1 September 2025

Theorizing Race in and through Asia

A RIH-funded Interdisciplinary Research Project

Asia represents a vital terrain for examining racialized relations and discourses that transcend Euro-American analytical frameworks. This initiative offers a dedicated platform for researchers to share their work on racialization in Asia and to foster meaningful collaboration.

To decenter and complicate Western theories of “race,” the Theorizing Race in and through Asia initiative aims to build a network of CUHK faculty, postgraduate students, and other scholars in Hong Kong. The goal is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and develop new theoretical approaches and methodologies for studying racialization processes through distinctly Asian historical, ethnographic, legal, literary, and linguistic materials.

Project team:

CUHK Faculty Members

  1. Venera Khalikova, Anthropology (Project Coordinator)
  2. Sealing Cheng, Anthropology
  3. Wyman Tang, Anthropology
  4. Leilah Vevaina, Anthropology
  5. Stuart McManus, History
  6. Gary Luk, History
  7. Shoan Yin Cheung, Cultural Studies
  8. Ting Guo, Religious Studies
  9. Collier Nogues, English
CUHK RPG Students
  1. Gabriella Angelini
  2. Juliette Wu
  3. Joseph De Guzman
Non-CUHK
  1. Emily Chow-Quesada, English, HKBU
  2. Catherine Ladds, History, HKBU
  3. Roberto Castillo, Cultural Studies, Lingnan
  4. Jan Gube, Curriculum and Instruction, EdUHK
  5. Miron Bhowmik, Educational Policy and Leadership, EdUHK
  6. Christine Walker, History, HKU
  7. Alastair McClure, History HKU
  8. Alvin Wong, CompLit HKU
  9. Hans Ladegaard, English and Communications, PolyU
  10. James Simpson, Humanities, HKUST

For enquiries, please contact the Project Team at Race-in-Asia@cuhk.edu.hk

Events

(3 Oct. 2025, CUHK) Theorizing Race In And Through Asia Inaugural Lunch
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm       Venue: NAH 401 (Humanities Building, New Asia College)
For enquiries, please send email to  Race-in-Asia@cuhk.edu.hk