Humans of ANU Law: Associate Professor Joshua Neoh
Associate Professor Joshua Neoh

Joshua Neoh is an Associate Professor and Sub-Dean (International) at ANU College of Law.

1. Tell us a bit about yourself including what brought you to ANU.

I was a student at the ANU, who then left to see the world, before returning to the ANU as an academic
 
2. What do you enjoy most about working at the ANU College of Law?

Friendly faces
 
3. What is your favourite spot on campus?

The Gods Café 
 
4. How do you relax away from university?

Watching Korean dramas 
 
5. How would you describe Canberra in three words?
 
Cosmopolitan country town 
 
6. What inspired you to pursue academia?
 
No law firms would hire a legal theorist 
 
7. What was your dream job as a child?

Spy 
 
8. If you could meet one historical figure, who would it be?

Friedrich Nietzsche 
 
9. Who’s your favourite fictional character?

Nemo
 
10. What’s a project or hobby you’re currently working on that motivates you?
 
Memorising the psalms 
 
11. What’s your favourite quote?

This too shall pass
 
12. What’s the secret to working from home successfully?

Live like a hermit
 
13. Who is someone you look up to?

Søren Kierkegaard
 
14. What was the last book you read?

Slavery in Ancient Rome by Michael Massey and Paul Moreland
 
15. What’s an underrated movie?

Hannah Arendt (2013)
 
16. What’s your favourite dish?

Chairman Mao's red braised pork belly
 
17. What’s your favourite place in Canberra to visit?

7th & Bake Café at the Foreshore 
 
18. What’s your favourite song or playlist to work to?

Korean drama soundtrack 
 
19. What’s a skill you’d like to learn?

Gregorian chanting 
 
20. What advice would you give to others feeling uneasy during this time?

This too shall pass


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