Professor Jeremy De Chavez
Jeremy De Chavez is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Macau. His research specializes in Postcolonial Studies, Affect Theory, and Global Anglophone Literature, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and its diasporas. He investigates the intersections of positive affects, postcolonial critique, and the theoretical humanities, seeking to articulate a reparative and affirmative mode of cultural analysis. His work has been published in journals such as Ariel: A Review of International English Literature, Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, Food, Culture & Society, and Kritika Kultura.
During his time as a Clare Hall Visiting Fellow, he will advance two interconnected projects. The first is the final preparation of his monograph, Positive Affects and Postcolonial Critique, which theorizes a turn toward positive affects in postcolonial studies. The second is the preparation of the volume Archipelagothic, which proposes a new critical paradigm for relating diverse global Gothic traditions through the figure of the archipelago.
Select publications
- Seized by Sensation, Learning by Heart: On Weil’s “Essay on the Notion of Reading.” Literature in the Light of Philosophy: The Interpretive Imagination. Edited by Garry Hagberg. Palgrave (forthcoming February 2026).
- “Archipelagothic: A Theoretical Introduction.” Archipelagothic Studies in the Philippine Gothic. Edited by Jeremy De Chavez. Anthem (in press).
- Repairing Repair: Postcolonial Paranoia, Affective Temporalities, and Reparative Reading”. ARIEL: a review of international English literature. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ari.2023.a905715
- “Rethinking the Humanities (in Time of) Crisis.” With Asha Varadharajan. Humanities Reloaded: Addressing Crisis. Edited by Keyan Tomaselli. Routledge.
- “Consumed by Affects: Kwentong Jollibee, Happy Objects, and the Formation of Intimate Publics.” Kritika Kultura. https://ajol.ateneo.edu/kk/articles/545/7042
- ‘…in the extremity of an impotent despair’: “Whatever Singularity,” Postcolonial Ab-Use, and Erik Matti’s On the Job.” With V. Pacheco. ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. muse.jhu.edu/article/866363
- Enduring Fears: The Monstrosity of Chinese Filipinos in Chito Roño’s Feng Shui”. With J. Velasco. Asian Ethnicity. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2021.1941754
- Hybridities and Awkward Constructions in Philippine Locavorism: Reframing Global-Local Dynamics Through Assemblage Thinking”, With M. Montefrio, et al. Food, Culture, & Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2020.1713428
Select awards
- 2020-2021 – University of Macau Teaching Excellence Award
