Kimiko Suda

Kimiko Suda is a Visiting Professor in Transregional China Studies at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin. Her work integrates transnational sociology and history to examine intersections of knowledge production, migration, and anti-Asian racism.

• Doctorate in Chinese Studies (Free University Berlin)
• Postdoc research at TU Berlin, DeZIM, and HU Berlin on racism and policy advice
• Co-founder of Berlin's Asian Film Festival (2011-2017)

Research themes include:

• Sinophone and East Asian diasporic migration frameworks
• Queer-feminist cultural representation
• Decolonial public memory cultures
• Structural racism in German institutions

Her publications span ethnographic monographs, interdisciplinary chapters, and empirical studies on migrant agency in Guangzhou, Berlin, and Bangladesh. She actively engages with anti-racism initiatives like the Media Empowerment for German Asians (MEGA) project.