The history of modern Europe, especially the Balkans and modern Greece; ideas of international governance in historical perspective; historiography and the interconnection between life writing and professional history
The political and cultural history of China, and of China’s external relations and impact, between the 19th and 21st centuries; the translation and reception of Chinese literature
Joy Damousi's research interests are the aftermaths of war in the 20th century; humanitarianism, migration and refugee history; cultural history of war; memory and the history of emotions; gender and women’s history; and the history of psychoanalysis.
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