Dr Lance Peng
Research Associate
As a bridge between disciplines, Lance threads REF 2029 impact case studies through Falmouth’s Centre for Blended Realities and Research & Knowledge Exchange. Academia-wise, he explores a phantasmagoria of marginalised experiences through eerie and unsettling lenses including hauntology (Derrida), monster culture (Cohen) and mnemohistory (Assmann) to reflect on the cultural and social conditions shaping them.
His current research project engages two queer performance collectives: House of Damnation, where the thinly archived Cornish drag narratives connect with cyberqueer innovation in performative play and The Bitten Peach, using cabaret to provoke discourse on racial, identity-based and representational politics while building sites of care.
Lance also holds an affiliate role within the Early Career Research Network at the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PhD Education | University of Cambridge |
| 2020 | MA Drama Education and English Language Teaching | University of Warwick |
| 2018 | BA (Hons) English with a Focus on Secondary Education, QTS-equivalent | National Changhua University of Education |
Research Interests
Research interests and expertise
Building on interactions and research with justice-involved girls, sexual minority individuals and other marginalised groups, Lance is passionate about devising transdisciplinary strategies that strengthen often-neglected narratives.
Lance’s MA project saw him create an online autobiographical monologue workshop (due to the pandemic then) exploring how video clips can be used in gender and sexuality discussions, which led to distinction. His PhD research focused on empowering young women in out-of-home placements through creative workshops after their involvement in actions that led to legal consequences.
The ‘uncanny’ perspectives of mnemohistory, monster culture and hauntology are integral to his work, as they allow him to unpack the knottiness of how the echoes of the past resurface in the present and influence modern identity and culture. As part of his journey to becoming a practitioner-scholar, he is broadening his repertoire of capabilities while pursuing further proficiency in mastering poststructural storytelling, qualitative multimethod approaches, digital humanities, innovative uses of creative technology in research and exploring the role of media and online platforms in academic inquiry.
Lance’s mentorship approach is centred on encouraging projects that fuse creativity with the researcher’s position(ality) to push beyond conventional research limits, with an awareness of the importance of a coherent and methodological anchor.
Interested students and colleagues are invited by Lance to unite in a co-creative academic experience, going into the above domains with collaborative insights.
Professional Engagement
Engagement with professional associations and societies
Along with his technical review editor role at the Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, Lance is involved as a member and contributor to the Creative Research Methods Symposium (University of Brighton), Qualitative Methods Hub (University of Oxford) and the Homerton Educational Technology Society (University of Cambridge). He also curates and oversees The Chiaroscuro, a thought space for engaging with hauntology and its related ideas.