Dr Daniel Luther

Daniel Luther is a Teaching Fellow in Gender, Film and Media at the Department of Gender Studies in the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Visiting Research Associate at Queer@King’s in King’s College London. They completed their doctoral research from SOAS University of London and are also one of the co-founders of the international platform and network called ‘Queer’ Asia now in its 5^th year running. Their doctoral research examines South Asian public culture, including cinema, literature, new, online and social media for the production and reiteration of gender and sexual norms. They completed their Master of Arts in Literary Studies at the National University of Singapore following a Bachelor of Arts degree in the University of Delhi, India. They have also previously taught in the Department of Sociology in the University of Warwick. They are the co-editor of the recently published book titled ‘Queer’ Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender with Zed Books.

In addition to their research interests in South Asian public culture, and South Asian Film Studies, and Literary Studies, their research interests also include Film Festival Studies, and Inter-Asia Research focusing on decolonial, post-colonial queer methodologies and practice.

Publications:

Luther, J. Daniel & Jennifer Ung Loh (eds.). 2019. 'Queer' Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender. London: Zed Books.

Luther, J. Daniel. 2019. ‘Dissidence in Asia’. In Global Encyclopaedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History, ed. Howard Chiang et. al. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Luther, J. Daniel. 2017. 'Queer Theory'. The Years Work in Critical and Cultural Theory 25. Oxford: Oxford UP.

Further publications