Peter A. Jackson
BA (UNE), MA Prelim (Sydney),
MA (Hons)(Mac),
PhD (ANU)Associate Professor, School of Culture, History & Language
Email: peter.jackson@anu.edu.au
Biographical statement
I am currently completing a major project on historical shifts in Thai understandings of gender and sexuality from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present.
Together with Dr Rachel Harrison (Thai literature, School of Oriental and African Studies, London), I am working on a study of the relationship of Thailand's semi-colonial status in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to changes in elite and popular culture.
This project is being funded by a four-year grant from the Academy for the Humanities Research Board (UK).
Research interests
Thai cultural history; history of sexuality and sexual cultures; Buddhism and religious studies.
Key publications
-Buddhism, Legitimations and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1989.
-Dear Uncle Go: Male Homosexuality in Thailand, Bua Luang Books, Bangkok, 1995.
-Multicultural Queer: Australian Narratives, Haworth Press, New York, 1999.
-Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand, Haworth Press, New York, 1999.
-Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community, Harrington Park Press, New York, 2001.
-Buddhadasa: Theravda Buddhism and Modernist Reform in Thailand, Silkworm Books, Thailand, 2003.
Career highlights
Executive Officer, National Thai Studies Centre, ANU (1991-94).
MA (Hons)(Mac),
PhD (ANU)Associate Professor, School of Culture, History & Language
Email: peter.jackson@anu.edu.au
Biographical statement
I am currently completing a major project on historical shifts in Thai understandings of gender and sexuality from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present.
Together with Dr Rachel Harrison (Thai literature, School of Oriental and African Studies, London), I am working on a study of the relationship of Thailand's semi-colonial status in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to changes in elite and popular culture.
This project is being funded by a four-year grant from the Academy for the Humanities Research Board (UK).
Research interests
Thai cultural history; history of sexuality and sexual cultures; Buddhism and religious studies.
Key publications
-Buddhism, Legitimations and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1989.
-Dear Uncle Go: Male Homosexuality in Thailand, Bua Luang Books, Bangkok, 1995.
-Multicultural Queer: Australian Narratives, Haworth Press, New York, 1999.
-Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand, Haworth Press, New York, 1999.
-Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community, Harrington Park Press, New York, 2001.
-Buddhadasa: Theravda Buddhism and Modernist Reform in Thailand, Silkworm Books, Thailand, 2003.
Career highlights
Executive Officer, National Thai Studies Centre, ANU (1991-94).
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