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Su Lin Lewis specializes in twentieth-century history with a geographical focus on Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. She has researched urban history, civil society activist networks, gender, migration, decolonization, and development, culminating in her monograph "Cities in Motion: Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia 1920-1940". This work shifts away from nation-based and ethnic nationalist interpretations of colonial-era Southeast Asia, exploring cosmopolitan port cities and the cross-cultural interactions within civic associations and popular culture. Lewis has received the Urban History Association Prize Book for her contributions and is currently a principal investigator on collaborative projects examining Afro-Asian solidarity movements during the Cold War. Additionally, she focuses on transnational histories of socialism and has been involved in various educational and supervisory roles at institutions including the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Birmingham until 2014. Lewis actively supervises students on topics related to her extensive research interests and has designed a range of courses on Colonial Radicals, Global Cities, and Modern Southeast Asian history.
Institute of Historical Research • London, UK
Conducted research in modern history.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA, USA
Engaged in post-doctoral research in Southeast Asian history.
University of Birmingham • Birmingham, UK
Taught various courses on modern history.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.