Neslie Carol Tolentino-Tan
Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Educational Background
MA English Language Education
De La Salle University, Philippines
MA Cultural Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK
Neslie Carol Tan-Tolentino teaches literature courses with the Department of Literature. She received her M.A. in English Language Education at De La Salle University and her M.A. in Cultural Studies with Distinction at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne (English and Theatre Studies). With funding assistance from the Melbourne Research Scholarship and the Faculty of Arts’ Dean’s PhD international scholarship, her current PhD research project focuses on disability performances in various cultural locations in the Philippines.
Research Interest
- Performance Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Disabiliy Studies
Selected Publications
- “‘Thrilla in Manila’: Troubling Theatricality and Uneasy Spectator Affects surrounding the Ringside Bar Midget Boxing and Wrestling.” Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance, 1.2, pp. 1-13, October 2021.
- “Performances from the Peripheries: An examination of selected disability performances in the Philippines.” New Directions in Critical Disability Studies, http://ihuman.group.shef.ac.uk/performances-from-the-peripheries/, 11 March 2020.
- “Comment from the Field: ‘New Directions in Critical Disability Studies’: Postgraduate Symposium, University of Sheffield.” Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, 14.3, pp. 371-376, 2020.
- “A Double-Edged Reading of Gourlay’s Children Fiction Books: (Dis)Empowering the “invisible” Filipino Community in the UK.” Kritika Kultura, vol. 28, pp. 273-304, 2017.