Elisha Lim
Assistant Professor
Email: eclim@yorku.ca
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Elisha Lim (they/them) researches the intersection of social media, theology and critical race theory, and is currently working on a book about the rise in distorted identity politics, from ethnic fraud and polarizing populism to hyperbolic corporate solidarity statements.
Lim is also an award-winning claymation filmmaker, and their queer and transgender films, comic strips, and graphic novel (100 Crushes, Koyama Press) are documented by Duke University Press and Inanna Press monographs. They have written about algorithms and identity economics in academic journals and the media (The Daily Beast; hyperallergic; Document Journal; TEDxUofT) as well as thematically in their upcoming graphic novel, 8 Dreams About You.
Degrees
PhD, University of TorontoPostdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Pennsylvania
"Subaltern Digital Cultures: Precarious Migrants on TikTok." Oxford International Handbook on Media & Social Justice.
“Florence Yee: Presence, Power.” Elusive Desires (Exhibition Catalogue). Markham: Varley Art Gallery. October.
“Renounce or Perish.” Eds. Dei, G; Hilowle, S. Cartographies of Race and Social Difference. Stockholm: Springer International Publishing. 25-65.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/HUMA1909 6.0 | A | Techno-Science and Popular Culture | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/HUMA1909 6.0 | A | Techno-Science and Popular Culture | TUTR |
Elisha Lim (they/them) researches the intersection of social media, theology and critical race theory, and is currently working on a book about the rise in distorted identity politics, from ethnic fraud and polarizing populism to hyperbolic corporate solidarity statements.
Lim is also an award-winning claymation filmmaker, and their queer and transgender films, comic strips, and graphic novel (100 Crushes, Koyama Press) are documented by Duke University Press and Inanna Press monographs. They have written about algorithms and identity economics in academic journals and the media (The Daily Beast; hyperallergic; Document Journal; TEDxUofT) as well as thematically in their upcoming graphic novel, 8 Dreams About You.
Degrees
PhD, University of TorontoPostdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Pennsylvania
All Publications
"Subaltern Digital Cultures: Precarious Migrants on TikTok." Oxford International Handbook on Media & Social Justice.
“Florence Yee: Presence, Power.” Elusive Desires (Exhibition Catalogue). Markham: Varley Art Gallery. October.
“Renounce or Perish.” Eds. Dei, G; Hilowle, S. Cartographies of Race and Social Difference. Stockholm: Springer International Publishing. 25-65.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/HUMA1909 6.0 | A | Techno-Science and Popular Culture | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/HUMA1909 6.0 | A | Techno-Science and Popular Culture | TUTR |
