Broadly, my scholarship is situated at the intersection of international politics, art & culture, and diaspora.

My current book project examines these themes through the lens of resistance and exile, focusing on the work and experiences of dissident artists displaced from Myanmar. Specifically, I investigate how diasporic visual culture is produced, curated, and programmed in relation to political dissent. I examine aesthetic interventions, the political economy of ‘resistance art’, and the interrelations between them. Theoretically, I engage postcolonial and anticolonial thought, diaspora studies, and cultural studies. Methodologically, I draw on a variety of qualitative and interpretive approaches, including relational interviewing, visual methods, ethnography, and curatorial practice.

Solo-authored Peer-reviewed articles

Wong, Sara. 2025. “Towards an Anticolonial Aesthetic Politics: Surrealist Praxis & Epistemic Refusal.” Review of International Studies, 1–22. [link] (Winner of BISA’s Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial 2024 ECR Runner-up prize.)

Book chapters

Wong, Sara. Forthcoming (2026). “Ghosts in the Gallery.” In Languaging Sensibility: Decolonial Reflections on Aesthetic Questions, edited by Reiko Shindo and Aoileann Ní Mhurchú. Creative Interventions in Global Politics Series. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

Blogs, Co-authored Articles, & Practice-based Writing

Wong, Sara. 2024. “Weaving Art and Resistance in Myanmar.” LSE South Asia Blog. [link]

Rohwerder, Wong, Pokharel, Khadka, Poudyal, Prasai, Shrestha, Wickenden, and Morrison. 2022. “Describing Adolescents with Disabilities’ Experiences of COVID-19 and Other Humanitarian Emergencies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.” Global Health Action 15 (1): 2107350. [link]

Wong, Sara. 2022. “Reflecting on ‘Impact’ in Artist–Academic Collaborations in Times of Conflict.” Journal of Humanitarian Affairs 4 (2): 32–39. [link]

Morrison, J., and Sara Wong. 2021. “Beyond Health: Connecting Art, COVID-19, and the Sustainable Development Goals in the Rural Plains of Nepal.” BMJ Blog. [link]

Wong, Sara, Rachel Shapcott, and Emily Parker. 2020. “Graphic Lives, Visual Stories: Reflections on Practice, Participation, and the Potentials of Creative Engagement.” a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 35 (2): 311–329. [link]