FASS Past Visiting Research Fellows

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>> Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship 2008/2009

FASS Visiting Scholars Scheme 2008/2009

Peter Ditmanson

Professor Peter Ditmanson of Colby College, USA, visited the Department of Chinese Studies between May 10, 2008 to May 31, 2008. During his visit, he worked with Dr Koh Khee Heong and Dr Ong Cheng Woei. He presented his paper "Local and Trans-local activism in Commemorating the Martyrs of 1420" at the international conference on "Translocal and Transregional Dynamics in Chinese History, 960-1911" organized by the Department of Chinese Studies of which he was the co-organizer. He also participated actively in a roundtable discussion on the last day of the conference. He was invited to give a talk by the Ming Qing research group. The talk was entitled "The Problem with success: Southern Daoxue in the Yuan."

Stuart Elden

Professor Stuart Elden is Professor of Political Geography at Durham University, United Kingdom. He was a VSS scholar hosted by the Department of Geography from September 1, 2008 to November 30, 2008. He was invited by Professor Henry Yeung. His main research interests are political geography and philosophical geography. During his time at FASS, he worked on a book project, under the tentative title of “The Geometry of the Political: A History of the State of Territory.” He also presented a formal department seminar entitled ‘Territory as a Political Technology’ which was a theoretical overview of the book project.

Ravinder Sidhu

Dr Ravinder Sidhu is Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Queensland, Australia. She was a VSS Fellow hosted by the Migration Cluster at FASS from April 1, 2008 to April 23, 2008 and November 20, 2008 to December 3, 2008. Her main research interests are in education policies, knowledge economies and globalization. During her time in FASS, she worked with Professor Brenda Yeoh and A/P Ho Kong Chong to investigate Singapore’s education hub-building policies (‘Global Schoolhouse’). As part of her visit, she conducted two seminars: “When World Class Universities Come to Town” and “Building a Global Schoolhouse”. With Professor Brenda Yeoh and A/P Ho Kong Chong, she completed one chapter for an edited book, “Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Responses to Globalization” by S. Marginson, E. Sawir & S. Kaur (eds). A journal article on the ‘Global Schoolhouse’ is currently being prepared for submission to a leading international journal.

Anise Wu

Dr Anise Wu is Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Macau, Macau. She was a VSS Fellow hosted by the Department of Psychology from June 17, 2008 to July 17, 2008. Her main research interest is addictive behavioral patterns. During her time in FASS, she worked with Professor Catherine Tang on the research project entitled “Chinese Problem Gamblers” which aimed to develop and design future studies on the issue of problem gambling among Chinese. This project explores various cognitive, personality, and cultural factors which are likely to account for the observed differences between controlled gamblers and problem gamblers.

He Xuefeng

Professor He Xuefeng is Professor at the Research Center of Chinese Rural Governance of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He was a VSS fellow from April 27, 2008 for three months at the invitation of A/P Chen An of the Department of Political Science. His main research interests are China’s rural politics. During the visit, he wrote scholarly articles and edited a study series on China’s rural governance. The series (16 books) was published in January 2009 by Shan Dong People's Publishing House.

Linda Peake

Professor Linda Peake is Professor of Social Science and Women’s Studies at York University, Canada. She was a VSS Fellow hosted by the Department of Geography from February 17, 2009 to March 2, 2009. Her main research interests are cities, women’s issues. During her time in FASS, she wrote research applications (involving A/P Tracey Skelton and Professor Brenda Yeoh, NUS as well as other Geography professors based in Canada and Taiwan). These include applications to Canadian and Taiwanese funding agencies for comparative research projects on women in cities in the Asia Pacific and Caribbean regions and for two workshops.

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Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship 2008/2009

Sandria Freitag

Dr Sandria Freitag is Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, United States. At the time of her visit, she was Director of the North Carolina Center for South Asian Studies, based at Duke University. She was an IMMF Fellow hosted from January 21, 2008 to February 17 2008 by A/P Gyanesh Kudaisya, who is Head of the South Asian Studies Programme. Her main research interest is the history of visual culture in modern South Asia. During her visit to South Asian Studies Programme at NUS, she reworked previous essays into portions of a book manuscript. She was able to give two talks at NUS. These were: “‘Thick Description’: Experimenting with Popular Posters” sponsored by the SAS Programme (February 13, 2008) and “Place and the Visual in Modern South Asia” co-sponsored by SAS Programme and the NUS Art Museum (Feb 20, 2008). She worked with faculty and art museum directors (including the Asian Civilizations Museum) on potential collaborations. These ranged from a summer school project that would take NUS and U.S. university students to India on a joint field-study based syllabus, and a conference/workshop on the story of Ram and other stories that are repackaged over time in South Asia. Groundwork was laid, as well, for a future collaboration on K-12 curriculum creation on South Asia. She was also able to work with local graduate students in the SAS Programme.

Nicholas Phelps

Professor Nicholas Phelps is Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College, London, United Kingdom. He was an IMMF Fellow hosted by the Department of Geography from September 2, 2008 to September, 25 2008. His main research interests are Economic Geography and Urban Planning. During his time in FASS, he worked with A/P Tim Bunnell on a research paper entitled “Post-disaster Economic Development in Aceh: Neoliberalization and Other Economic-Geographical Imaginings" and also gave a research seminar in the Department of Geography Seminar Series entitled “From Edge City to City? Urban Theory and the Remaking of Tysons Corner.” He is also developing possible future research collaborations on the geography of foreign direct investment, multinational companies and investment promotions with several members of the Department of Geography.

Lou Zhitian

Professor Lou Zhitian is Professor of History at Peking University, China. He was an IMMF Fellow hosted by the Department of Chinese Studies from December 8, 2008 to December, 15 2008. His main research interests fall in the area of History of Modern China. During his time in FASS, he worked with A/P Wong Sin Kiong, Head of Department of Chinese Studies and discussed collaborations between Peking University and NUS. He gave a seminar in the Department of Chinese Studies on “Chen Yinque on his ‘Learning that is neither Ancient nor Modern.’ He also gave a public lecture in the Asian Civilizations Museum on “Responsibilities and Challenges of Chinese Intellectuals in a Transnational Era.” The event was held in conjunction with the Wu Teh-Yao Memorial Lecture Series chaired by the Head of Department of Chinese Studies A/P Wong Sin Kiong. He also had several informal meetings with graduate students and other faculty members of the Department of Chinese Studies and Southeast Asian Studies to share a new perspective on the study of modern China.

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