Darlene Machell ESPENA
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies (Education); Course Coordinator for Big Questions; Associate Fellow, Prinsep Street Residences
College of Integrative Studies
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Qualifications
- PhD in History, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
- MSc in Asian Studies, Nanyang Technological University, 2012
- BA in Social Sciences (Major in Area Studies), University of the Philippines Manila, 2006
Research Interests
- Southeast Asian Cultural History
- Dance and Film in Cold War in Southeast Asia
- Memory, Film, and Politics in Transnational Asia
- Film, Interdisciplinary Pedagogy, and Education
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions
- Scratches on their Minds: Images of Asia in Hollywood
- Cultural History of the Cold War: Battle for Hearts and Minds
- Screening Asia: History, Society and Politics in Film
- Special Topics in Political Science: International Relations of Asia on Film
- Film in Southeast Asia