Emily Soon joined SMU in 2020. Her research focuses on cross-cultural literary exchange between Asia and Europe in the premodern and modern eras. At SMU, she teaches courses exploring Asia’s place in global literary culture, as well as on how literature (and literary study) are changing in today’s digital age.
Qualifications
- PhD, King’s College London, 2019
- MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2012
- BA, University of York, 2006
Research Interests
- Literary and Cultural History of Singapore
- Early Modern Literature
- World Literature
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions
- Asia and World Literature: Beyond Orientalism
- Imagining the Self: Literature, Ethnicity and Gender in Asia