Dissertation project
“Transnational Migration as Sexual and Masculine Strategy: Male Vietnamese Migrants in Contemporary Japan”
Supervisors: Prof. Karen Shire Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Christine Moll-Murata
Research focus
- Transnational migration
- Transnational sexualities and masculinities
- Brokerage in migration
- Student mobility
- Ethnic culinary entrepreneurship
Personal profile
Education
| 2016–2018 | M.A. in International Relations, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University Thesis Title: “Complex Dependency and Power Asymmetry: The Relationship between Vietnamese Education Brokers and Language Students in Japan” |
| 2010–2014 | B.A. in International Relations, Faculty of International Politics and Vietnamese Diplomacy, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam |
Presentations
| 12.2018 | International Workshop: Intimacy, Sexuality and Family in the Process of Migration – European/Asian Experiences Compared, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Presentation: “Negotiating Sexuality – Negotiating Identity: Homosexual Migrants in Japan” |
| 11.2018 | Doctoral Training Workshop, Ca Foscari University, Italy Presentation: “Negotiating Sexualities and Masculinities – Vietnamese Male Migrants in Contemporary Japan” |
| 06.2017 | ARI Migration Industry Conference: Facilitators and Brokerage in Asia, NUS, Singapore. Presentation: “Brokered Education: The Migration Industry in Student Mobility” |
Honors
| 2018–2021 | AREA Ruhr Doctoral Stipend Award |
| 2016–2018 | MEXT Scholarship (Monbukagakusho) – Future Leader’s Program for Regional Governance and Cooperation in Asia |
Academic role
| 02.2023–present | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University |
| 05.2020–present | Deputy Convenor – Vietnamese Studies Research Snapshot Webinar Series |
Publications
- Liu-Farrer, G. and Tran, A.H. (2019) Bridging the Institutional Gaps: International Education as a Migration Industry. International Migration, doi: 10.1111/imig.12543
- NHK Radio Japan Interview (8/2017) Vietnamese Student Migrants in Japan (Interview in Vietnamese)
Conferences and talks
- “Boundaries of Sexual Mobilities: Vietnamese Migrant Men in Contemporary Japan”. “On the Boundaries of Here and Now” International Symposium. Ca’ Foscari University, Online. 5 February 2021.
- “Liberal Japan and Oppressive Vietnam? The Circular Migration of Queer Vietnamese Migrants”. 14th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS), Online. 21 November 2020.
- “Transnational Positionality as a Toolkit in Researching Contemporary Asian Transnational Migration”. Facing Methodological Challenges in Asian Studies International Workshop. Zurich University, Online. 19 November 2020.
- “Towards a Transnational Sexual Field: Male Vietnamese Migrants in Contemporary Japan”, DIJ Lecture Series on Sexualities in East Asia. German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo. 9 June 2020. Link