Su Lin Lewis
I am Senior Lecturer in Modern Global History at the University of Bristol. My speciality is in twentieth century global and transnational history , with a thematic focus on urban history, civil society, gender, cosmopolitanism, internationalism, decolonisation, and migration, from the late colonial era to the Cold War. My geographical focus is mainly Southeast Asia (especially Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand), along with an ever-increasing interest in port-cities of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Rim.
My first monograph, Cities in Motion: urban life and cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia 1920-1940 (2016) won the Urban History Association Prize for Best Book (Non-North America, 2015-2016). It sought to move away from nation-based histories of Southeast Asia to explore the role of the city, and especially the modern woman, through intersecting themes of urban space, cross-cultural sociability, education, the press, and popular culture in late colonial Penang, Rangoon, and Bangkok.
I have recently led a collaborative research network, funded by the AHRC, on cultural internationalism and the transnational movements of activists (including trade unions and women's groups), literati, and artists in the 1950s across Asia and Africa. See http://afroasiannetworks.com/ My contribution focuses on the transnational networks that emerged out of the Asian Socialist Conference. I am also interested in the role of African-Americans in Cold War Asia; I have just completed a paper on A. Philip Randolph's journey to early Cold War Burma and Japan. My broader research interests involve the international dimensions behind the growth of civil society in Burma, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
My first monograph, Cities in Motion: urban life and cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia 1920-1940 (2016) won the Urban History Association Prize for Best Book (Non-North America, 2015-2016). It sought to move away from nation-based histories of Southeast Asia to explore the role of the city, and especially the modern woman, through intersecting themes of urban space, cross-cultural sociability, education, the press, and popular culture in late colonial Penang, Rangoon, and Bangkok.
I have recently led a collaborative research network, funded by the AHRC, on cultural internationalism and the transnational movements of activists (including trade unions and women's groups), literati, and artists in the 1950s across Asia and Africa. See http://afroasiannetworks.com/ My contribution focuses on the transnational networks that emerged out of the Asian Socialist Conference. I am also interested in the role of African-Americans in Cold War Asia; I have just completed a paper on A. Philip Randolph's journey to early Cold War Burma and Japan. My broader research interests involve the international dimensions behind the growth of civil society in Burma, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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