2021年1月23日星期六

Symposium on The History of Overseas Chinese in Singapore





YaleNUSCollege - Symposium on The History of Overseas Chinese in Singapore
https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/events/lectures-workshops-conferences-seminars/symposium-on-the-history-of-overseas-chinese-in-singapore/

PROGRAMME
 
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Introduction and Keynote Lecture
 
Chinese in Singapore: Parallels, Continuities, What’s New
Wang Gungwu
王賡武
University Professor, National University of Singapore
 



10:45 AM - 12:25 PM | Panel 1: Chinese Education in Colonial and Post-Colonial Singapore

An Introduction to the Chinese Textbook Used by the Colonial Government for the Civil Service
Kua Bak Lim
柯木林
Council Member and Chairman of the Research Committee, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations

Disappearing Chinese Vernacular Schools in Singapore: Post-WWII British Decolonization and Lee Kong Chian’s Failed Struggle
Huang Jianli
黃堅立
Associate Professor of History, National University of Singapore
 



2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Panel 2: Exhibition and Research of Historical Chinese Culture
 
SINGAPO
: Examining Chinese Singapore Culture through the Lens of Exhibition-making
Low Sze Wee
劉思偉
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
 
New Approaches to the History of Overseas Chinese in Singapore: Introducing the Singapore Historical GIS (SHGIS) and the Singapore Biographical Database (SBDB)
Kenneth Dean
丁荷生
Raffles Professor of Humanities and Head, Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore
 



4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Panel 3: The Articulation of Chinese Identities in Singapore
 
Shaping Singapore’s Chinese Identities
Kwa Chong Guan
柯宗元
Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University
Adjunct Associate Professor (Honorary), History Department, National University of Singapore
 
Racializing ‘Chinese’ in Southeast Asia: The Case of Singapore at the Turn of the 20th Century
Kwee Hui Kian
郭慧娟
Associate Professor of Chinese, National University of Singapore