Sirithorn (Ing) Siriwan

Sirithorn (Ing) Siriwan is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow for Global Perspectives on Society (GPS) at NYU Shanghai. She is a performance studies scholar who is interested in cultural anthropology and film studies. She received her Ph.D. in Asian Literature, Religion, and  Culture from Cornell University in 2024. She conducted her doctoral research into contemporary performance and ritual practice in northern Thai rice culture. As a Southeast Asia scholar specializing in Thailand, her research addresses a trans-local focus on gender inequality,  religious coloniality, and the agency of humans and non-humans, with an emphasis on socio-cultural transformation. 

Beyond research and teaching, she worked closely with the Bangkok-based theater group  Crescent Moon Theater and produced several theatrical pieces on the issues of femininity, migration, and inequality in contemporary Thailand. She also participated in art and cultural events organized by the Thai theater network and performed in a theatrical production at the Bangkok Theater Festival. 

Previously, she has held a teaching position at Chiang Mai University.

Select Publications

• Siriwan, Sirithorn, and Sarawanee Sukhumvada. “Thai Theatre and the Interplay of Perfection  and Imperfection.” In Cheyne, Peter, ed. Imperfectionist Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life.  London: Routledge, 2023.

Education

• PhD, Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture
  Cornell University 

• MA, Theater
  Miami University

• BA, English (Literature)
  Chiang Mai University 

Research Interests

• Southeast Asia 

• Ritual Studies 

• Animism and Buddhism 

• Contemporary Theater and Performance 

• Affect