Seagh Kehoe

Seagh Kehoe is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Westminster's School of Humanities, joining in 2019. Previously, he taught at the University of Leicester, University of Nottingham, and University College Dublin. His research focuses on cultural dimensions of social and political transformation in modern China, particularly Chinese media representations of ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, and military. He holds a BA from University College Cork, an MA from Leiden University, and a PhD from the University of Nottingham, with additional studies in Mandarin and Tibetan.

His academic work spans journal articles in China Quarterly, positions, and Media, Culture & Society, as well as edited volumes like Cultural China. His research interests include Tibet-China relations, critical university studies, and abolition theory. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations on diverse socio-political topics.

Kehoe has presented at conferences such as the British Association of China Studies and contributed to workshops on decolonizing Chinese studies. His recent work examines temporal politics in post-2008 Tibet and queer cinema in China.

• Education:
  • BA Chinese Studies & Sociology (University College Cork)
  • MA East Asian Politics (Leiden University)
  • PhD (University of Nottingham)
  • Mandarin Studies (Sichuan University)
  • Tibetan Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute)
• Grants & Labs: Active in the Contemporary China Centre, contributing to interdisciplinary research on modern China.