Nanyang Technology University

Chinese Culture & Language (Chinese Studies) 

This category covers:

1. Chinese Literature and Culture     
- Modern Chinese Literature
- Classical Chinese Literature
- Chinese Literature in Asia
- Chinese Traditional and Pop Cultures in Asia
- Translation Studies in Modern China
- Chinese Cinema
- Studies of Chinese Arts
- Culture Studies

2. Chinese History and Thought
- Chinese History (from the acient time tot he present)
- Intellectual History
- Chinese Philosophy and Thought

3. Modern Chinese Society, Politcs and Economy
- Chinese Foreign Relations
- China and International Law
- Chinese Politics
- Social Development in Contemporary China
- Taiwan Studies

4. Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics
- Chinese Language and Dialects in Asia
- Chinese Language and Linguistics

5. Studies of Ethnic-Chinese
- Chinese Education in Southeast Asia
- Chinese Migration and Networks: Global and Local Issues
- Southeast Asian History
- Studies of Ethnic Chinese

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Division of Chinese

 NameResearch Interests
Asst Prof Caroline PlussMy areas of expertise are: Identity, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Globalization, Culture, Transnationalism, Religion, Socialization, Migration, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Prof Chan Kam Leung AlanChinese Philosophy and Religion; Hermeneutics and Critical Theory; Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Asst Prof Chen Song-ChuanSino-Western relations in Canton era • Cultural exchanges • Perceptions and imaginations • Informational networks • Relations between capital and the state Ming and Qing China in global history • The great divergence • Early Chinese travellers to the West • Merchants and missionaries in China • China’s perception of the West • Commercial policy and perceptions of commerce • State violence and people’s trauma experiences Republican China • Colonial experience and process of decolonization • The making of Chinese nationalism • Circulation of violence and experiences of trauma Contemporary history of Taiwan • Matsu and Kinmen as frontier islands of the Cold War • People’s experiences and memories of the Cold War • Social and cultural changes after 1949
Assoc Prof Cheung Chiu-YeeSince 1982, my research has concentrated on a comparison of Lu Xun and Nietzsche. Because of my extensive study of Lu Xun, I am also familiar with the history of modern Chinese literature, Western influence on Chinese writers and thinkers, the intellectual history of modern and contemporary China, and ancient Chinese philosophy. Related to their comparison, I have been working on modern Chinese intellectual history, the problems of Chinese culture and modernisation, the influence of Western philosophy and literary theories in China, and Lu Xun’s legacy in contemporary China.
Prof (Adj) Chew Cheng HaiModern Chinese and Classical Chinese Grammar Chinese Etymology Chinese Language
Assoc Prof Crossland-Guo ShuyunDunhuang Studies (Dunhuang Manuscripts & Cave Arts) Chinese Oral Literature Folk Operatic Performance Arts Oral-Formulaic Theory Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature
Asst Prof (Adj) Cui DonghongDr Cui’s research areas are sociolinguistics, Chinese Culture and Language, business and management, politics and public administration. She has conducted a wide range of studies on government’s policy implementation, effective communications, management of SMEs and cross-culture management in overseas investments.
Dr Goh Chye TeeProf Goh Chye Tee?s areas of expertise are Accounting, Cost Management and TCM. His current research works focus on the integration of traditional culture and modern management.
Asst Prof Goh Geok YianAssistant Professor Goh Geok Yian's areas of expertise are: early history of Burma and Southeast Asia, modern Southeast Asian history, China-Southeast Asia relations, early Buddhist networks in mainland and island Southeast Asia, and Burmese historical chronicles and novels. Her current research focuses on the study of Buddhist architecture and mural paintings of Bagan, a medieval Burmese kingdom. Her other research work includes the study of early urbanization and cities in Burma, particularly on comparison made with other contemporary Southeast Asian polities and the applicability of theoretical models. She is also working on an English translation of a 20th-century Burmese novel by a well-known author, Ma Sandar.
Prof (Adj) Goh Nguen WahDr. Goh's areas of interests include: government and politics of Singapore, government's media, education and language policies, language planning; the rise of China and the global Chinese language fever, the prospects of Chinese language in a globalized world, cross-cultural studies, journalism of the West and the East.
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