Tamara Loos Explained

Tamara Loos
Occupation:	Professor of History
Doctoral Advisor:	David K. Wyatt
Discipline:	Historian
Workplaces:	Cornell University

Tamara Loos is an American historian and gender studies scholar at Cornell University.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Tamara Loos is Professor of Southeast Asian history at Cornell University and has served as Chair of the History Department and Director of the Southeast Asia Program.^[4] Her first book, Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand,^[5] explores the implications of Siam's position as both a colonized and colonizing power in Southeast Asia. It is the first study that integrates the Malay Muslim south and the gendered core of law into Thai history. Her most recent book, Bones Around My Neck,^[6] offers a critical history of Siam during the era of high colonialism through the dramatic and tragic life of a pariah prince, Prisdang Chumsai. Her teaching and articles focus on an array of topics including sex and politics, subversion and foreign policy, sexology, transnational sexualities, comparative law, sodomy, and gender in Asia. She has been interviewed by The New York Times,^[7] The Washington Post,^[8] The Financial Times,^[9] and other global media outlets about political protests in Thailand.

Radio interviews

• NPR: Thai Palace Officials Ousted Following Demotion Of Royal Consort
• BBC: The Inquiry: Why are Thai students risking jail to call for reform of the monarchy?
• Background Briefing with Ian Masters: Turmoil In Thailand As Subjects Question the King's Excesses and Entitlement

Selected publications

• Book: Loos . Tamara . Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand . 2006 . Cornell University Press . Ithaca.
• Loos . Tamara . Sex in the Inner City: The Fidelity between Sex and Politics in Siam . The Journal of Asian Studies . November 2005 . 64 . 4 . 881–909. 10.1017/S0021911805002263 . 154473418 .
• Loos . Tamara . 2009. Transnational histories of sexualities in Asia. The American Historical Review. 114. 5. 1309–1324. 10.1086/ahr.114.5.1309 . 20425923 .

Notes and References

1. Peleggi . Maurizio . Review of Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand . The International History Review . 2007 . 29 . 2 . 393–395 . 40110812 . 31 August 2022 . 0707-5332.
2. Reynolds . E. Bruce . Review of Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand . The American Historical Review . 2007 . 112 . 5 . 1523–1524 . 10.1086/ahr.112.5.1523 . 40007140 . 31 August 2022 . 0002-8762.
3. Larsson . Tomas . Tamara Loos. Bones around My Neck: The Life and Exile of a Prince Provocateur. . The American Historical Review . 1 April 2018 . 123 . 2 . 564–565 . 10.1093/ahr/123.2.564.
4. Web site: Tamara Loos | Department of History .
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7. News: 'Extremely Evil Misconduct': Thailand's Palace Intrigue Spills into View . The New York Times . 6 November 2019 . Beech . Hannah .
8. News: Thai pro-democracy demonstrations persist in face of protest ban . 2020-10-16 . Miriam Berger . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286 . 1330888409.
9. News: #RepublicofThailand trends as protesters maintain push on monarchy . Financial Times . 25 September 2020 .