- English Contract Lecturer
- Institute of Liberal Arts and General Education
Research Field | English Literature, Historical Studies |
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Affiliated Academic Societies | British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS), Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) |
Academic Degrees | M.Phil in English |
Brief Biography | I graduated from the University of York, and won a scholarship to pursue a Masters and Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. My research looks at the ways in which scholars in Europe and America have studied China, with a specific focus on their analyses of Western imperialism in China. My premise is that English-language scholarship on China remains powerfully rooted in orientalist and colonialist paradigms. I have related interests in the histories of Japanese colonialism and pacifism. As a language teacher, I am interested in the politics of language teaching and theories of translanguaging. I have also worked as an volunteer for migrant worker communities in Singapore. My commitments as a teacher continue to be shaped by that experience. |
Achievements and Awards | The 2nd Sir George Staunton Award for an article by a young scholar, awarded by the Royal Asiatic Society for "Jurisdictional Politics in Canton and the First English Translation of the Qing Penal Code (1810)". |
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Contact | ong.seng@kuas.ac.jp |
Research Overview
Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
Research Keywords | Historiography, Sino-Western history, Pan-Asianism, Humanitarianism, Translanguaging, World Englishes |
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Message
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