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Christina Lee is a third-year PhD student in the Department of English at King’s College London. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary, cross-cultural applications of the humanities in issues of health and illness. Her current PhD project, ‘From Self-cultivation to Self-care: Cross-Cultural Biopolitics in Body-mind Literature’, looks at mindfulness memoirs by Buddhist women with chronic illnesses and examines how meditative practices transform their experiences of illness and empower them in the process of active healing. She is the co-founder of the Disability + Intersectionality reading group supported by the KCL Centre for Humanities and Health.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

English, Master of Arts, English 1850s-Present, King's College London (KCL)

Award Date: 20 Apr 2020

English, Bachelor of Arts, Enligh Language & Literature, University of Oxford

Award Date: 20 Mar 2020

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