity of Contemporary Japanese Court Music
Defended on 2017-05-03
Rebecca Tompkins
“The Waste of Society as Seen through Women’s Eyes:” Waste, Gender, and National Belonging in Japan
Defended on 2019-03-21
Yun-An Olivia Dung
‘Recycling the past’ Tzu-chi waste recycling and the cultural politics of nostalgia in Taiwan
Defended on 2021-09-08
Chelsey Wong
PhD research on the production, consumption and marketing of beef in Japan.
Ongoing
Beste Sevindik
PhD project on Japanese female composers.
Ongoing