Heidi K. Lam

Heidi K. Lam is a PhD Student in sociocultural anthropology at Yale University. She is exploring the notion of cultural theming through her pre-dissertation ethnographic research in theme parks, museums, and commercial spaces within Japan.

Heidi received her BA in Anthropology with High Honors from Princeton University in 2008. She graduated from Harvard University in 2012 with an MA in Regional Studies: East Asia and was the recipient of the Joseph Fletcher Memorial Award for her master’s thesis “Enchanting Time and Nation: History, Nostalgia, and the Other in Japanese Themed Spaces.” She is also a contributing editor for the Society for East Asian Anthropology column in Anthropology News.