Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230101064

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE230101064

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Funded Activity Summary

Un/making homeland: Sinophone literature and Cold War culture in Malaya. This project aims to advance understanding of Cold War culture and decolonisation through Chinese diaspora experience and literature. By unearthing a corpus of underexplored archives, using literary analysis and ethnography, this interdisciplinary project offers the first comprehensive study of Sinophone literature and print culture in Cold War Malaya. Expected outcomes include new knowledge of how Chinese diaspora writers claim subjecthood amidst anti-communist violence in Southeast Asia, which shed light on the complex interplay of geopolitics, literature and identity. This project benefits Australian understanding of Chinese diaspora responses to global superpower rivalry during the ‘old’ Cold War amidst a similar phenomenon today.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2023

End Date: 29-12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $421,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Asian cultural studies | Literature in Chinese | South-East Asian literature (excl. Indonesian) | Literary studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Asian cultural studies | Literary studies | Literature | Literature in Chinese | South-East Asian literature (excl. Indonesian) | Understanding Asia’s Past

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