Arnika Fuhrmann

Arnika Fuhrmann is a Professor at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, with appointments in Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, and Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies. She specializes in Southeast Asian aesthetic and political modernities through Buddhist and queer frameworks.

• PhD from University of Chicago (2008)
• MA from University of Hamburg (1995)

Her research intersects Buddhist affect, queer theory, and transnational cinema, focusing on Thailand's cultural production. Key themes include:

• Ghostly aesthetics as political critique
• Queer-feminist filmic archives
• Buddhist-Muslim coexistence models
• Digital media and political temporality

Recent articles examine Hong Kong's queer urbanity, Thai video art, and cross-regional horror film analysis. As associate editor of positions: asia critique, she contributes to academic discourse on Asian cultural theory.

• Current projects: In the Mood for Texture (Bangkok's Chinese aesthetics) and Digital Futures (media temporality)