TY - JOUR
T1 - Remembering Romit Dasgupta
T2 - mourning and meaning in the death of the Asian in Australia
AU - Mackie, Vera Christine
AU - Baudinette, Thomas Martyn Stanley
AU - Chakraborty, Mridula Nath
AU - Chan, Debbie
AU - Elfving-Hwang, Joanna
AU - Pendleton, Mark
AU - Suganuma, Katsuhiko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the author(s).
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Romit Dasgupta lectured in Japanese Studies at the University of Western Australia until his untimely passing in 2018. He was posthumously awarded the Philippa Maddern Award in 2019 by the University of Western Australia Academic Staff Association. The citation described him as ‘[p]rofessional, highly organised and respectful to all …proactive and willing to help others in regard to any issues, consistently demonstrating his passion in supporting his colleagues and students.’ In the essays collected here, Romit’s friends and colleagues reflect on Romit’s qualities and his academic contributions. Romit Dasgupta’s work ranged across gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, cultural studies, cultural history, Asian Studies and Asian-Australian Studies. Each of the authors discusses the inspiration they received from Romit Dasgupta’s work in these fields.
AB - Romit Dasgupta lectured in Japanese Studies at the University of Western Australia until his untimely passing in 2018. He was posthumously awarded the Philippa Maddern Award in 2019 by the University of Western Australia Academic Staff Association. The citation described him as ‘[p]rofessional, highly organised and respectful to all …proactive and willing to help others in regard to any issues, consistently demonstrating his passion in supporting his colleagues and students.’ In the essays collected here, Romit’s friends and colleagues reflect on Romit’s qualities and his academic contributions. Romit Dasgupta’s work ranged across gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, cultural studies, cultural history, Asian Studies and Asian-Australian Studies. Each of the authors discusses the inspiration they received from Romit Dasgupta’s work in these fields.
KW - Asia
KW - Australia
KW - Dasgupta
KW - Gender
KW - Migration
KW - Sexuality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100373948&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5130/pjmis.v17i1-2.7470
DO - 10.5130/pjmis.v17i1-2.7470
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100373948
VL - 17
SP - 155
EP - 182
JO - PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
JF - PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
SN - 1449-2490
IS - 1-2
M1 - 1
ER -