Dr. Alison Darby

Biography

Alison Darby is a PhD graduate specializing in Pacific Asian History, particularly focusing on the history of the Japanese empire, medical history, gender studies, and disability studies. She is currently a Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Monash University. Her dissertation, titled "Patriotic Marriage: Eugenics, Colonial Intimacy, and the Politics of the Marital Family in the Japanese Empire, 1931–1945", is in preparation for publication as a monograph. Darby's research interests encompass the history of the Japanese empire, colonial Korea, and colonial Taiwan, as well as gender and sexuality studies, the history of eugenics, the history of medicine, and the disability activism in Northeast Asia. She has contributed to the academic community through various scholarly activities and has a strong publication record, including her recent article in 2023 titled "Managing Marriage: Advice Columns on Interethnic Intimacy in Colonial Taiwan."

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