Head of Studies
Scott Cook
Humanities (Chinese Studies and History)
Professor
Tan Chin Tuan Professor of Chinese Studies
Head of Studies, History
Research Specialisations
- Pre-imperial Excavated Manuscripts
- Early Chinese Intellectual History
- Pre-imperial Textual Formation
- Early Chinese Musical Thought
Teaching Modules
- Classical Chinese;Chinese Poetry
- Chinese Prose;Chinese Tales of the Strange
- The Historiography of Sima Qian
- Kong Zi: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
- The Annals of Lü Buwei, the First Book of Chinese Empire
- Intellectual History of Warring States China
- Philosophy and Political Thought 1
- Literature and Humanities 1
Teaching Faculty
Teaching Modules
Assoc Prof Ang teaches in the Literature and Humanities Great Works sequence and contributes courses to Historical Immersion. Her course offerings in the History Major span the regions of China and Southeast Asia, and include titles such as
- Chinese Migrations to Southeast Asia
- History and Culture of Southeast Asia
- Ming Imperial Voyages, 1405–1433
- Modern Vietnamese History and Literature
- History of the Book in East and Southeast Asia
- The Words and World of Lu Xun
Research Specialisations
- Sociocultural anthropology
- China and overseas Chinese
- Meritocracy and mobility
- Education and social inequality
- Demographic change
Teaching Modules
- Modern Social Thought
- Anthropology of China
- Technology and Culture
- Language, Culture, Power
- Marriage and Kinship
- Anthropology of Education
- Anthropological Imagination
Chin-Hao Huang
Social Sciences (Political Science)
Associate Professor
J Y Pillay Fellow
Head of Studies, Global Affairs
Research Specialisations
- International relations of East Asia
- Chinese foreign and security policy
- ASEAN and regional security
- US-China-Southeast Asia relations
Teaching Modules
- Global Affairs Capstone Seminar
- Chinese Foreign Policy
- Conflict and Cooperation in East Asia
- Empirical Qualitative Methods in Global Affairs
- Comparative Social Inquiry
Steven Matthew Oliver
Social Sciences (Political Science)
Assistant Professor
Head of Studies, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Teaching Modules
- Introduction to International Relations
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
Teaching Modules
- Topics in Economic History
- The Chinese Economy
- Comparative Social Inquiry
Research Specialisations
- Chinese Philosophy (Classical Chinese Philosophy, Neo-Daoism/Wei-Jin Xuanxue)
- Continental Philosophy (Psychoanalysis, Post-structuralism, Critical Theory)
- Social Epistemology
Teaching Modules
- Philosophy and Political Thought 1
- Conceptions of Freedom in Classical Chinese Philosophy
Research Specialisations
- Labor Economics
- Economics of Education and Health
- Human Capital
- Development Economics
Teaching Modules
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Labor Economics
- Urban Economics
- Econometrics
- Comparative Social Inquiry (Common Curriculum)
Research Specialisations
- Urban governance
- Urban geography
- Critical economic geography
- Urban planning theory
Teaching Modules
- Urbanization in China
- Key Debates in Urban Planning and Policy
- Cities and Economic Development
- Community Development: In Search of the Kampung Spirit
