Porranee Singpliam, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY

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Dr Porranee Singpliam is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, specialising in gender and sexuality studies within the context of Thai society. She completed both her MA and PhD in Cultural Studies at Waseda University, Tokyo, under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Her doctoral dissertation, Women and Nation: Historicizing Thai Femininity from the 1960s to 1990s, critically examines the evolution of Thai femininity and its intersections with national identity.

Dr Singpliam’s research interests encompass postfeminist media culture, queer theory, and the socio-political dimensions of gender in Thailand. Her work interrogates how neoliberal ideologies shape gendered experiences, particularly in the realms of media and politics. Notably, she contributed to the book Queer Rites and Rainbow Robes: Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thai Religion and Modern Ritual, with her chapter “Gays and Ordination: Sexual Identity and Thai Gay Men’s Attitudes to Buddhist Ordination in Urban Thai Society” exploring the complexities of religious expectations and sexual identity among gay men in Bangkok.

In 2024 and 2025, Dr Singpliam served as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute, conducting research on the intersection of gender, politics and neoliberalism among Thai women politicians. Her academic contributions are further reflected in her publications in journals such as MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities and HASSS: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies.

At Chulalongkorn University, she teaches courses including Introduction to Gender Studies, Gender and Queering the Media and Cultures of the Body. Dr Singpliam's academic and research endeavours continue to advance critical discussions on gender and sexuality in Thai and Southeast Asian contexts.