SHIRLEY J. LIM
Professor |
PhD, UCLA, 1998 |
Office: Social & Behavioral Sciences - Level 3, Room N-327 |
Interests: Twentieth-century U.S.; Asian-American history; cultural history; women
Bio:
In addition to my position in the History Department, I'm an affiliate faculty in Women and Gender Studies, Asian and Asian American Studies, and Africana Studies. I have held a research fellowship at Australian National University (2010). My first book was A Feeling of Belonging: Asian American Women’s Public Culture, 1930–1960 (NYU Press, 2006). My second book, Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern (2019) has been recently published by Temple University Press.
Recent Courses:
Undergraduate
- HIS 323 Women of Color in the United States
- HIS 338 Asian & Pacific Islanders in American History
Graduate
- HIS 543 Gender, Sexuality, and Race
Select Works:
"'Speaking German Like Nobody's Business': Anna May Wong, Walter Benjamin, and the Possibilities
of Asian American Cosmopolitanism." Read the article.
"Flapper Chic" (radio interview). Listen to the interview.
"Oriental Stardust: Anna May Wong in White Australia" (radio interview). Listen to the interview.