Waiyee Loh
Associate Professor of World Literature

I received my PhD from the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick in 2016, and I am currently Associate Professor of World Literature at Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan. I work at the intersection of postcolonial and world literary studies, Victorian studies, and contemporary Japanese pop culture. My research and teaching interests centre on the history of British and Japanese imperialism and their legacies today. My research has appeared in the peer-reviewed journals C21 Literature, Textual Practice, Neo-Victorian Studies, Mechademia, and the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

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My first book, Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative Economy, was published by SUNY Press in June 2024.

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In my teaching, as in my research, I am committed to close reading both literary and popular cultural texts from a global perspective. Courses I currently teach include "Introduction to World Literature," "The British Empire in East Asia," and "Singapore Fiction and Film." I am also a member of the East Asia group of the Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom project.

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​Contact details

Email: waiyee-loh@kanagawa-u.ac.jp

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