Former visiting researchers

Professor Maghiel VAN CREVEL

Professor Maghiel VAN CREVEL

Leidan University

VISTING PERIOD: JAN 2019

Professor Benjamin A. ELMAN

Professor Benjamin A. ELMAN

Princeton University

VISTING PERIOD: 17 OCT - 2 NOV 2018

Professor Martin KERN

Professor Martin KERN

Princeton University

VISTING PERIOD: AUG 2017

Professor Anne CHENG

Professor Anne CHENG

Collège de France

VISTING PERIOD: 4 - 8 MAR 2017

Professor YAN Yunxiang

Professor YAN Yunxiang

University of California, LA

VISTING PERIOD: 15 AUG - 16 SEP 2016

Professor Lydia H. LIU

Professor Lydia H. LIU

Columbia University

VISTING PERIOD: 30 JUL – 20 AUG 2015

Professor Jing Y. TSU

Professor Jing Y. TSU

Yale University

VISTING PERIOD: 24 NOV 2014 - 12 JAN 2015

Professor Michael A. SZONYI

Professor Michael A. SZONYI

Harvard University

VISTING PERIOD: 15 - 30 MAR 2014
Professor Mark C. ELLIOTT

Professor Mark C. ELLIOTT

Harvard University

VISTING PERIOD: 13 AUG - 7 SEP 2013

Professor WANG Der wei, David

Professor WANG Der Wei, David

Harvard University

VISTING PERIOD: 15 - 30 MAR 2012

Professor ZHOU Min

Professor ZHOU Min

University of California, LA

VISTING PERIOD: APR 2011

Professor WANG Hui

Professor WANG Hui

Tsinghua University

VISTING PERIOD: OCT 2009

Professor JIN Guantao

Professor JIN Guantao

Chengchi University

VISTING PERIOD: APR - MAY 2009

Professor CHEN Pingyuan

Professor CHEN Pingyuan

PKU & CUHK

VISTING PERIOD: NOV 2007

Professor T'SOU Ka Yin Benjamin

Professor T'SOU Ka Yin Benjamin

City University of Hong Kong

VISTING PERIOD: JAN 2002

Professor Yen Ching-hwang

Professor YEN Ching-Hwang

University of Adelaide

VISTING PERIOD: AUG 2000

Dr. Stephen CHOU Shang-Tseh 
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture (CCLC), NTU

Period of Visit: January 2010 - March 2021

Research Topic: State Ritual and Theatrical Politics in Tang China

Research ​Interests: Medieval Chinese state rituals; Pre-modern Chinese intellectual history; Tang-Song transition ritual studies; Symbolic and interpretative anthropology; Demonstrations and spectacles in contemporary politics; Taiwan's democratization and national identity; Cross-straits relations.

 

Professor ZHANG Tianhong
Associate Professor, School of History, Capital Normal University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture (CCLC), NTU 

Period of Visit: 30 August 2019 to 29 August 2020 
Research Topic: Stone Inscriptions and Researches in the Society of Heshuo During the Tang and Five Dynasties (763-960AD) 
Email: [email protected]

Professor DONG Yingchun 
College of Literature, Guangxi University for Nationalities, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: 1 November 2019 to 31 August 2020 
Research Topic: On Singapore Contemporary Chinese Poetry 
Email: [email protected]

Professor WU Xiaofang​​
Director, Research Center for Cross-Strait Language and Culture Exchange, Minnan Normal University 

Appointment: Visiting Researcher, Centre for Chinese Literature & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: October 2018 - September 2019 
Research Topic: The Strateg​y of Minnan Dialect Plays Important Role of "Maritime Silk Road in Twenty-first Century" 
Email: [email protected]

Dr WONG Chee Meng​​
Visiting Researcher, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU 

Appointment: Visiting Researcher

Period of Visit: March 2017 - March 2019 
Research Topic: A Study on the Heritage Values of Chinese Schools as Cultural Spaces in Singapore 
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Associate Professor ZHANG Jianying
Associate Professor,  School of Liberal Arts (Humanities), Jimei University, China

Appointment: Visiting Researcher, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture

Period of Visit: January - July 2018

Research Topic:  Singapore Chinese Culture and Literature Research 
Research Interests:  South-Eastern Asian Chinese Culture and Literature Research 
Email: [email protected]

Mr WANG Wei
Ph.D Candidate, Jinan University, China

Appointment: Visiting Scholar (Ph.D Student), Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: January - July 2018

Research Topic: The Governance of Transnational Immigrants in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: Challengers and Countermeasures  
Research Interests: Global Governance, Regional Governance in Southeast Asia  
Email:[email protected]

Professor WANG Yanfang
Professor, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Jiangsu Normal University, China

Appointment: Visiting Researcher, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: October 2017 - April 2018 
Research Topic: The Culture Identity of Women's Chinese Writing in Southeast Asia 
Research Interests: Chinese Literature in the World, Feminist Theory and Female Literary Criticism 
Email: [email protected] 

Dr ZHANG Yingjin
Postdoctoral Fellow, Jinan University, China

Appointment: Visiting Researcher, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: June 2017 - June 2018 
Research Topic:​ The Security Situation in Southeast Asia and Its Impact on the “Belt and Road Initiative” 
Research Interests: Southeast Asian Studies, History of Overseas Chinese 

Associate Professor SHUI Haigang
Department of History, Xiamen University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: December 2016 - December 2017 
Research Topic: Beyond XIYANG and DONGYANG: NANYANG and the Modern History of China 
Research Interests: Social and Economic History of Modern China, Commercial Organizations and Networks, Modern Transnational Network of Overseas Chinese around South China Sea​

Associate Professor WENG Pin
Department of History, Minnan Normal University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: January 2017 - January 2018 
Research Topic: A Study on the Immigrants from Zhangzhou to Singapore 
Research Interests: Social and Cultural History of Overseas Chinese, History of Chinese Medieval Thought

Ms SHANGGUAN Xiaohong
Ph.D. Candidate, Xiamen University​, China

Appointment: Visiting Scholar (Ph.D. Student), Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: July - November 2017
Research Topic: The overseas Chinese Policy, overseas Chinese affair, overseas Chinese association, overseas Chinese education, Qiaoxiang construction 

Associate Professor FENG Lijun
Deputy Director of Institute of History of Sino Foreign Relations and Overseas Chinese Studies, Research School for Southeast Asian Studies​, Xiamen University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU 

Period of Visit: February 2016 - May 2017 
Research Topic: Southeast Asian History,History of Chinese Overseas Trade, Overseas Chinese and Chinese Diaspora​

Zhou Long

Mr ZHOU Long
Ph.D Candidate at Jinan University, China

Appointment: Visiting Scholar (Ph.D. Student), Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: June - December 2016
Research Topic: Overseas Chinese in Singapore & Malaysia; One Belt One Road 

Su Yongyan

Associate Professor SU Yongyan
Department of Chinese at Xiamen University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: April - August 2016 
Research Topic: The Study of Anti-Fascism in Southeast Asia Chinese literature 

Dr DENG Yongbing
Postdoctoral Fellow at Tsinghua University, China 

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: March - September 2016 
Research Topic: Lim Sioe-Liong and The Salim Group in Singapore

Professor WANG Xue
Business School, Yunnan Normal University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU 

Period of Visit: August 2015 - August 2016 
Research Topic: The Comparative Study of Investment Legal System between China and Southeast Asian Countries

Mr ZHU Qing
Ph.D Candidate at Central China Normal University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar (Ph.D Student), Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: August 2015 - August 2016 
Reseach Topic: Modern Chaosan Merchant Network Research

Professor ZHU Chongke
Sun Yat-sen University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: February - August 2015 
Research Topic: The Study of Chineseness in ASEAN Chinese Literature​ 
Research Interests: Modern Chinese Literature since 20th century, Sinophone Literature, Literary Theories

Mr WANG Jiulong
Ph.D Candidate at Jinan University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar (Ph.D Student), Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: 12 June 2014 - 11 June 2015 
Reseach Topic: An Investigation to Chinese Education Exclusion in Contemporary Malaysia and Indonesia from Exclusionism Perspective

Dr PENG Hui
Associate Professor at Central China Normal University, China

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, China​

Period of Visit: 12 June 2014 - 11 June 2015 
Research Topic: The Patronage System and the Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia 
Research Interests: Southeast Asian history;Ethnic Chinese history

Professor ZENG Ling
Department of History, Xiamen University
Invited Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Appointment: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Chinese Language & Culture, NTU

Period of Visit: 4 - 17 August 2014 
Research Topic: Chinese Culture and Society in Singapore

Mr DENG Shichao
Editor-in-Chief,Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Jinan University

Appointment: Visiting Scholar

Visiting Period: August - September 2014

Research Topic: Chinese New Immigrants in SIngapore; Relations of Japan and ASEAN countries

Professor CAO Yunhua
Dean of the Institute of International Relations, and Executive President of Overseas Chinese Institute at Jinan University, China

Appointment: Visiting Scholar

Visiting Period: 16 June - 30 August 2014

Research Topic: Hakka people in Southeast Asia

Dr WONG Waiho
Lecturer, Hong Kong Baptist University

Appointment: Visiting Scholar

Visiting Period: 29 June - 5 July 2014

Research Topic: Chinese Classic Texts in Singapore

Dr ZHU Weiping
Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University

Appointment: Visiting Scholar

Visting Period: May - June 2014

Research Topic: The Confucian Movement in Singapore in the 1980s

Dr REN Na
Postdoctoral Scholar, Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies,
School of International Studies, Jinan University

Appointment: Visiting Scholar

Visting Period: November - December 2013

Research Topic: The Localization and Transnationalism of new Chinese High-Skilled Migrants in Singapore: A Case Study on Entrepreneur

Mr FAN Lei 
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University
 
Appointment: Visiting Research Ph.D. Student
 
Visiting Period: September 2012 - September 2013

Research Topic: The Identity Dilemma and Role Transition of New Chinese Migrants in Singapore
Associate Professor LI Jianjun
Department of Chinese, Taizhou University 

Appointment: Visiting Scholar
 
Visiting Period: November 2012 - April 2013

Research Topic: Lat Pau and the Spread of Confucian Thought of Ethnics in Early Singapore
Associate Professor CHEN Chia-Jiun 
National Taipei University of Education 

Appointment: Visiting Scholar
 
Visiting Period: Feburary - July 2012

Research Topic: The Views of Literary Works on the Corresponding Relation Between Concept and Form

Ms Shigeko KAMIYA
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Arts and Science, University of Tokyo

Appointment: Visiting Research Ph.D. Student

Visting Period: 7July 2011 - May 2014

Research Topic: History of Nanyang University
Dr WONG Ting-hong 
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica 

Appointment: Visiting Scholar
 
Visiting Period: July - October 2009

Research Topic: De-Sinicization and localization of School Curriculum in Singapore and Taiwan -A historical-comparative Analysis
Professor ZENG Ling 
Department of History, Xiamen University
 
Appointment: Visiting Scholar
 
Visiting Periods: Feb-May 2007; Jan- Feb 2008; Sept-Dec 2008 


Research Topic: 
Cultural Transplant and Construction of Chinese communities: A Project of Documentation and Research on Singapore Chinese Communities

Dr ZHANG Huimei

​Ph.D. (Chinese Studies), National University of Singapore
Bachelor of History, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University

Appointment: ​Postdoctoral Fellow

Period​ of Visit: ​January 2016 - December 2017

Reseach Topic: Overseas Chinese;Chinese Associations;Qiaopi and Qiaokan

Dr Venus VIANA
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Appointment: Postdoctoral Fellow

Period​ of Visit: January 2014 - January 2016

Research Topic: The Police System in a Guangdong Cou​nty 1929-1949

Associate Professor LEE Leong Sze
Director, Graduate Institute of Hakka Culture Studies, National Kaoshiung Normal University

Appointment: Research Fellow
 
Period of Engagement:  September 2010 and August - September 2011

Research Topic: A Collection and Critique of Documents on Tan Lark Sye
Dr CHEN Le
Ph.D., National Insitutite of Education, Nanyang Technological University
 
Appointment: Research Associate

Period of Engagment: 
Feburary 2006 - Feburary 2008
Principle Investigator: Associate Professor QUAH Sy Ren
 

Research Topics:

  1. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture  
  2. Critical Concepts in the Study of Literature and Culture and Its Application on Chinese Literary Texts
Professor ZUO Biao 
Head, Department of Foreign Language, Shanghai Maritime University

Appointment: Research Fellow
 
Period of Engagement: January - September 2006

Research Topic: Semantic Differences and Word Associations across Chinese Communities in Asia 
Dr LEE Leong Sze
Ph.D., Centre for Chinese Language and Culture, Nanyang Technological University

Designation: Research Associate

Period of Engagement: 
January - September 2006 

Principle Investigator: Associate Professor LEE Guan Kin
 
Research Topic:The History of Nanyang University