Mr Jona Barabas
PhD Student 8/F Hub, 8/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial CampusBiography
Jona is a full-time PhD student in Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. A native of northern Scandinavia, he has recently relocated to Hong Kong after spending the past five years shuttling back and forth between scholarly endeavors in Taiwan and Sweden.
Being a relative newcomer to the realm of Sociology, Jona holds previous degrees in Chinese Studies and Educational Science. Writing his master’s thesis about Chinese queer fiction inspired Jona to venture into research about the non-fictional world. Subsequent volunteering at a support-organization for LGBTQ+ individuals in Taipei resulted in his current ambition to document the experiences of gender variant people navigating family life in Taiwan.
Education
Master of Arts, Chinese Studies
Uppsala University
Visiting Student, Anthropology and Cinema Studies
National Taiwan University
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Educational Science
Luleå University of Technology
Bachelor of Arts, Chinese Studies
Uppsala University
Visiting Student, Business Administration
National Taiwan University
Visiting Student, Chinese Language
Communication University of China
Research interests
Gender and Sexuality
Queer Culture
Sinology
Identity
(Post)Colonialism
Selected publications
Barabas, J. (2018). “What do my emotions matter if mother is sad?”: Filial Piety and Heteronormative Obligations in Beijing Story. Asia in Focus (5), 41-50.