Aydin Quach is an Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California. Their research deals primarily with sex, gender, race, and sexuality in the transpacific, with a particular focus on the queer Asian diaspora and queer nightlife.

EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies and Ethnicity
The University of Southern California, USA
Supervisor: Amelia Jones
Expected 2029

Master of Arts in History
The University of British Columbia, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. John Roosa
2024

B.A Bachelor of Arts in Honours History with High Distinction
In International Relations, Chinese Language and Culture
The University of British Columbia, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. John Roosa
2022

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
● Sex, Gender, the Body, Race, and Sexuality
● Modern East/Southeast Asia
● Asian American Studies (Queer Asian America)
● Performance Studies
● Queer Studies

PUBLISHED WORK AND PROJECTS:
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:
Quach, Aydin Man Chun, “Where You Are: Community
And Making Through Shuffle Circles at EDM Events”,
Journal of Festive Studies, Vol. 5 No. 2023.

WORKS IN PROGRESS:
Ill Lit by Moonlight: Chinese “Male” Sex Workers and their
European Male Patrons in Colonial Singapore
In Progress

PRESENTATIONS:
2024:
“Asian America in Music/Music in Asian America: Consuming Transpacific Asian
American "Gaysian" Culture in Electronic Dance Music in the 2020s.” Paper Presentation. Ritsumeikan University/UBC Year End Graduate Conference. April 16th. Zoom.

“Emotional Dance Music and the Sounds That Soothe Us: Asiatic Affect as Quandry.”
Paper Presentation. Sound Check! A Festival of Asian American Music, Sound, and Scholarship. April 28th. Seattle, Washington, USA.

“Outlining Gaysia and Its Limits: Queer Asian Rave Culture and Transpacific Practices of Queer Raving, Knowledge Making and Joy.” Panel Presentation and Chair. Association of Asian American Studies Annual Conference 2024. April 26th. Seattle, Washington, USA.

“Oh, See, Yes!: Singaporean Officer Cadet School (OCS) Singlets and Fetish as
Archival Method.” Paper Presentation. March 3rd. UBC Asian Studies Graduate
Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2023:
“You Make Me Feel Good, I Like It”: North American Queer Asian Rave Culture,
Gaysian Identity, and Finding Utopia.” Paper Presentation. DanceCult 23: After
the Pandemic Conference. October 14th. University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom.

“Untangling History Through Holding On To Intimacy: Thinking Beyond The
‘Post-Colonial Hangover’” Paper Presentation. Southeast Asian Graduate Student
Association (SEASGRAD) Conference. October 7th. University of California
Riverside, USA.

“Making Queer Archives, Writing History, Doing Epistemological Justice.” Roundtable
Discussion. Junior Scholars Queer Symposium. August 19th. Singapore.

“Touching Intimacy: Feeling Masculinities and Intimate Labour in Colonial Singapore.”
Paper Presentation. Hong Kong University History Symposium. May 5th. Zoom.

“From Chinese Men to Chinese ‘Boys’: Unearthing Masculinities and Intimate Labour
in Colonial Singapore.” Paper Presentation. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of
Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS) Graduate Student Conference. April 23rd. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA.