Biography

For my PhD in History and Philosophy of Science, I will be exploring the connection between the developments of transregional commercial medicine and vernacular medical knowledge in early twentieth century French Indochina and China. This is an extension of my previous research at Oxford on the social and cultural history of the Chinese diasporic community in Vietnam, combined with my experiences as a volunteer translator and community organiser for the Vietnamese migrant community in London, which highlighted the discrepancy between the culturally-inflected language that people in migration use to talk about their health and well-being, and the official clinical language required to navigate healthcare and welfare systems. Supported by the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, my research aims to address this gap by investigating the vernacular medical languages developed through transregional activities across China and Vietnam in the twentieth century; while my community work continues to explore ways to facilitate open spaces for migrant communities to express their experiences and concerns in their own vocabulary and languages, whether through workshops, volunteer services, or storytelling.

Previous Education

University of Oxford Modern Chinese Studies 2024
Durham University History and Economics 2021