School of History, Religions and Philosophies

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School of History, Religions and Philosophies PhD researcher
Department
School of History, Religions and Philosophies
Qualifications
BA (Manchester),
MA (SOAS)
Email address
674601@soas.ac.uk
Thesis title
Before and Beyond Sexuality: Trans-femininity in Ming-Qing China
Internal Supervisors
Dr Alyosxa Tudor

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Aixia Huang's doctoral project explores trans-femininity in Ming-Qing China, for which they have been awarded the Doctoral Fellowship by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.

Their other research interests include queer theory, trans theory and the travels of Chinese historical queerness and transness within and beyond the Chinese diaspora. Aixia has taught modules on gender theory, migration and diaspora studies, and East Asian history as a graduate teaching assistant/tutor at the SOAS Centre for Gender Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.   

Their recent publications include a peer-reviewed article in The Journal of the History of Sexuality (fall 2022), and a forthcoming chapter in the edited volume 'Queer Literature in the Sinophere' (Bloomsbury Academic). Thier work has won the 2023 Early Career Researcher Prize by the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS).

Aixiaam also the co-editor of the volume 'A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Long Eighteenth Century', which is currently under contract with Bloomsbury. 

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  • History of gender and sexuality
  • Chinese history
  • Queer theory
  • Trans theory
  • Migration and diaspora
  • Decolonial historiography

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Email
674601@soas.ac.uk
Social media
Visit the Twitter page for Aixia

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