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Biography
Peter A. Jackson is Emeritus Professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific's School of Culture, History and Language. He has written extensively on modern Thai cultural history with special interests in religion, sexuality, and critical theoretical approaches to mainland Southeast Asian cultural history. He currently holds a three-year 2021-2023 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant for the project “Ritual, Culture and Health in Thai Gay and Transgender Communities”. His current book projects include "A World Ever More Enchanted", with Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, "Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Thailand and Burma" with Benjamin Baumann, and "Modernity Enchanted: Capitalism Magic, Thailand".
Career Highlights
•Editor-in-Chief, Asian Studies Review (2009-2012)
•Founding Co-editor Hong Kong University Press Queer Asia series
•2011 Ruth Benedict Book Prize in the category “Outstanding Anthology” awarded for Queer Bangkok: 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights (Hong Kong University Press, 2011) by the American Anthropological Association’s Association for Queer Anthropology.
Research interests
•The histories of Buddhism, gender, sexuality, and globalisation in Thailand
•Queer theory, postcolonial analysis, and critiques of Eurocentrism
Qualifications
Expertise Areas
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Social Change
- Social Theory
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
- Asian Cultural Studies
- Culture, Gender, Sexuality
- Asian History
- Religion and Society
- Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions
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Network (past 5 years)
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Religion, Ritual and Health in HIV-Affected Thai Communities
Jackson, P., Duangwises, N. & Guadamuz, T.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
4/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Critical Thought in Thailand After Marxism: Political History Through Ideas
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/11 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Thai Rainbow Archives Project: A Digitised Collection of Thai Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Publications
1/04/09 → 30/09/11
Project: Research
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The sexual cultures of Thai men; implications for Australia's international HIV/AIDS strategy
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/07 → 30/06/11
Project: Research
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Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond
Jackson, P. & Baumann, B., 2022, 1st ed. Copenhagen Denmark: NIAS Press. 311 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Introduction - Transgenderism, Homosexuality and Enchantment in Myanmar and Thailand: Queer Ritual Specialists in Efflorescing Spirit Possession Cults
Jackson, P. & Baumann, B., 2022, Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond. Peter Jackson and Benjamin Baumann (ed.). 1st ed. Copenhagen Denmark: NIAS Press, p. 1-52Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Religious Pluralism and Gender/Sex Diversity in Southeast Asia: Fragments and Narratives from the Anthropological Archive
Jackson, P., 2022, Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond. Peter Jackson and Benjamin Baumann (ed.). 1st ed. Copenhagen Denmark: NIAS Press, p. 55-107Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Spirit Possession and Diva Worship: Performance and Performativity in Queer Ritual Cultures Across Borders
Jackson, P., 2022, Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond. Peter Jackson and Benjamin Baumann (ed.). 1st ed. Copenhagen Denmark: NIAS Press, p. 225-244Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A Homoerotic History of Bangkok’s Gay Middle Class: Thai Gay Bars and Magazines in the 1980s and 1990s
Duangwises, N. & Jackson, P., 2021, In: Journal of the Siam Society. 109, 2, p. 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article