Research Expertise and Interest

world literature, human rights, nationalism, legal philosophy, feminism, 18th-20th century continental philosophy & contemporary critical theory, postcolonial theory & anglophone postcolonial literatures, cosmopolitanism & globalization, social & political thought

Research Description

Pheng Cheah's research interests include late 18th-20th century continental philosophy and contemporary critical theory, human rights, world literature, postcolonial theory and anglophone postcolonial literatures (Southeast and South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean), theories of nationalism, cosmopolitanism and globalization, philosophy and literature, legal philosophy, social and political thought, and feminist theory.